Family photos always bring me tremendous joy. This most recent photo shoot is one of the most special ones to date. With all that’s happening in the world right now I am exceptionally grateful we have these recent family photos that captured our first big family trip to The Lodge. A huge thanks, as always …
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Lodge Life: Family Visit
Before our worlds were turned upside down Alex’s family came out to The Lodge for a visit. Now with the state of things we feel extremely fortunate this visit was able to happen. Alex’s parents, his sister and her husband and their two kids, Nico and Marco, came for their first big family trip together. …
Lodge Life: Quarantine Week 3
Here we are at the beginning of our third week in quarantine out here at The Lodge. In particular, my mood remains one of tremendous gratitude. I’m focusing my energy on finding joy and savoring the family time. It’s overwhelming reading the news right now; however, I am finding it so heartwarming hearing stories of …
Lodge Life: Quarantine
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 10 days you know that the Seattle area is the epicenter of the US Coronavirus outbreak. Seattle is home for us, so we’ve been taking things a day at a time over here, careful to heed recommendations by our local health experts and avoid crowds …
Lodge Life: Reflections on our First Year
To say this has been a big year for us would be a gross understatement. As we are at the year mark on having moved into The Lodge I’ve found myself thinking back on this most special time so fondly. Our children are growing up partially in the mountains, they’re having “firsts” out here in …
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Lodge Tour: Master Oasis
I’m tempted to say that our master bedroom is my favorite part of the whole entire house. It’s so hard to pick favorites, but when I walk into the master suite I instantly feel a sense of tranquility and pause to take in the beauty – especially in the evening when the lights are dimly …
Lodge Tour: Exterior & Main Living Spaces
We are darn near done furnishing The Lodge and putting the finishing touches on the stylings and I just can’t wait another moment to take you on a tour! If you’ve been following along for a while you’ve seen many pictures; however, we haven’t felt the house was in a complete enough state to really …
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Thanksgiving 2019
The holidays are in full-swing over here. We had such a memorable Thanksgiving – our first at The Lodge – and enjoyed kicking off the holiday season in the mountains. We have so much to look forward to this first winter in the mountains. Our first Thanksgiving at The Lodge was a very special one …
Lodge Life: Fall!
Fall came quickly to the mountains this year and brought abundant sunshine, the most glorious brightly colored leaves, the smell of campfires all around us and perfect crisp and frosty mornings. Our little family spent so many weekends in Leavenworth this fall and it was so fun watching the season evolve. We planned four long, …
Summer Recap
Summer isn’t normally my favorite season. Don’t get me wrong, I love our sunny Seattle summer days, but I’m usually more of a fall and winter kind of gal. Not this year, though! This summer rivals some pretty epic summers I’ve had for the best summer of my adult life and I’m sliding it into …