Saturday, August 31, 2013

OlallaLand

We love Olalla (my parents house) always, but especially in the sunny summer. We've spent quite a few weekends there recently, so here's the rundown on a few of them.

It's a good thing we hang out with the Chisums a lot, or I might need to learn how to use my ailing camera again. Luckily, they're pretty cool. So, here's two weekends in Olalla, courtesy of Val.

First, the four of use went out at the end of July to spend a weekend with my parents. The weather was perfect on Saturday and then cloudy Sunday, but we went crabbing, lounges, ate good food, and enjoyed ourselves. We rode the motorcycles out, which was sweet. No ferry wait = awesome.





crabbing for...starfish?








me and momma

Visit from Jim & Phebe

dungeness for dinner




evening on the new deck


I got a real helmet after this. Promise




A few weeks later my parents were off an a boating trip, so we dragged a few friends out to Olalla for the weekend. Lance, Val, Josh, and Lindsey came out for the whole weekend and Caroline was able to come out for the day on Saturday. We had an action packed time: crabbing, fly fishing, kayaking, jumping off the davit, snorkeling, picking blackberries and making cobbler, playing games, etc. 












meany boys tipped Matt into the water
(he was fine..)







naughty seal had climbed up on the neighbors boat




delicious dinner





two guys, four crab pots, one dinghy

friends!


Thursday, August 29, 2013

Bachelorette Weekend in Twisp, WA

Our dear friends Catherine and David got married a few weeks ago - it was awesome. But before they got married, we had bacherlor/bachelorette weekends for them! The boys played at a cabin by Leavenworth, Wenatachee. There's no photographic evidence, because they are boys, but rumor has is they had fun, ate good food, lounged in the river, drank beer, etc.

The ladies on the other hand, made their way out to Twisp, WA for the weekend. Even Ashley go to fly in from CO for the weekend, which made it extra cool.

There was an awesome pool, deck, and cabana, lots of beds, and a great view right on a little river. We spent the weekend lounging in the pool, eating good food, celebrating the bride-to-be and even took a little hike. Here are some pictures, all courtesy of Valerie (thank you!).

Beautiful Diablo Lake on the way out. Want to come back for hiking


Cabana. I told matt we need one for our yard


View from the deck

The other way

No boys around = Val & Kenz learn to grill
Reports were that it wasnt too shabby


Silly dandelions on our hike

We didnt actually find the hike we meant to do.
So we walked up a road. 
And then climbed a little mountain.
And it was pretty




Jenna, Kenz, Sarah, Cat, Ash, Val

Lounging in the Seahawk

Headdress crafts

Kenz, Karen, Lindsey, Megan

Val, Steph, Sonja, Katie

Caro, Sarah, Jenna, Ash

So many beautiful ladies!
(thats a lot of mouths to feed)


Happy happy times. Lovely weekend of relaxation and lady friends.