Oops!

Okay friends, I'm sorry for not posting for two weeks... however we have had a little camera problem....We haven't taken any pictures. Crappy parent move, I know.

Either way it has been a busy two weeks. Last weekend we went bowling with some of our friends. It was really cute, however my camera forgot me, and my friend that emailed me the pictures she took didn't send them as an attachment, so I cant get them on the blog. But, I assure you it was very cute. I'm not so sure that the guy that works they thought it was very cute because he had to keep coming over to our lanes to get our ball out from the middle of the lane. The girls loved making the balls go down the lane, but they didn't usually make it all the way to the pins.... details details.

The rest of last weekend was pretty uneventful, as it rained most of the time. It was the perfect opportunity for guiltless laziness.

The bulk of last week flew by, and yesterday we headed up to Stanley for the day. For all you weather buffs out there, during the winter months, its usually the coldest place in the nation on a regular occurence . Nonetheless, we caught a beautiful day- the sky was amazingly blue, and all of the leaves are beginning to change color. For anyone who has never seen the leaves change in person, it's pretty spectacular. We had a great lunch at the Stanley Baking Co. ( the Cowgirl cookies were the best I've EVER had!!!) and then headed out to Stanley Lake. We sat on the beach and watched a guy catch some fish from the beach, and then proceed to get his large dog, and large self into a small red canoe. It was really quite hysterical, but Justin thought it would be rude to take a picture. His other large dog (a chocolate lab of course) swam alongside the canoe ( though his largeness kept him from swimming as fast as the canoe). We were actually amazed that all of them made it to their camp without going for a swim (except the lab). Avery had fun frolicking in the water, and insisted on being naked, despite the breeze and chilly water. Ah, to be a kid again!



From there we headed to the Fish hatchery, where we saw about 300,000 "fingerlings" which are Chinook Salmon that are about 1 year old. We got to watch the girl feed them, which was pretty cool, and talk to her about the fish. It was very interesting. The Chinook will be released into the Salmon river in April. There were no adult Salmon at the hatchery, though Steelhead season is coming up. Apparently, this year they had 3 times the Salmon return than they had last year. This year's return was the largest since 1982, when the facility was opened.

This is a picture of Avery in her car seat on the way home. She finally fell asleep like this after throwing a total fit about something or other....Needless to say we were ready to get home.




Today we are spending time at the house, doing important things like laundry and football. I have Yoga on my agenda later, but that's about it!
Anyway- hope everyone is doing well, and I promise that my camera will cooperate this week....
xoxo
Krista, Justin, and Avery