Granite Falls

These are the Granite Falls. We went on a little hike to see them last week and we will be camping near there this weekend. There had better not be as many bees as there was at our last attempt at camping. It should be fun.

September in Washington involves lots of spiders...

Seattle

We had some friends come into town this week. It was fun to show them around Seattle. Charlotte begged to have her shoes off so that she could run through the water dripping down. It looked clean enough:) She had a blast.

Montana

We had a great time visiting my grandma in Montana last week. Charlotte had a blast at the zoo. She loved the farm animals especially and woke up the next day talking about the "big horsey".  The bear was a little to real for us since we had just been camping and there were signs everywhere warning about bears... The tiger was massive. 

We spent a lot of time scanning old pictures that my grandma had. I love looking at old family pictures. 

Sandpoint, Idaho

We stopped and camped in Sandpoint, Idaho on the way to Montana. It was very pretty, but kind of a let down. First of all, there were these super annoying ground bees attacking us from all sides. They were everywhere and we spent most of our time at the campsite locked up in our tent to hide from them. The lake was pretty amazing though. There was a very long, very narrow train bridge across the lake. It was pretty impressive. Charlotte loved playing with this stone lion. She had a little friend who was following her around all over the beach. It was pretty cute and I think she liked the attention:)

There were a bunch of little shops in that covered bridge over the river.

Petrified Ginkgos

We have had a very busy couple of weeks around here. After my last day of work, we celebrated Labor Day unemployed and took off for Montana. On our way we found this awesome petrified ginkgo forest. I guess the forest was covered with lava years ago and there are petrified stumps all over. It was really cool. We picked up a piece from the local gem shop and went on our way. Charlotte was definitely grateful for a chance to stop and stretch her legs. 

Piano

Charlotte loves music and has started to enjoy playing the piano more. Sometimes she lets us play with her, but she usually pulls our hands off the keys, but this was a rare moment where we were actually playing together.

"Puppies"

The community center at our apartment complex had an event last week called Puppy Play. We were so excited to take Charlotte over to play with the puppies. When we got there we saw four huge dogs. Seriously, like, an Irish Wolfhound, a Greyhound, a lab, and another huge dog. The lab went straight for Charlotte and licked her face, which she didn't really appreciate. She kept her distance for the rest of the time, but we were just so surprised at how big all the dogs were. Definitely not puppies.