The Parkers Go to Washington

Not all of summer was carefree and happy. Some of it was hard. For the past ten years we have lived near my sister and her kids. They moved back to the Tri-Cities right out of college and just days after their oldest, Ashley, was born. With that amount of time being close by, you tend to take a lot for granted. When they announced their "two-year assignment" to Washington, D.C. I was excited for them but could not picture the day ever coming. Now, they've been there for just a short time but it feels like a lot longer. I really miss them but can't wait to visit and love hearing about their adventures. You can check up on them as well at parkerprofile.blogspot.com.

Blink and You'll Miss It

It seems so quick that the rug of summer was pulled out from under us. I may have mentioned this before but I LOVE summer and am so sad to see it go. So, I'm indulging myself in a few more snapshots of the last part of summer--sigh!We had a church ward campout at Windust Park. It was a last minute decision to go because our other plans fell through with the Elsassers. However, we had a great time!
The next day we hiked through an old train tunnel. It felt good to be in the shade and cool--the tunnel was quite long.
The kids found several owl pellets they loved digging through and several larger skulls (rodents?) and we saw the owls themselves.
We went to Palouse falls with a couple of other families after the train tunnel. It is strange but this is in the middle of nowhere--not a body of water in sight until you see this interesting waterfall and rock formations.
Nate and I had a weekly ritual of hiking Badger Mountain early in the morning. I'm sad to give that up--it was really fun for us to do that together.
One more trip to Idaho to do a little four-wheeling and playing at Silverwood.



It was fun to have Nannee and Papa with a "place on the lake." The kids enjoyed visiting them there. Looking forward to next summer already!