We had a quick visit from Aunt Katy, Uncle Joe, and Elsa last night.  Wish they could have stayed longer!

 

Hurricane Sledding

Our sled runs (scouted and manufactured by Uncle Joe and Daddy) are more secluded, steeper, and fun than ever before!

Annual Snowshoe Weekend

This weekend was our annual snowshoe weekend with Aunt Katy, Uncle Joe, and Elsa.  As always, it was fun, fun, fun!  This year we went to Hurricane Ridge. 

 

 

On Day 1, we went to the Olympic Game Farm.  The animals roam 'free', and you can feed them whole wheat bread.  We got a lot of laughs as hungry zebras, llamas, elk, muskox, European fallow deer, and others begged for food.

Lots of laughs.

 

Here's a muskox up close and personal.

 

Shoulder to shoulder with a bison.

 

Day 2 started with sledding.  Nathan is ready for any snow that might spray in his face.

 

Then we went snowshoeing.  The weather alternated between fog and sun breaks and we had great views.

 

Day 3 started with more sledding and loving on Aunt Katy.

 

We lunched with the locals.

 

They were very friendly.

 

All smiles.

 

On Day 4 we switched gears and went hiking at the Dungeoness Spit National Wildlife Refuge.  It was fun to run from the big waves.

 

Evan and Elsa are fishing.  You can see them both holding their 'poles' if you enlarge this picture.

 

Playing tug of war with a bull kelp.  I won.

 

What a fun weekend!  We can't wait to do it again next year!

Frugal Joe

We've never advertised another blog.  Well, maybe Mom's; we don't remember.  Either way, it's a  very rare occurance at best.  However, we think anyone interested in learning a little about finance should tune into Uncle Joe's blog.  Actually, it might be even more important for people who are NOT interested in finance to tune in.  This is a very practical way to start considering your family's financial choices.  Turns out, there's a reason that Uncle Joe's elective finance class has more than twice the number of students in it than the alternative elective business class at his high school.  We've always known he's a terrific high school teacher, but now we know he's a good teacher for adults, too.  Check it out at http://www.frugaljoe.com/.