Visiting with the Hartman's

Our friends the Hartman's just happened to be vacationing in Seattle when they got our group email, so they contacted us and we got together at the KidsQuest Children's Museum. You can see their son, Premier (two weeks older than Jacob), next to Jean, and Todd is holding their new baby Ransom. We wish them many blessings as they move to Missouri, and look forward to visiting them more frequently when we return to St. Louis.

Snoqualmie Falls

Snoqualmie Falls is the tallest waterfall in the U.S. Stan decided to nap on the long steep hike down to the bottom of the falls.

Jacob's first taste of ice cream

In back of the Residence Inn where we stayed was a long row of wild blackberry bushes with tons of juicy ripe blackberries. We picked enough to make a cobbler, and this is Jacob finishing off his cobbler and ice cream. Jacob had been allergic to dairy, but mercifully when we had him restested in July the tests showed he is no longer. Yay!

Our house in Washington

Krispy Kreme

I was afraid that we would have difficulty finding a parking place at Mt. Rainier, so we tried to leave fairly early. We actually didn't get out of the house until eight or so. We got to the parking lot at Paradise (shown above) at about eleven. There were still a few spots left, but it was full when we left.

On the way to Rainier, we stopped at a Krispy Kreme in Kent (I think) and Laura bought us some doughnuts, which was nice.

Us at Mount Rainier

Still figuring this whole blog thing out, but anyway...
here's us in front of Mount Rainier - sorry you can't see Stan - he's in the sling Brian is carrying. Laura was with us here at Mount Rainier; she took this pic.

We are in Seattle!

Hello!

We have started this blog to show off our pictures and let our friends know what's going on with us up here in Seattle.

Here is a picture we took last weekend on a trip to Mount Rainier. It's like a postcard, huh?