Care Package from Minnesota/NYC

You can imagine my great joy when a goodie box filled with fun surprises from Courtney and Tudor was waiting for me when I stepped in the door today.

It's hard to say what my favorite goodie was.  I was quite happy to find that the pants Rok peed on moments before we boarded the plane home to Minnesota had been laundered and returned to me.  In my frustration and haste I'd told Courtney to just throw them away.  Luckily, she's the more level-headed of us two.

I also loved my sweet running shirt from Tudor's USA Soccer trip to Brazil and broke it in immediately with a run around the lake here in Klahanie.  This is a photo post-run (which Gabe asked me if I was sure I wanted to take because I was 'all red and sweaty', but I decided to go with it for authenticity).

But if you look in Rok's hands you'll find my favorite part of the care package.  A magazine aptly titled Central Minnesota Women which Courtney sent me to demonstrate the 'propaganda' she's exposed to on a daily basis.  I don't know what she's complaining about.  I learned how to make my own leather goods, the low-down on the best knitting patterns, and what it takes to be a hardcore BMX woman while merely skimming this fine piece of literature for a few minutes.  Who knows what other gems I'll find once I really take the time to read it thoroughly:)

Thanks for our package Courtney and Tudor! XOXO

And Levi makes 4 for this Davis Clan

Last Thursday we happily welcomed Levi as the newest member of the Davis Family Issaquah Branch.  Levi will be living with us while attending Bellevue College, and is currently looking for a job (he informed us his search is for 'a job that pays'...so his options are wide open:)

The move was definitely the most laid-back of any I've been a part of.  Between Gabe, Levi and I we got the contents from Saya's van and Levi's truck un-loaded and in the house in about 15 minutes. 

And the best part of the move, is that Rok can now experience the joy of moving boxes...lots of them!

I can't wait for Christmas, as I'm sure Rok's box love will have only grown exponentially by then!





Mt. Rainier at Camp Ohanapecosh

For a little daycation we decided on a trip to Mt. Rainier last Saturday.  Gabe got a guide book with lists of multiple hikes, and we decided on a loop out of camp Ohanapecosh up to Silver Falls and back.  The roughly 2.5 hour hike seemed like just the right length with Gabe's torn ACL, and me trying out hauling baby boy in the sweet hiking backpack Paul and Mary lent us for the first time. 

We stopped on the way up to get a pic in front of the glorious mountain.  The weather couldn't have been any better.

The falls were spectacular.  Because of our unseasonably cool Spring and early Summer the snow is just now melting at the rapid rate of 18-20 inches per day (Thanks Ranger Dan for that and many other park factoids).

But I'd have to say the highlight of the trip was hauling little Rok in the hiking pack.  We were worried that after a two hour ride up the mountain he wouldn't be so happy with getting popped back in another carrier.  We were wrong.  I think finally being at 'Mom and Dad level' evoked un-paralleled joy in him.  He spent the majority of the trip mimicking our voices, laughing, and singing for passersby on the trail.  The pack worked great, but it was quite the workout! 

We stopped on the way home for a picnic lunch and we let Rok shed his clothes for a little nakie baby time.  He was loving it, and all was well until I realized we hadn't packed chocolate covered raisins and that he was playing with a sizable pile of deer poo.  Whoops!  Guess I didn't sufficiently clear the picnic area for animal droppings:)