Sunday Hike

With Christopher gearing to go on a 47 mile hike in July, we've been trying to get out once a week for a nice day hike. Today it was a 10 mile trek roundtrip on the Taylor River Trail aka Snoqualmie Lake Trail.

There wasn't much of an elevation gain so I had nothing to complain about! Once I read this online I was sold. "While nearby Mt. Si bristles with sweating hikers, and the Middle Fork Snoqualmie Trail hosts hordes of outdoor enthusiasts, the Taylor River Trail - an old road that's been reclaimed by the forest - goes largely unnoticed and unused."

 We stopped at Marten Creek for lunch (pb&j, one hard boiled egg and a baggy of dried pineapple.)

 The Big Creek bridge marked the stopping point of our 5 mile trek in.

Me and Christopher

 On our way back we took a side trip to Otter Falls.You had to look for a cairn (pile of rocks) which would signify turning north up a hill for a few hundred yards

 It was quite spectacular watching the water slide down the huge vertical granite slabs.

With tired feet and legs we made it home by 7pm and will definitely experience a good night sleep!

i hope to do better on the next video!sorry for the dizziness.

Happy 9th Birthday Megan and Elizabeth!

Today my boyfriend's twin girls celebrate their 9th birthday! woohoo! I made these boxes to house their birthday medallions that I got from making memories.

follow the morph layout

this was a layout i created on NSD on 2peas where you had to follow the morph. it started with shannon tidwell's layout "learning to fish" and i pretty much scraplifted her layout for "making snow angels."

Sunday Day Hike - Teneriffe "Kamikaze" Falls

2 christophers and myself headed off to north bend for a day hike to teneriffe falls. 6 miles roundtrip/ highest elevation point: 2370 feet.
starts off super easy with a gentle grade on a forested logging road. couple miles past that the trail narrows and becomes very rocky with views of the snoqualmie valley. in my opinion it was one of the easier trails we've hiked and would gladly do it again.

12 Tags of 2012 - May Tim Holtz Challenge

I finished my tag in the nick of time. Love the faux enamel flowers using UTEE.

Food Challenge

over at 2peas i participated in a food challenge scrapbook layout. i did one on a food memory namely splitz grill in vancouver, b.c. (best hamburger i have ever eaten!) i can't wait to go back and have another one.

Spooky Fun and Icicle Creek

I'm a Zipster

Back in February I won a free zipcar rental from the member's bowling party up at Garage on Capital Hill. Well my credits expire at the end of May, so I booked a car for Sunday and Christopher and I drove out to Mt. Rainier. Sunrise was closed due to snow so we drove out to Chinook Pass which recently opened.

I got to drive a speedy little Audi and boy can it accelerate! Christopher wanted to use the restroom but you needed a shovel just to find the door.

Visiting the Troll

here's a little share from NSD at scrapbook.com. the challenge was to use a mask and spray. i had this sunburst forever and never used, go figure! well, i love the results!

Giveaway Friday

Hello all,
Happy Friday. It's a 3 day weekend and it's looking really pretty outside here in Seattle. I have two items to giveaway - Maya Road chipboard letters and black and white journaling sheers.
I know it's mainly my family and friends who visit this blog, but if you are interested in this freebie and you are not related to me or in my craft group I would love to send this to you. Just leave a comment.
Hope you have a great weekend!