Summer since our WI trip and Hood to Coast....

Here are a few random pictures of what we've been up to since the Wisconsin trip and my Hood to Coast weekend. I have been really busy with work and these last weeks have flown by - its hard to remember what random things we've been up to, so its actually kind of nice to keep track by organizing my thoughts (and photos) for a post....

Ashley with Doug's old chainsaw. We cut down a big dogwood in the front yard... (and when I say "we" I mean Ashley :)

We went for a hike Labor Day weekend in the Gifford Pinchot Nat'l Forest in Washington. You can really see the haze from forest fires just above the treeline in the way back of this photo...

On the way to the top. A gorgeous day...

A neat arch the trail goes through on the way...

Ashley finished fixing up and sold his 1968 Cutlass! It went to a good home (and the proceeds will go towards the long list of house projects...)

We listed two Japanese maples from our front yard for sale on craigslist. A couple from nearby bought them and came and dug them out. They are now in their front yard not too far from us!

We had a weeknight dinner at our house to catch up with some friends - here are all the girls, including Carmen (I'm sure the boys were playing pool in the basement...)

This weekend we are headed to Pendleton, a town in central Oregon for the Pendleton Round up - one of the biggest rodeos in the country. I'm sure we'll have photos from that to post as well. Can't wait to see what everyone else has been up to! XO