Such a cute little girl and amazing daddy!

I just had to share this video because it is so darn cute!  

What a cute little girl and her daddy is so fun!  Enjoy!!

Ride up Bloomington Canyon into Paris Canyon

 It was a beautiful day to ride into the canyons in the 

Bear Lake area.  We started in Bloomington Canyon and

went into Paris Canyon.  Our friends Wayne and Debbie Moore

and their son Jessie came as well as Bliss & Robert and Shea, 

Debbie's parents Wendell and Ruth Johnson and some of their friends.

 Shea and Greg getting ready to go!

 Bliss and I in the front of the ranger, Greg and Robert were in the

back.  At the beginning of the ride when the road was not scary to 

drive on.  Once it got scary we turned it over to Robert and Greg.  

 Just enjoying the day

 We took a little hike into the Paris Creek.

Debbie, Bliss and I have all been friends for over

22 years.  It was a beautiful place to stop!

 Greg at paris creek

 Gorgeous place!  

Our next stop was at some ice caves.

Bliss and Debbie discussing the meaning of life.  

This cave has ice in it and was where the pioneers

of this area used to come get their ice.  It was cold.  

Our group...well most of us.  What a fun day!  We had a picnic

and then ended up back at Wendell and Ruth's cabin where we had

a nice dinner and homemade ice cream.  Great way to end a great summer.

Shooting guns!

 Tanner is home for a few months and

we decided to go shooting.  He's a pretty good shot!

 This is the first time I have shot a rifle.  Its loud and heavy

and about kicked me on my fanny.  But it was fun.

 I can't hit a target by the way!  

Especially a moving one!

 Greg is pretty good at it also!

Tanner throwing the clay pigeons

Golfing in Bear Lake

 There is a golf course right by our cabin

in Bear Lake.  A few weeks ago on a beautiful

Saturday afternoon Greg and I went golfing.

This is the first time I had ever been on a golf

course.  Greg did most of the golfing and

at several of the holes he let me hit the ball to 

get the feel of it.  Next time maybe I will try 9 holes.  

 I had fun driving the cart.

You can't beat the views!  Greg and the lake.

:)

Vancouver B.C.

We drove into Canada our last day.  Bliss has an old college

friend Alison who lives there.  She was so sweet to come 

hang out with us and show us around!  She took us to a 

cool park called Capilano Suspension Bridge Park. 

 Not only is there the bridge but there

are platforms and stairs that lead to treehouses

with beautiful views.  

 This is the bridge.  Very scary!  

It moves ALOT when you walk and

is SOOOO long!  It boggles my mind

how it can be suspended like that and hold

that much weight.  

 Looking down

 Going up to one of the tree houses

 Entering a gift shop

 Then we drove up to the ski resort where they 

held the Olympics.  It was pretty foggy but if you 

look closely you can see B.C. in the background.  

Melanie and I.

 Me and Kristi

 In front of the Olympic Rings

 We went to the Village for lunch and

walked down to the Ferry to see the boats.

 Oops, this picture is supposed to be at Whatcom falls.

Beautiful Kristi

 Melanie and I

 Alison, Kristi, Melanie, Bliss and I

The three amigos.  We had such a great time.  I feel

extremely lucky to have such great friends.  We've been 

friends since 1993.  We've had kids

together, celebrated fun times together and been

there for each other through rough times also.  I love them.

Evening walk on the beach in Birch Bay

 We tried to walk along the beach that

evening, however, there was no beach.  The

tide was too high.  This is a huge old log.

 Just having some fun

Beautiful sunset at Birch Bay

Bellingham and Whatcom Falls

 Next morning we went into Bellingham to find a farmers market.  

I was born in Bellingham!  Its a cute little town.  We found

this YUMMY crepe restaurant.  By the way, my 

friends didn't tell me that shirt makes me look like an

elephant!  Oh my!

My good friend Melanie Swank from high school met us for some
fun!  It was so fun to reminisce!  She lives near Seattle and we
were having so much fun that she was able to convince her husband to
let her stay the night with us and hang out until the next night!

 This is for my mom to show her that we were

in Bellingham!

 Thought this was fun at the farmers market.  You can

buy these kits to grow your own mushrooms!  

 We went on another hike to Whatcom Falls in Bellingham.  

 So pretty

 Bliss wishing she had brought her swimsuit

so she could jump off the cliff!  That is a crazy

long way down but people were jumping!  

 Me hanging on.  I didn't dare 

get too close to the edge.  My luck

I wouldn't need to jump, I'd just fall off.  

Hiking on Lopez Island

 Lopez Island reminded me of Ketchikan Alaska.

This is a hike we did in the rain.  Well, it 

was drizzling.  But so so beautiful!

 A beautiful place we came to at the end

of our hike.  Very misty and beautiful.

 Bliss the "strong one" holding up this

falling rock!  haha

 Hiking

At the end of our second hike of the

day we got to Sharks Cove 

(or something like that) and if you

look closely you can see the white seals.