Enjoying the Sunshine

We may have been gone for three years but one thing we remember is how important it is to enjoy the sunshine.  September is usually a pretty sunny month so we've been out  rediscovering our favorite spots before the rains descend.  I'm surprised how much Landon remembers from living here before.  He gets so excited when I tell him about the park we are going to and then we get there and he says, "Everything is so small!"  He doesn't seem to understand that the playground didn't shrink, he just grew.

Bean is currently on the 5th Harry Potter book and going strong!

These two are best buds

Parker has seen his brothers pose one too many times

The boys have missed the skate park.  The City of Sammamish was smart to put the skate park right in front of the police station.  It makes it user-friendly for everyone and keeps the rough crowd that is usually at the skate park in check.

Picking blackberries along the side of the road just like the good ol' days before.  These noxious weeds are the worst but the berries are tasty

We also hiked to Snoqualmie Falls recently.  The trail to the waterfall was under construction the entire time we lived here before so we were excited to go again.  The first and last time we hiked it was the summer before we moved to Japan.

Snowqualmie Falls 2007 - we were a LOT younger then. 

Still have the same old hiking backpack.  It was old even back then!

This picture has nothing to do with anything but I needed documentation of Marcus's crazy neon colors he's been sporting

 We've had enough rain now that it's finally starting to get green again after the dry summer and I'm still in awe of the beauty of the Pacific Northwest.  We had a sprinkler guy come over to figure out how to get our system up and running so we can revitalize our yard.  The previous owners stopped watering after they sold us the house and sadly there are a lot of trees, bushes, and grass that died.  But never fear!  Randy has already aerated and reseeded the lawn and fixed a bunch of broken sprinkler heads.  Yard work never ends and thankfully Randy enjoys the work. 

Our dead yard the day we moved in

Getting some of the green back.