With the water still down when we visited Lake Chelan in May I hunkered down on a log and snapped photos of birds playing in a seasonal stream. It was great practice and has made me appreciate how fun it is to take photos of birds.
Probably the highlight of the year, our wedding! We were married June 28 in Pateros, WA. I was lucky enough to have two photographers, Tim Patrick of Okanogan and Stephanie Stremler of Lynden. Here is one of Stephanie's photos.
Our honeymoon to Alaska! Although there are much more picturesque photos of Alaska and the glaciers I figured a photo reminder of our cruise should be one of us. This is when we were at Dawes Glacier. It was a great trip and we really would like to go back and explore Alaska a bit more. It's a different world up there.
We had some hot weather and luckily spent it at Lake Chelan at our cabin. We even had some friends from Okanogan join us this year and we hope to get even more there this next summer.
The fish didn't start biting until the sun was setting, but Shawn and his dad were still game to catch some.
It was hard to pick just one photo from September as we had the county fair and I had a lot of great photos from it. Our second fair and I entered two photos this year. Maybe next year I can expand that even more. This little guy was waiting to sell his rabbit in the Fur and Feather Auction.
Boy did the leaves fall. We have three huge trees that each have a lot of leaves. Mickey didn't appreciate helping out with the big piles.
We adopted a new family member. Hopper joined us from Wenatchee Humane Society and he has been a great addition and is a great little dog. Calm as can be unless you ask him to get excited and even then that can be a little difficult.
We had a white Christmas and all the family came to us this year. It was great getting to show off the new house. Although Shawn's folks had more snow at their home in western Washington, we've now caught up and it is snowing heavy as of the first of the year.
I'm really intrigued by Flickers. My good friend started
bird watching because of flickers visiting her yard. It really
is amazing how big they are. I hope to keep the pair we have
around our yard and I want to try and create a feeder
for them this summer.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas with their friends and family.
Meet the new family member! This is Hopper. We just adopted him yesterday, so far he is an amazing dog. He is house trained, crate trained, leash trained, gets along great with the cat and is a complete sweet heart. It is amazing what you can get from a pound puppy. Hard to believe he came into the shelter as a stray. Someone spent some time with him, or he is just a great mellow dog with a tail that never stops.
Snapped this photo of a little guy at practice behind us at the soccer game. There were some awfully cute kids and some awfully big kids for little league.
View from the front door to the kitchen. The living room is to the right.
The living room from the entry. You can see into two of the bedrooms the third door is just off the picture to the top right of the room.
The fireplace in the living room.
The beautiful front windows in the living room.
The kitchen. Laundry to the left, hallway to bedrooms to
Yes, the fridge :0) Down the hall is the main bath, a bedroom
The main bathroom. This was completely remodeled over the summer.
Laundry room. To the left is the family room and ahead is the sunroom.
The very fun sunroom. We are going to use it as a dining area.
Sunroom from the door from the laundry room.
Bedroom one.
Bedroom two with a lot of built ins. Can't you just
Bedroom three.
The family room with half-bath.
The half-bath.
