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Well, a third of summer is gone. When asked how my summer is going, I hesitate how to respond. I love having my kids home, but summer is without a doubt high season. The kids eat, sleep, read, play, attend the occasion camp. I grocery shop, cook, drive, clean, grocery shop and cook more. The volume of food eaten in our house has boggled my mind; to the kids' merits they have been great about making what they can when needed -- the scrambled egg waffle sandwich is their new BFF.

We have taken some fun road trips. Take our jaunt to Mt. Rainier:



Our klassy campground had a cooler for elk and deer, in case we needed to store our kill.





There were many hours in the car ... many, many, many







You might note there are no pictures of Mt. Rainier here. That's because after driving allll that way the elusive mountain was completely socked in with near zero visibility. We made it into the national park lodge and couldn't see a darn thing out the windows. We hope to have better luck in Yellowstone National Park where we are headed next!

The Final Day

It's the last day of spring break, and parents across our state are rejoicing! Seriously, after a long, rainy Thursday -- did I mention it was LONG? -- we had some brief clearing today and I forced the kids outside, where they played so nicely together. Sweetly even, like kittens.