Mount Hood and a walk through the snow

A couple of weeks ago, Mother, in search of the perfect Birthday present embarked on a journey that would cover thousands of miles....not really, but it did require looking on the Internet and she found a two hour blacksmith class. She booked it and yesterday (Saturday) we drove up to Government Camp on the base of Mount Hood for it. They had a great time and during it the rest of us decided to take a hike. When we go to the parking lot for the hike we had to walk down a snowed over road to get to the summer parking were the hiking trail actually started. So we embarked on our two hour hike sliding our way through wet snow. Not slushy but wet. We spent about two hours trying to find a lake and never found it. In the processes we did get several portraits. After two hours with our tennis shoes filled with wet (or melted ) snow we went back to pick up Scott and Dad. Then together we visited Timberline. A historic lodge on the timberline of Mount Hood. It was beautiful. :-) Pictures Below ;-)

Mt. Hood from our hike.

Sara and Andrew

Mother and Jacob.

Jacob and Sara

Sara and I.

Daniel and Sara.

Dad making a coat hanger.

Scott is making...a coat hanger.

One of many fireplaces at Timberline Lodge.

One of many chimneys.

A really neat cougar wood engraving.

Granddad and pictures of a sunset.

Granddad arrived yesterday for a two week stay with us. Yaaaaaaay :-) During the course of his stay we are going to have lots of different field trips (More on that later.).

*New Subject*
Yesterday was very cloudy but around 7ish the sun peaked out underneath the cloud cover and made an incredible photo opportunity. Who can resist?

Our Orchard

The Hay field.

I like the lighting effects on this one. It was caused by the sun's glare.

Beautiful flowers with water on them and a flagpole in the background.

The Sun shining through our maple.

A Couple of days hard work...in the sun. Part 2

I meant to add this photo I took of a book called "Do Hard Things".

A Couple of days hard work...in the sun.

The past couple of days have been HOT!!!!! Breaking the record on Friday tipping the scales at 97 degrees. On Thursday at a temp of 87 degrees I sandblasted a 20 foot trailer. To do it I had to wear a heavy coat and a heavy canvass hood over my face...to protect me from the sand...but not from the sun :-(. While I did that, Dad, Andrew and Daniel worked through the rough brush and ran a fence at the back of the back yard. In the process Andrew managed to cover his arm all over with Poison Oak.

Yesterday we worked in the morning and then in the afternoon Scott and I when bowling in a semi-air conditioned bowling alley.

Today Dad and Andrew finished the fence while I weed-whacked. There are pictures below...As usual :-)

The trailer I sandblasted. Me, in my outfit.
Try to guess what this picture is....It is a picture of steel chips from Scott grinders on a magnet
Our Lilac bush.
Our Dogwood. It took it a long time to bloom because it has been so cold this year.
A flower of some unknown origin.
Scott hard at work welding on the trailer I sandblasted

Lots of Stuff

Sorry that I haven't written in a while, but lots of stuff has been going on. On Saturday I attended a one day conference done by The Rebelution http://www.therebelution.com/. The conference was about how teenagers have been handicapped by society's low expectations of them and how they have dropped to meet those expectations. The cool thing is that 2 teenagers started it, and the whole conference was arranged by teens!

On Sunday we had Deacon's meeting at our place. We set up the volleyball net and played for hours. It was really fun. To prove how much fun it was Dad, Scott, Andrew, and I went out this evening and played two on two. We had a delightful time.

What my Aunt like to say:
God is good, all the time.