Way Out West, The Story Goes...

Since Reid is hiking Mt Rainier in a couple of weeks, he wanted to head to Montana and climb a mountain a bit higher in elevation. Long story short, there was no "true trail" and Tara ended that idea quickly. So to make the trip to Montana somewhat worth it, we stopped in Sandpoint, ID on the way back home and camped.

Our second family camping trip

Lake Darling where we set up camp. It may be pretty, but the mosquitos made it not so fun

At the high point of the trail

Beautiful mountain view on the hike back down

Before we headed out of Montana we stopped at a river we crossed to see how Synder did in the water. While he was more than willing to walk around the shallow areas, we thought it would be a good idea to show off some swimming skills. I don't think he was too pleased with us!

Seattle Trip

We took a weekend and went to Seattle with some friends. Of course we had to hit a few of the tourist traps!!

Pikes Place Market. There are soo many beautiful flowers here! Oh and the tossing of the fish :)

We took a ferry to Bainbridge Island and had a wonderful lunch at the marina.

We even had time to watch the Mariner's take on the Yankees! We picked the best game of the series because the Mariner's won!!!

Happy 4th Of July

We headed to Coeur d'Alene, ID for 4th of July this year. Besides it being a chilly 4th, the fireworks were rather disappointing. We will probably be staying in Spokane next year.

It's Been A While...

So far we've had a crazy busy first half of the summer. Add that to our computer problems and it left us with not much time to update. So here we go with a mega-post...

Josh came to town for a visit! We love having visitors!!! We took Josh on a hike...

which also happened to be Snyders' first hike. He did pretty good and has gone on more since.

Next up was a white water rafing trip down the Spokane River. The river was high and running really fast (thanks to all the rain we've had) which made for great trip.

That same weekend the Collins clan came to town! They were brave and drove all the way here with my grandma! It was soo great to see them.

Next up was a hiking trip in Idaho. This picture was atop North Chilco Peak. We continued on...

and set up camp on South Chilco Peak! Snyder came along and learned to hike in his pack, but he still needs some help sleeping in the tent.

Reid's summer internship is going great. He is still catching up with depositions and will have to give a presentation about everything he's learned in the next few weeks. As for Tara's job, no update on if she'll get to keep it or move to full time. But for the time being, she is still busy working away!

The weather here has been fabulous this summer! We haven't had a day over 85 yet, and only a handful of days in the 80s. We are not missing Kansas this time of the year!! Not much else to update on. We are heading to Coeur d'Alene with some friends tomorrow for the 4th, going to Seattle next weekend for a baseball game and the first week in August Reid is climing Mt Rainier. I can't believe it is July already!!

One Year Anniversary

Since Reid begins work tomorrow, we deicded to celebrate our anniversay a week early. We headed down to the Columbia River Gorge which is the Washington/Oregon border about 4 1/2 hours southwest from Spokane. It was BEAUTIFUL!

Our cabin was right on the edge of a bluff in White Salmon, WA. I hung my camera from a nearby tree to get a shot of both of us overlooking the Gorge.

This is the view from our cabin of Mt Hood in Oregon. The river is what divides Washington from Oregon.

We hiked Eagle Creek trail which is about 40 miles east of Portland and 25 min west of where we were staying. This is Punch Bowl Falls, one of the many waterfalls along the hike.

This was the ultimate beauty of a waterfall, which we got to walk behind. Tunnel Falls was the ending destination of our hike and it was definitely worth the six miles of hiking to get to.

Nothing else new with the Jennings family. Snyder continues to fit right in with us. I have now been running everyday (at least 2 miles a day) since we got him and I can already tell a difference in my stamina!

Up next on our calendar is a trip from Josh!

Adding To Our Family!

We have both been wanting a dog for a little while now, and took the opportunity of the move to be able to have one. Meet Snyder!

He is a German Shorthaird pointer who is about a year old. So we choose his adoption date as his birthday! (April 21, 2009) He went to the vet and checked out all healthy! So far he has adapted well. He just needs to work on not following us EVERYWHERE we go in the house. I'm sure that will cure over time.

For being a puppy he sure does sleep A LOT. His mom is nice enough to wake up early and take him on a run before work, and dad finishes up the excercise with a run in the afternoon. Sometimes the family will even take an evening walk together.

He is a smart little guy, and we think we got pretty lucky with finding him. His story was he was found as a stray in Oregon and the man who found him didn't have any time for him and kept him cooped up all the time. Despite all those puppy-dog looks he gives us for not letting him be outside, he's quite the lover and we think he will have a wonderful life as part of our family!!

New Place!!

While our first neighbors gave us great stories for our first year of marriage, we were definetely excited to move on! Here are some pics of our new place (which is just right up the street from where we use to live)