As you can see we went for a little trip! Saturday we loaded the car up at 1:40 pm and headed east! The destination... big beautiful Mt. Rainier. The trip started out a little rocky because upon entering the park it began to rain and the temperature gauge read 42 degrees. Really the weather turned out to not be so bad. We loaded the kids in their backpacks and began our hike at Paradise. Lily, it turns out, was terrified of her backpack and was screaming so Lindsay got to carry both the kids, which is okay because she says because she burned a few extra calories! 
Lily's favorite part was picking up rocks along the road and chirping with
the birds. She was so excited when she found a rock that was even bigger than she was and she cried when we had to leave it. The views were amazing and we really enjoyed what Dave calls "a short hike," but boy did we work up an appetite.We went to the campsite and started a fire to cook up our dinner. Dinner consisted of hot dogs, potato salad, fruit, and some punch. Of course, like any good campground, the birds were our best friend and even came over and stole food right off of Lily's plate! That quickly ended Lily's friendship with the birds, she doesn't share food very well. Then after dinner came the best part... S'mores!!!! No campfire is complete without roasting marshmallows!!
As we sat eating our food Lindsay noticed something moving out of the corner of her eye and thought "huh, a cat doesn't belong here." Turned out she was looking at a fox that had come over to investigate what we were doing. Well right as we finished eating the rain started again. We hurriedly packed up the car and left for home! On the way home Lindsay swears Dave wasn't paying any attention as he had to swerve to miss deer on more than one occasion! Dave swears that he didn't have a choice!! "It isn't up to me if they are going to jump out into the road!" he said. Its just a good thing Grandma was paying attention. On the way home Dave and Lindsay had to stop to use the bathroom and so poor Grandma stayed with the kids in the car. When we got back out to the car Lily was screaming and Landon wasn't far behind! 
The rest of the way home Lindsay and Lily had a very serious conversation about everything from pie to shoes and anything else in between! We got home and as Dave says "it is always a good trip when you get home after dark and you smell like a campfire!" Overall it was a great trip. We hope to do it again soon.
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It looks like you guys had such a fun trip! I miss the mountains!
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