Mirror Lake...

we went backpacking in the eagle cap wilderness to celebrate our first anniversary. our destination was mirror lake, it is located right in the middle of the lakes basin. it was an 8 mile trek in and 2500 feet elevation gain. we had an incredible time relaxing and enjoying the outdoors. after a couple nights of camping and back packing we ventured into joseph to attend the rodeo and stay at a bed and breakfast. it was a great way to end the weekend.

hope you enjoy the pics of our adventure!!!

packed and ready to go...

the trail followed the lostine river...


the bridge washed out over the winter, so we had to cross the river on these logs...




lunch break on the lostine river... allie enjoyed the water along the trail....



there was lots of incredible meadows on our hike...
the snow capped mountain in the background is our destination...

another good shot of the meadows and our destination (the snowy mountain)...
almost there..

we made it!!!
cooling off in the icy cold water of mirror lake...
getting attached by the mosquitoes...they were thick!!!
our camp on the edge of mirror lake...
mirror lake before sunrise...

sunrise...
we hiked out into this gorgeous valley...



our best friend....



Cheif Joseph Days Rodeo
we didn't get a lot of pictures, but we had a great time!
(look at all the rodeo princess in the background...they were lined up for miles!)

the bed and breakfast we stayed in...we woke up to an incredible view of the wallowa mountains out our window!
joseph...
wallowa lake...

1 year ago today...

happy anniversary lovebird!!!

i can't believe it has already been 1 year...i love you!

more fun memories of 7/28/7007...

http://saralilphoto.blogspot.com/2007/07/congratulations-libby-brian.html

we had a fabulous weekend celebrating our anniversary backpacking in the wallowa mountions for two days and then spent a night in joseph to attend the rodeo.

we got some amazing pics to share from our trip that i will try and post later this week!

busy weekend!!!

we had a very successful garage sale on saturday in b'ville.

they have an annual city wide garage sale that is always lots of fun. i think we were all very satisfied with our sales! :)

cashier's: lucy and makenzie

are great helpers...
trying to be normal...
spicy girl!

sunday i rode the train to portland to meet my sister, so we could attend an all day canning class. it was awesome! we learned so much and are now ready to start canning!

check it out at : http://www.portlandperserve.com/

the garden and classroom...

an incredible grape plant...i want one of these in my backyard!
more of the garden...


sunday evening pit stop: jameson water park in the pearl district and hot lips pizza!

sarah playing with Gwynn...
Gywnn is such a little fish in the water...
always looking cute!
the new little one...Payton
the macdonald clan...

we had a great weekend enjoying the sunshine and spending time with family in oregon!

I WAS RIGHT!!!!

...these two little love birds did exactly what I thought they were going to do...they got engaged at clear lake over the weekend!!!

we happened to be in oregon for the weekend, so it was lots of fun to find out in person and here all the details! we all went out later in the evening and toasted the lovely couple over margaritas.

congrats chad and ashley...we are so excited for you both!!!!

bikini's on the oregon coast!

we snuck over to the beach on saturday afternoon to escape the heat and to have a break from our "diamond in the rough." as you can see from the pictures, the weather was absolutely gorgeous, i have never seen so many people swimming on the oregon coast. allie had the time of her life swimming in the ocean and chasing birds. i told brian that it felt like we were in hawaii...if only someone would have brought me a margarita on the beach, that would have been perfect!