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Happy 4th of July!

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Hope you all had a nice Fourth of July! 

We had a low key weekend since Evie was sick for a good chunk of it, and Scott wanted to get in shape for his upcoming Seattle-to-Portland ride. 

I found out last minute on Saturday that there was fireworks in Issaquah so Nora and I rushed down to see if we can find a good spot to watch. We went to this little park along the waterfront that I've never been to before - it's a narrow stretch of woods in between two neighborhoods and was surprisingly spooky when we walked through in the twilight hours. Nora was clutching my hand and I made sure to sing loudly to scare away any animals! When we got to the beachfront, there were only a handful of other folks there so we spread out a towel to sit on the ground and got a nice view of the fireworks show. The walk back to the car was a little easier since we followed another family through the trail and didn't feel so alone. Nora said that she loved our adventure and would go again next year.

Flash is so bright!!

View of the lake at sunset.

Fireworks show.


On Sunday, we spent the afternoon along the Middle Fork Snoqualamie River. Scott got to fish, Nora played in the water, and Evie and I read our books. It was nice.

Bridge over the river. While we were standing here, my had flew off!

Scott to the resuce!

Really pretty views.

The beautiful trail hugged the river.

Lastly, here's a picture of the kid's "seacuterie" board that we had yesterday with dinner:


 

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