Team Rains

Last Sunday Andy and I drove over to Port Gamble to witness two of our favorite people getting married, Krissy and Leslie.  It was pretty special because we have been friends with them through most of their relationship and got to be a part of the proposal.

The location was a bit of a drive, but it was gorgeous!  Right on the water.

I thought this sign was clever.

They had their dresses in the same fabric so they matched while still having individual style.

Rugby friends

They had games outside on the lawn, cute rustic decorations in coral, turquoise, and burlap, and dancing under a tent.  Such a pretty wedding!

Rock Jumping

On labor day (yeah, that's been awhile) the Webbs asked if we wanted to go to Alder lake and jump off the rocks.  We had no plans, so it sounded like fun.

There are 2 ways over to where we ended up.  One is to boat (we had a big raft and a small raft) and one is to go on a trail and jump a fence then go down a steep slope.  Unfortunately we had to do both.

We first loaded up Sawyer and Easton in the little boat for them to fight over space the whole way, and we tied that to the big raft where Andy and Nate rowed Kellan.  Once we managed to get them through the mud into the boats, it was actually pretty efficient.

I had fun walking along those logs and trying to balance without falling in (which I did a lot lol)

Andy jumping

me jumping

Lisa, me, and Jill jumping

 It was a lot of fun, but on the way back up the steep cliff I was trying to climb up and my slick wet feet slid out of my flip flop and I landed on a sharp rock which cut open my toe to the point I couldn't walk on it for a few days :(  It was still worth it lol.

When we got back the boys were boys and fought each other with oars until one hit the other and ended in tears as expected

Rainier

I was going to post after we had gone on another hike, but we have been so busy that I don't think it's going to happen.  That's probably good, because I have so many photos already! (These are all phone photos, as I don't like any extra weight dragging me down)

My mom and dad have Mt. Rainier passes so they took me on a couple hikes.

The first was to my favorite place, Sunrise.  It has views of everything- meadows, lakes, glaciers, valleys...I can't get enough of it.  If you do it, do the hike to the burrows, and do the full circle version.  And leave Puyallup by around 7 since if you get there any later, the parking lot is full and they don't let people up.  If you do the full loop it is like 6-7 miles-ish

There were a ton of mountain goats on that patch of snow

 We had to use our poles in one spot because this wasn't very stable

hope there isn't an earthquake when you're in this spot

The next one we did was up to reflection lake by route of Narada falls.  This was about 8 miles and was quite steep!  We started at a picnic area across the street from a campground called something like Cougar camp or something.  A lot of people started there and just went up to the first 2 waterfalls but we kept going up to Narada, then to the lake.  It is funny- there is a campground along the trail too, and the "bathroom" is literally a toilet with no shelter right in the middle of the trees!

Narada falls 

Reflection lake...can you see why it is called that?

I love summer, and love that we are only an hour drive from this beauty!  I wish it could last longer though.