Sol Duc Trail and Falls

We also hiked to Sol Duc Falls to the site of a virtual geocache. We enjoyed geocacheing as we made our way around the Peninsula.

Olympic Peninsula

After leaving Meg's we toured the Olympic Peninsula for a week. We stayed in Port Angeles for a couple of days . We drove by beautiful Crescent Lake and hiked through a rain forest to Marymere Falls in the Olympic Park .

Grand kids continued

Here's a few more pictures taken before we took Ben to school. Aidan loves to jump on his trampoline and play outside in the backyard.
He loves to play Rock Band with whoever will play with him. Here's Ben and he playing together.

Grand kids

Here are a few pictures of our precious grand kids, Aidan 2yrs and Jaxon now 5 months. We had fun visiting the Vancouver Zoo and just hanging out together.

Ucluelet

After leaving Tofino we drove south along the coast to Ucluelet. The coast was very different from the sandy beaches at Tofino. Very rugged and beautiful.We hiked the Pacific Rim Trail.

Tofino, September

WE are finally getting around to publishing some pictures from our trip to BC, Canada. WE visited Megan before taking Ben to Capernwray Harbour Bible School on Thetis Island. ( off Vancouver Island ). After taking Ben to school we visited Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island. These pictures are taken on Meares Island where we took a boardwalk to one of the largest red cedar trees in Canada. The tsunai sign we thought interesting as we had never seen one before . Note the little guy trying to get up the cliff.

The Keppler Cascades . We parked the car right near this when we began our hike. Breathtaking!

This shows Ben hanging our backpacks on the bear pole for obvious reasons. Fortunately or unfortunately we never saw any bears.

The third day of our adventure we took a 6 mile day hike to the Shoshone geyser basin and Shoshone Lake. The scenery on the way there was gorgeous and the geyser basin like another planet.

Here's a picture of Ben sitting in a warm spot in the sun at our campsite.

Hail in August.

Here we are the second day at our camp waiting out a hail storm. We couldn't believe it was August and hailing the size of marbles. We were very thankful Ron had made room for the dining fly in his pack . All the white on the ground around us is hail.

Beuatiful scenery

The scenery was beautiful in spite of the clouds and rain. WE soon came upon our first geyser, the Lone Star. This was the end of the paved trail and into the back country.

Still having a good time

Before we'd gone the first mile it started to rain , but we were ready with our rain gear and garbage bags to cover our packs.

On Our Way

Here we are the Lantz family and the Swanton family at the beginning of our Yellowstone adventure.
L to R, Brian, Ben, Nancy, Peter Hilda, Noah , Ron.

Back to Christmas

I can't believe it's been so long since I have posted. I guess I am content to look at Megan's blog . She is much more faithful at journaling than I. Here is our new family picture from Christmas. It was so wonderful to have everyone together. Aidan is 4 months old here. We had great fun together.

Parents of the Bride

Here are Jack and Joan waiting outside the church for the new Mr. and Mrs. Knight to appear. You can't tell how dreadfully cold it was. Thye make a pretty nice looking couple themselves. 

 

 

Marissa and Tom's wedding

We were privileged to attend the wedding of Marissa Boyko and Tom Knight on Oct.14th. Marissa was a good friend of Meg's in high school and after. Her parents are special friends of our's . These pictures are especially for Meg who was unable to attend the wedding. Our love and prayers for God's blessing on their marriage. May you always make Christ first in your lives and marriage.  

October Snow

I know I am behind in publishing this but what else is new? We awoke October 12th to our first snowfall of the season. It was very beautiful but still early for us and we were grateful it was gone by late afternoon. We did receive about 2 inches throughout the day. Just a teaser to get us ready for winter. 

Thankfully our fountain was still running so it didn't freeze. Don't know that I've ever seen it with snow on it though.It was a beautiful sight , but not one we wanted to last. Thankfully it was gone by afternoon. 

Megan and Aidan taking a rest.

Megand and Aidan love to cuddle and take a rest together. Meg is still recovering from her quick but intense labor and delivery. Everyday she looks beter and feels stronger. 

Is He Cute Or What ?

Here is a close up of Aiden at about 2 days old. After looking at Megan's and Jamie's baby pictures he seems to be a good combination of the two. He is so far a good easy baby, which is always nice for the first one. Megan and Jamie are adjusting well to the interrupted sleep and change in their lives. Thankfully Jamie is still on summer break but will start back to work after Labor Day. 

Aiden Has Arrived !

I know it us awhile to finally post a picture of our very new grandson but we are still up at Megan and Jamie's so had to figure out how to do this. Thankfully Doris, Jamie's Mom had the technology required. So here is a picture of our most handsome grandson with "Papa ". Aiden James was born Aug. 24th , the day before we were to arrive. We thank God for answering our prayers that we might be able to spend as much time with him as possible. They were home by the time we arrived Friday evening. 

Turks head.

Here is a close up of their beautiful and difficult Turks head weaving. It marks the center of the wheel so you know the rudder is amidships.  

Brian's pride and joy

While Ben and Nancy were gone to Missouri, Brian spent several hours stitching a suede cover onto the wheel of our sailboat. ( he had removed it and taken it home). He did a beautuful job. After he reattached the wheel we had to tie a Turks head knot at a certain place on it. Brian thought I could do that with my experience with stitching, embroidery etc. but I could not make heads or tails of the directions. Thankfully Ben figured it out and he and Brian were able to do it. It was really more like macrame, one thing I never could do. 

Trip to Branson

One day we drove to Branson. It was really hot and we decide to skip Siver Dollar City this time. We did a little shopping, played miniature golf etc. We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Norm and Betty and look forward to visiting them again. 

Shootin Range

The first day at Norm's he and Betty took Ben and I to a shooting range in the Mark Twain National Forest. Norm helped Ben zero in his new sight on his 22. We all got to do some shooting. We then drove around to see some of the country side. 

Dooley

Ben had a great time with Norm and Betty's dog Dooley. Dooley took quite a liking to Ben. They did a lot of running and playing hide and seek together. He has quite the personality. He even winks. 

Norm and Betty

Norm and Betty live in the Ozark Mountains about an hour east of Branson. They have a neat log house with a great view. We had a great time with them and wish we could have stayed longer. Maybe next time Brian will be able to go too. 

At the Top!

This is proof for all who know Nancy's claustrophobic tendencies that she made it to the top. What mother's do for their children. It was a beautiful view. We made sure we took a picture of Busch stadium where the Cardinals play for Jamie. You could also see the Old Courthouse below where the famous Dred Scott trial took place. Definitely a lot of history in a small area not counting the beginning of Lewis and Clark's Expedition. The museum under the Arch is impressive. 

St. Louis arch

Ben and I drove from Grandpa's the first day to St. Louis and went up in the arch. It was a beautiful day . The little car you ride in to get to the top is very claustraphobic. Like getting into a 50 gallon drum. But we survived and even met a nice couple going up and a nice father /son coming down. Ben took this great photo from the base. 

Trip to Missouri

My ( Nancy) brother Norm and his wife Betty retired this last year to Missouri. Since we had not seen their new place yet Ben and I decided to visit them for a couple of days. Brian had to stay home and work. :( . To break up the 1400 mile trip we stopped at Grandpa Price's in Ill. coming and going. Here's Ben with Grandpa.