A Little Hike

Today, we are just enjoying the fresh air.

Beauty

On my drive into work this morning. 

Sunday Drive

What an amazing and unexpected day! 

We had no real plans for the day so when Jeff suggested we take a 

drive Lola and I were totally on board. We packed a picnic and headed 

out to see where the day would take us. Isn't it nice to have no plan at all 

sometimes, and just let the day happen? 

Bonus, I got to take all these beautiful photos. 

Fishing on the Valley Floor

One of the best things about living where we do is that there 

is ALWAYS something fun to do as a family. We had a few hours to enjoy some 

fresh air but didn't want to go very far, so we walked across the street 

to go fishing on the valley floor across from our house. 

Lola's first casting lesson, one of the perks when your dad is a fly fishing guide.

Ok, seriously how amazing is it that this is right across from where we live?

Pumpkin Picking

We made the hour and a half trek to go pumpkin picking

 at Covered Bridge Ranch, yes that is the nearest place to pick pumpkins.

It was a wonderful day complete with a hayride, hot cider, and eating 

sunflower seeds right from the flower! 

Lola loved the seeds so much that after leaving the farm we headed 

straight to the natural market to buy her a big bag. 

Mushroom Hunting

This has been an incredibly rainy summer, the perfect conditions

 for beloved fungi to flourish in the high alpine forests.

We spent the day mushroom hunting for porcinis, an earthy rich tasting wild mushroom.

Disclaimer: only hunt for mushrooms that you are certain 

you know what they are as some are highly poisonous!!

Look forward to Jeff's Wild Porcini Mushroom Soup with Truffle Oil recipe, YUM!!