Classic

My dad emailed these photos out the other day and I couldn't help myself. I was amazed at the quality of the photos. . . but more than that it brought back a million memories. Catherine's shirt in this picture was her "Monday" outfit (she literally wore it every Monday) and Lindsey still makes a million weird faces for the camera.


This one is even better. I think 5 of the 7 kids here are our neighbors. My parents totally put the neighbor kids to work planting beans. The boy right across from me is Matthew Dean; he's still our neighbor back home. He was my best friend as a kid and we spent most of our time digging for warms, massacring caterpillars and trying to catch bass in the pond.


Catherine looks so 1800s here. These pictures make me excited to have our baby girl in a few months-- and invest in a good camera!

Mountainous in more ways than one.

For the ladies in my life: this is me at 27 weeks. It was taken over a week ago, but I'm about the same size. My belly button looks like a volcano (the rim is sticking up) and I think it's about to explode here in a few days. I had my third doc apt this week and I'm even more convinced at how unnecessary it is. . . but maybe I'll save that for another post. Brian is a champ lately- he's almost done with "Husband Coached Childbirth" and is gearing up for the big game this fall.

For my patrol last week I hiked to the Lower Saddle with Brian (in between the Middle and Grand Tetons). I hiked down that same day but he stayed for three days of work. This is looking at Nez Perce on the way up:

Here is Brian in front of the hut. The summit of the Grand in on the right behind him; it is a bit deceiving but it's 2,000 ft higher than where we are. The pink tent behind him helps with perspective some. There was another rescue while he was up there-- a pretty shattered tib/fib; they helicoptered her off.

Monkey flower.

Me hiking up-- check out the volcanic dike in the middle Teton (the dark stripe). This hike was 5000ft elevation gain and 15 miles. I don't think I'll be able to do anything like this again for a while. I feel like I'm gaining new insight into the words "lumbering" "waddling" and "massive." Hauling 20 extra lbs around it a doozy!

Summer ended today. September greeted us with freezing temps, rain in the valley and snow on the peaks. The leaves are already starting to turn yellow and the air is crisp.