Our Tenth Anniversary!

For our 10th Anniversary Ben and I decided to revisit the Northwest - from Portland, OR to Seattle, WA and a bunch of places in between. Thanks to my Uncle Bruce we were able to stay right on the beach in Long Beach, Washington. It was beautiful, but as most of you know about me I couldn't sit still for long so we spent our time at the Portland Temple, hiking the waterfalls on the historic highway near Cascade Locks, OR, visiting the Bonneville Dam Fish Hatchery, visiting and learning about Mount Saint Helens, catching a history lesson in Astoria at their Maritime Museum, and driving the three hours to the Seattle Temple, the wharf, Pike's Place Market, and a trip to Port Orchard to visit our good friends Katie and Josh for dinner. We also spent our last morning on the beach collecting crab shells and other treasures. Our only regret? Not spending enough time where we stayed.....though we found a great ice cream shop there and the national kite museum (they have a national kite festival there in the summer). It was a great trip though and some much needed time for just the two of us. We had a blast and can't wait to go back someday and show our kids all the fun things we saw.

Our first stop after our flight.



One of the many waterfalls we were able to hike and see.

A glimpse of the great volcano that changed many lives in 1980.

It was the 30th anniversary of it's eruption!

Outside the Maritime Museum in Astoria, OR.

The one thing we didn't do 10 years ago - crossed it off the list for this trip.

One of our favorite places to hang out in Seattle.