Hiking and Basketball

One nice Saturday, we went to St. Edwards State Park in Kenmore to play and go on a little hike. We have been here before and have been wanting to bring the kids back. They have this huge play area like a castle and then hiking trails that lead down to Lake Washington. There is an old Catholic seminary building there that is really pretty. I think they mainly hold receptions or weddings there now. 

Kyle and the kids found this huge tree with a hideout. They had fun exploring. It was pretty chilly though. We were glad we had a hike to keep us warm. There were some crazy girls (from a different Stake) that were getting in the water! Brrrr! 

Kate was reading in the sun and it brought back memories of when I would gather lots of blankets and hover over a heater vent to have a cozy place to play/read. I love laying in the sun like this. 

Our view for not much longer...the land behind our house sold to a developer. There will eventually be about 28 homes back there. They like to cram them in tight over here. Ugh. The fence of our backyards is right off our deck so it's super close. We have two side yards (it's a wonky triangular lot) and so we will have neighbors like 10 feet away from our fence. Sad day. But with that comes the possibility that our two giant trees will come down in the backyard. I'm excited for that. Then we can actually fix the back yard and not have it look like a forest with inches of pine needles and pine cones. Yuck. 

Kate finished another season of basketball. We did it through Mill Creek Recreation this year. She had fun. She's brave to go on a team when she doesn't even know anyone. She makes friends pretty easy so that's a good thing. She tries hard in her games and is a good hustler. She got the "best listener" award for listening to her coaches at practices and games. They had a little party after the last game at the Boston's restaurant in the Mill Creek town center. Good job Kate!