Our Family

Saturday, September 12, 2020

Labor Day - Top of the World - Wenatchee River - Sugarloaf Peak - Beckler Peak

I got to play out at the cabin with Sara and Scott for Labor Day weekend. We enjoyed a relaxed float on the Upper Wenatchee on a day that was made for floating the river.

On Sunday I met up with my old friend, Brett, to hike Beckler Peak. I hadn't even heard of the hike before and it was not too far off of Highway 2. It provided stunning views of Glacier Peak and other local mountains. Best of all, I got to catch up with Brett and am so glad to know he's doing well.

That night, Sara, Scott and I drove his new truck up to Sugarloaf Lookout to catch sunset over Lake Wenatchee and the Cascades. It was stunning - and very, very windy. The kind of wind you can lean your whole body into and not fall over.

Friday, September 4, 2020

First Week of (Virtual 2.0) School!

I am fully back to work (for the past two weeks actually). I love my school. I love my job. Enough said. Go Scots!

Its hard to shift to virtual class, but I'm staying organized and have a detailed plan for each class. I've shared it with my colleagues in case it could help them - and guess what?! - it has! Yay! Proud of that and happy to be in a collegial community where we can share things like this.

The kids liked picking out school supplies and Reed's birthday cake. Felt kind of normal.

We picked up the kids' devices from school. They were super interested in getting them set up and using them right away (like even on the drive home... that is less than half a mile!).

We are also "doing a lap" after dinner each night to enjoy being outside and moving, moving, moving. Beautiful nights in LFP!

Also trying to add games to the nightly routine.

First day of school was a bit nuts. I got Edison logged in, opened the zoom for my class concurrently, then 12 minutes later paused my class to make sure Charlotte and Reed got logged into their respective classes. Ooof. Its a lot! But - we got this!