Thursday, September 10, 2009

Whittle Happenings

I'm getting a bit behind on posting pictures but here's what was going on a couple weeks ago:
Our wonderful friends, the Wilsons came for a visit from Yakima (they used to live in Sunnyside, and now they are in the same ward as Nathan and Bev). They were going to Klamath Falls for a couple of days and stayed with us for a little while before going to Klamath. It was so fun to see them, our kids get along really well. Their son Marcus gets along great with Dev and Cam. He and Devon especially are good buddies. It was so nice of them to come all the way to 'the middle of nowhere' and stay with us.

we played some games after the kids went to bed, what a novelty!

It was fun to show them around and for them to come to church with us


We took a little trip down to Burney Falls

A few people asked if Becky and I were sisters. She is such a trooper being about 8 months pregnant and traveling! I guess it's a little reassuring to be with a doctor (her husband Jon, is doing his residency in yakima) all the time! It was so great to visit with her again, she is a dear friend!




The kids got to sleep in the tent trailer-the boys on one side and the girls on the other. They loved it!




All the kids before church




A couple weeks ago we went up the Mt. Lassen. I had never been up there before, it was so beautiful! We didn't have time (or energy) to get to the top, but we hiked around a pretty lake, Lake Manzanita. It was so secluded and gorgeous, there were some really nice campgrounds too.


Lake Manzanita







And this is Dash, who is doing fine work of eating down the pasture (or 'passenger' as Audrey calls it). A student at the high school needed a place for her horse so we offered our pasture since we weren't doing anything with it. He's been fun to have. He loves to eat all our leftover fruits and veggies. Sometimes I look out the window and see him running, horses really are so magnificant. Travis loved to pet and feed him last wknd. when he was up here for cam's baptism (pics coming ).








5 comments:

Emily said...

Looks like you've guys been having fun! That's cute the kids all slept in the tent trailor... what a pretty horse!!

carrie said...

Brooke, what beautiful pictures!! It just makes me siiggghhhh.....You and your friend DO look a lot alike! Really you take great pictures, Brooke!

DAD & MOM said...

We'll have to get up to Lassen sometime. It does look very pretty. We had a nice time last Weekend up there also. Congrats to Cameron getting baptized!

Kate said...

looks like you guys are having fun! thats so cool you have a horse at your house!

Becky said...

Thanks soooo much for such a fun weekend. You guys truly are like family. We will definitely have to come visit again sometime. I am so glad we are in Nathan and Bev's ward, because I know I will get to see you every once and awhile as you are traveling up to Spokane! You do live in such a pretty part of the world- it was fun to see something we would never have seen. Jon said his favorite thing about our trip was seeing Burney falls. Not only are they beautiful, but we truly probably would have never seen them if it weren't for you.

Well, we miss you already and can't wait to see your family again! I hope everything went well with Cameron's baptism!