Anniversary Time!!

That's right! We have now been married THREE years. It's crazy. But what's even crazier is my parents just having their 35 year anniversary. Three years seems like nothing , but they have been three awesome years, that's for sure.

We usually like to celebrate with an adventure instead of gifts, but Aaron had scheduled work the day before and the day after our big day, so we had to get a little creative. I decided to go with him to his event in Spokane, so here we are with the Spokane Falls.

Then we came home the very long way, first via the Grand Coulee Dam, one of the largest concrete structures in the world!! With that amount of concrete you could build a highway from Seattle to Miami or a 4 ft wide sidewalk around the equator twice! And they built it in the 1930s. Ridiculous.

Our next stop was Sun Mountain Lodge in Winthrop, WA, a very cute very little "old western" town. We took a little nature walk that evening and came face to face with a family of deer. It was a very beautiful spot overlooking the Methow Valley.

There are tons and tons of trails that people use to mountain bike or horseback ride in the summer and cross country ski in the winter. So of course we had to take advantage of that!

This was taken shortly before I totally biffed it. This was my first time doing real mountain biking and I was scared out of my mind but ended up having a great time. Coming down, that is. Riding up is probably the most grueling thing I have ever done!

The next two nights I convinced Aaron to camp...for some reason I like camping a lot more than he does. I guess I can thank those Warnick genes for that. Luckily Aaron admitted that he enjoyed it more than he imagined he would.

Here we are with Liberty Bell mountain, an absolutely breathtaking stop on the way to the North Cascades.

We took advantage of the beautiful day and took a hike. On that hike we were very excited to spot a bear...yes it may look more like a black dot we are so far away, but hey, it's a bear in the wild so Aaron was thrilled. Just ask the 20 or so people that he told as we kept hiking.

Here is just one of the gorgeous views along the way. This was one of the prettiest hikes I have ever been on. It is called Maple Pass and I will go back anytime with anyone else who wants to check it out.

Here are the views from the spot we scoped out for lunch. It was hard to decide which view was the best, the mountains were so jagged all around.

This was right after we met some people from none other than Burley Idaho. I swear everywhere we go in the world we meet someone with Burley connections somehow. Crazy!

This is continuing on up the North Cascades to Diablo Lake...the color of the lake was so green and so beautiful. There was a campground right on the lake that I am ready to go to next summer...anyone want to join me you let me know!

Of course we have tons more pics but in order to keep everyone's interest, we will keep it at that. A big thanks to my sisters and my parents for making it possible by taking care of Adelyn while we were gone. You guys are awesome!!