Fall in Tooele's Middle Canyon (waiting for a client for a photoshoot at the start of October):
We walked around Silver Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon between sessions of general conference:
Loves to dress herself:
Sunset falling on the Wasatch mountains from the top of Middle Canyon in the Oquirrhs (after a bridal photoshoot):
The following are from our trip to Seattle for UEA to see Amanda's sister Stacey. Amanda drove up with the kids at the start of the week, and I flew up to join them on Wednesday as soon as school was out. This is Discovery Park in Seattle:
This is Crackers the Squirrel. He pilfered a package of Ritz crackers right out of the backpack on the table while we were distracted:
A very Claire pose (not the same bag of crackers):
There was a great zip line that the kids really enjoyed:
The family with Stacey:
At an ice cream place we enjoyed in downtown Seattle called Salt and Straw:
Raspberry Ginger Beer and Almond Brittle w/ Salted Ganache:
Happy because he didn't know what he was missing:
Now at the UW botanical gardens:
Another (more cheerful) very Claire pose:
Northwest fall in full swing:
The many faces of Max watching the exciting conclusion of Avatar: The Last Airbender while we make a stop to feed Cal on our way from Seattle to Anacortes:
On a whale watching tour Ailie, Claire, and I went on in Puget Sound:
Both girls checked out some binoculars:
Ship's captain:
Lots of picturesque islands, cabins, boats, and the like:
Ferries for taking cars and people from island to island:
Cool little cabin:
We were probably a couple of hours in (and into Canada) before we saw our first whale—this orca:
Then we saw them in multitudes (four in this picture, baby in the front):
They were pretty majestic! Wish I would've had a longer lens! The girls were oohing and thing the whole time.
On the other side of the ship we had these humpbacks surfacing:
Deer on the shore of this island (we also saw river otters moments before):
Sea lions:
Bald eagles:
Back home on Halloween the kids paint pumpkins:
Max's snow leopard:
Claire's:
Ailie's:
Eleanor as a princess dragon:
All the kids, sans Ailie (she was Hermione):
A little tiger cub waiting for a hug:
More cute Cal:
A final hike with my friend, Michael. Too much snow to summit, so we went to a nearby lake I'd never hiked to:
Coming up under the cirque of North Medina peak:
Frozen over! (You can see the figure of Michael on the ice on the far left):
Deseret Peak in the clouds:
That same day we went to ride the tram (free that day only) up to Hidden Peak (I forget the ski resort):
Elle and Max enjoying the first snow of the year (in the valley) a few days later:
Callum is not to be forgotten while mom takes pictures:
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