October and November 2019

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: