Graduation!

Tess graduated from the Universit of Idaho two weekends ago with a degree in Rangeland managment. Mom and Dad came up for the weekend and helped celebrate.

Way to go Tess, you are done!

Twi-Hards!!!

While in Port Angeles over Thanksgiving break, mom, my brother Jake and I had a fun night out. For all you you "twi-hards" you'll know that the Twilight series books takes place in a small town called Forks. Port Angeles is about 1 hour from Forks, and Port Angeles is mentioned in the books. Well before Forks became so popular, I had spent time there, mostly on the beaches close to Forks. So anyway, we were there for the opening week of New Moon. We decided since we were THERE we had to go see it. Jake, mom and I arrived 5 min late for the 5:15 showing, so we walked around town, went to a old book store, ate some fish and chips, and went to the "Twilight Store". Then to finish off the night we got to see New Moon, which i was really excited about seeing. Jake and mom both got Hot Coco with the Fish and chips, weird combo... but hey they liked it! This restaurant was on the ocean.


Mom and I outside the Theatre.... again all you Twilight fans know this is the theatre they went to in the book =)

Jake's idea to get this fun shot... walking the streets of PA.

OK... so this store I mentioned above... a store dedicated to Twilight series. that's all... nothing more. Every single thing in this store is Twilight related. Pretty crazy!

Mom holding the apple like on the cover of the book.

These were my favorite! Twi-lighters... get it =) I might of even bought one if they didn't cost $5something! Made me laugh though.

Again, me with the apple.

Jake eating the "forbidden fruit" with PA sign in the back.

This was the "team Edward" section.

Posin with Edward and Bella.

All in all, it was a fun night. For those who care about my opinion of the movie, of course not as good as the book. But I did enjoy it. I felt like it was rushed... they had to cut out so much of the depth to get in all the story. I realize this is how a lot of book-movie conversions go. I want to watch it again, when it comes to the dollar theatre in Lewiston probably. And just to clear one thing up. I don't consider myself a "twi-hard" by any means, but I did enjoy the books and movies!

Halloween... a few months late

This post is Late, yes, but non the less needs to be documented. You see, this past Halloween I cooked the pumpkin seeds, my first attempt, and the were great! I am growing up! (For those of you who don't know I was an extremely picky eater,you would have never caught me eating pumpkin seeds). (oh and to most of the general population I am still a very picky eater). Anyway they were good, and healthy mom.
Cailin and MJ cam over and we carved pumpkins.

Ta-daaa!!

Ohhh... spooky.. or not.

But you see, Sean and I had actually carved ours a few days earlier, so while the girls were carving I made these yummy rice crispy treats.

And there you have it. Sean and I didn't dress up or go to any parties on Halloween day. I don't remember all the details of the day, but Sean had been hunting most of the day, got home late and was tired out. We played card games together, and had a nice night at home. It was fun.

Thanksgiving In PA

This year we spent Thanksgiving in Port Angeles Washington with my Grandma and Grandpa Pierce. We took the opportunity to take some "family" pictures. Here are the varied results.

Dad's sideways...sorry! He's hiding his "bald" spot =)

More pictures and events to come!

The Cake of a working Woman...

We had a birthday party for Sean down in Lewiston, John and Theresa made a great Roast and Potato dinner. Sean said he wanted meat and his mom's cookin for his birthday dinner. Cailin Made this very cute.. I mean Manly cake for him. (P.S. the cake does not say 33 it says 3 to the third =)
Then in Moscow we had a few friends over and had "cake".

See how happy everyone was!

Aliah was the entertainment.

It wasn't actually a cake, it was a graham cracker, marshmallow, chocolate rice crispy treat thing. That is what Sean called the working womens cake! I had really wanted to make him a fancy cake, one called Candy Bar Cake. We had tried at at Isaac and Abby's 1st birthday and really liked it. I had even gotten the recipe from Melinda, bought all the ingredients, but when it came time to make it, I just ran out of time. Sean told me that was ok, that I was a "working woman" and he found a very simple rice crispy treat recipe to make. Therefore the "Working Woman's Cake" I love him.

Miss. Aliha as Mrs. Potato Head

That's it. The start to another great year in the life of Sean Gregory Penberthy.

Six Lake Basin

So this is us.... the hard core backpacking crew!!! Sean, Anna, Jake, and Suz.... yeah, we're pretty hard core =)
A few weekends ago we went backpacking at the southern edge of Hells Canyon Wilderness (look at the sign behind us) we went into Six Lake Basin.


Jake and Susannah


Did I mention this was Susannah's first time backpacking?!!!!! Here we are at the trail head, Jake and Sean were pulling on Susannah's backpack straps, practically pulling her over to get it just right.

We started at the lake in this picture (Black Lake), we hiked up and up ....

This is the hill side on the way up, it was so red! This picture does not do the red color justice.

The sign marking the trail to Six Lake Basin.

Another pretty picture of Idaho.

On a short break Susannah made a friend.

Jake likes to play with fire, and he has a beard.

This is the lake we camped at the second night.

So poor Sus got stung, jake thought it might just be better to cut off her leg....luckily Anna with extensive medical training reasoned him out of that idea. You're welcome Susannah. =)

Can you see that speck way out there in the middle of the lake??? That is Jake and Susannah on a "homemade" raft.

Another beautiful picture

Jake only partially fell in once...they even had home made paddles.

Cute pic.

So my husband is a hard worker, and he likes big fires. Always when we are backpacking, the first thing he does is goes and finds wood, and cuts it up. He wouldn't go anywhere without that saw. So while he gathers and cuts wood, I set up the tent and go about other setting up duties. I am grateful Sean takes his responsibility to keep me warm very seriously.

Our camp.

My old man... or is that old mans beard? (you'll get that joke dad)

I fished quite a bit, but no luck. But as always it felt so good.

Jake was a natural fly fisher man.

Sean's not such a bad fisherman himself.

If you can see... Jake and Sus are climbing up this rocky slope.

Black lake on the hike out.

Jake especially loved this HUGE bolder...pretty impress.

All in all it was a wonderful trip. Beautifully warm weather, great scenery, great company. It was probably our last backpacking trip of the summer, it's getting cold up here in Moscow now.

I LOVE BACKPACKING!!!