12th Wedding Anniversary

We had great plans for celebrating our 12th Anniversary!  My sister was going to come up for the weekend to watch the kids while Josh and I went to a football game Friday night, then zip lining Saturday morning up near Leavenworth ~ dessert and coffee and maybe a nice walk mixed into all of that.  Then Tuesday the 6th happened.  Jared got sick, followed by me getting sick Thursday around 5pm, then Vivian Thursday around 11pm, then Shelby on Friday around 5am.  It ended up being a rough few days of not straying far from a bowl and lots of laundry.  No football game and no zip lines.  Instead we had: the flu, the store was out of the ice cream we had planned to have, and the power went out for 2 hours Saturday from 6:15 to 8:15pm.  Through all this, we laughed and made the best of it.  The amazing part is that Josh never got sick!  :)

Vivian by her bowl.  

Since they didn't have our ice cream we made pumpkin bars Saturday afternoon.  Then the power went out before we made the frosting, so Josh whipped it up by hand by the light of a lantern.  

By Sunday morning we were all feeling much better!  We took the day to hike up Icicle Creek outside of Leavenworth.  It was a beautiful drive up there with the Fall colors and it was a wonderful hike!  

Here's how we started the hike (and I'm just carrying a backpack)

 Snack time!

The river was so pretty and we loved listening to it rush by. 

At our turn around point (about 2 miles) ~ Jared was very happy to get out and walk around a bit.

 And here's how we ended the hike!  Josh carried Vivian and I carried Jared and the backpack.  

After carrying Jared out I had an even bigger respect for Josh and how hard he works every time we go on a hike.  :)  Love that man!

We ended the day in Leavenworth eating dinner and some ice cream.  The girls had a blast rolling down the hill over and over again.

Blessed with 12 years of marriage and looking forward to many, many more!