the Cook ladies visit portland

Mt. St. Helens from a distance....it was kind of cloudy but you can sort of see where it blew out the side of the mountain
we ended up driving up the back side that hadn't erupted and got to look at it from the climber bivouac..really neat and close up!
Lander and Mt St. Helens

Beacon rock was really neat, we were sweating getting to the top though, straight up! Great views of the Columbia river from the top though

We went to the backside of Mt St. Helens and went down into Ape Cave which is an old lava tube. It was really neat, really dark, kind of creepy but totally worth it. I have never walked underground through a lava tunnel before!

new deck, new plants etc...

If we were hillbillies, these could be our hot tubs....
Some pots for the front of the house
Molly and her kiddie swimming pool. The people who gave her up said she didn't like water....well she loves the ocean and her pool so I think they were crazy!
I fenced in a little area in the back by our shed to plant a garden and added some flowers around it. I picked out some tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers etc.. we shall see how fast I can kill them with my brown thumb...haha

building the small deck out back of our house to hold the BBQ and a few chairs to sit out by the fire pit