Getting into the Swing of Things

Well we officially moved in and settled in our new place. We have gotten pretty well adjusted to the area here and we are loving being here. Up to this point in our military career it has been relatively easy but that is all about to change. Cam's brigade is getting ready to deploy sometime next year and he has a lot of training between now and then. So that means a lot of alone time for me and Jesse but I hope that we can adjust and make friends to make the time go by faster. But that is what military life is all about, so I am not complaining I am just saying it will take some getting used to.


We have been exploring a little since being here and before Cam had to really buckle down with work. We have been out the Mt. Rainer a couple times and we absolutely love it there. It really makes me feel at home, like we are back in Utah hiking through the mountains and enjoying the cool weather. Jesse is even starting to like hiking, he didn't really like it at first, mostly because we wouldn't hold him and made him walk. But he is liking it more and more every time we go. Cam had about a week off of work and we wanted to get out to the Olympic Peninsula before it got too cold to go camping and explore it. We went to Quinault Lake for the first night and camped there and went to the beach before it got dark. I  thought that the beaches out here were all rocks, but the first beaches that we went to were perfect. It was a little chilly but it made me want to move to beach and live there. I could have sat there all day and just watched the waves roll up onto the nice sandy beach. Jesse really enjoyed it too, running around and running from the waves was really fun to see. The water was absolutely freezing but we still had a lot of fun. Cameron really enjoyed Ruby beach. There were tide pools and big outcroppings of rocks out in the ocean. We had to bid the beaches farewell for the day and head back to get some dinner going and get camp set up. We were a little worried about how well Jesse would do because we had only been camping one time before but he did great. He slept the whole night and woke up when we did. Camping in the West is definitely better than camping in the East.

The view from the road to the beach

Yummy camping face!

First steps ever on the beach!

The next day we went into the Olympic National Park. It was the most amazing thing to see these huge trees and to see how old they are. I just couldn't get over their size! I haven't been to the redwoods but these are amazing. We did a little hike and Jesse did better than I did, I had to take more breaks than I would have liked but being 6 months pregnant I didn't want to push it. We then camped just outside of Forks, WA. Yes, it is the same Forks that are in the Twilight books. It was really quite cool there though. We went out the beach there too, at La Push and it was not my favorite. It was all rock and almost impossible to walk on. The waves really were crashing there but all the rocks made it really hard to explore the beach. We did find a hamburger place to rival that of the one Cam grew up with. He wanted to just eat there the rest of the trip.

The rival hamburger joint

The start of the hike in the Olympic National Park

We had to head back home the next day but we went the rest of the way around the peninsula and we like the part that we had explored  much better. We wished that we had moved here a little bit sooner so we could go back there and go camping more.

We are doing really well and things are all on track for my pregnancy. I still haven't decided if I am going to try and go natural or go with a c-section again. I guess I will mostly just wait and see. But we are so excited for our new little girl to join our family in December. Jesse is growing like a weed and is getting more and more independent every day. He loves to help with the chores. When we bought our lawn mower he knew what to do with things before we did. Good thing I grew up with handy boys. I have to keep him incredibly entertained and I am always finding things for him to do so he doesn't take some thing apart or open something that shouldn't be opened. I can't believe how far he has come, sometimes when I look back I think was that real, did we really go through all that? It feels like a dream now most days. He is an absolute miracle and I am so thankful to be him mother, I feel inadequate but the Lord knows things I don't so I will trust him and hope for the best. Cam is liking his job here and is getting the hang of being back in a non recruiting unit. The base is big but we are liking being by one again. And thankful to be back closer to our family.