Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Spring Time, and the Livin' Is Easy

We haven't posted in a while. This spring has been filled mostly with small outings around Okanogan County.  The weather's been so nice, and everything is still green and no mosquitos yet, so we try to take advantage of this time of year before the heat chases us to the mountains.

Bouldering at McGlaughlin Canyon with Kathy and Parker. The snakes weren't out yet, but now we can't go back until fall do to the high rattler population.



River walk.

Conoeing. 
 Last spring we started canoeing one evening a week. We go to a different lake each week. We usually go with Kathy and Parker, but sometimes other friends join us to. We're not too serious about the paddling part of the evening, it's more about watching birds, socializing and eating a picnic dinner.  I don't usually bring a camera because I'm too worried Maggie is going to capsize our canoe, but last night I brought our old point-and-shoot.  We saw tons of yellow headed black birds in the reeds, and countless other birdies.





Zion.
Rich went to Zion, UT with Chris Bowman and climbed some crazy, dirty, 18 pitch off width. But I don't yet have any pictures to prove it. Here's all I got.

I think they climbed the line behind Rich.

Growth.
Everything grows in the spring, apparently my belly and baby as well.
6 weeks, January.

8 weeks.

11 weeks, February.

19 week US, early April.



20 weeks.

22 weeks,  Early May.- Check out our garden, too.

24 weeks, mid May.

I'm due late August, and I'm gonna be huge!  And yes, there's only one, and it's a boy. We don't have a name picked out yet. I've always thought boys names would be harder, and Beukema isn't the easiest name to pair wth a first name.  We're open to suggestions, but want it to be something fairly normal.  My third trimester starts in a couple weeks. I feel fine, just looking forward to the hot, summer weather. And then we'll be swimming in lakes, not staying dry in a canoe.

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