Family Photos

Right before summer camps began, Gabe and I worked on putting together one of our newsletters.  As we assembled it I realized that we didn't have any current photos of us...particularly with the newest member of our family Ruby, our dog.  So, off we went in search of someone who could take some photos of us.  Thanks to living on camp we quickly rallied Josh, from program, to take some pictures of us.  So, for your viewing enjoyment, here are some of my favorites!

Gabe

Melissa Joy

Ruby

By the river

Trying to get Ruby to sit in front of us...haha

Bear Hunting

This spring Gabe went out hunting for bear.  To be honest, many of us joined him on his hikes through the woods around the valley in a search of a bear.  One afternoon, I was informed that Gabe got his bear while I was working here at camp.  So I quickly found a ride to where he was help him clean the bear. 

Over the river and through the woods...

A few weekends ago  Gabe and I went on a short trip to Washington to visit his grandma and family.  We happened to arrive just in time to see the tulips in the Skagit Valley in full bloom.  We spent Saturday wandering through the fields and then went up Mount Erie to look down upon the valley.  It was a beautiful sight!  I didn't bring my camera with, so you can thank Gabe's father and sister, Dave and Tori for the photos.

Row after row of blooming tulips!

 

Dave and Leanne

Gabe and his parents

Cute little kid in the tulip fields

Kites being flown near the tulip fields

Gabe and I overlooking the Skagit Valley from Mount Erie

Gabe and his great aunt Esther

One year and counting...

My Goodness...my blog has been silent for quite some time!  Somewhere between traveling for the holidays and seeing everyone, I just haven't really sat down long enough to put thoughts and pictures up for y'all.

It has been a whirlwind of a year.  On the 18th of December we celebrated our first anniversary.  It was hard to believe it had been one year since our wedding.  As I was considering what pictures I wanted to post today, I realized that I never put up pictures from our wedding.  So, in celebration of our anniversary, I thought I would share some long awaited photos from our wedding.  Our pictures were taken by our good friend Mary Fox at http://www.maryfoxphotography.com/ and also by my dad, Mark Steensgard. 

Twirling in the dress

It was cold out, so between every shot I was in my down jacket!

Gabe's wonderful family

A rare picture of me with my parents

My beautiful sister-in-law, Tori

Gabe's mom and grandma

My lovely mum

Footwashing

Thanks to Nancy Zdenek for decorating!

Tori prepared amazing food!

Doing what this dress was meant for...swing dancing.