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Showing posts with label Gabe and I. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gabe and I. Show all posts
Thursday, July 26, 2012
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!
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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.
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| Row after row of blooming tulips! |
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| Dave and Leanne |
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| Gabe and his parents |
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| Cute little kid in the tulip fields |
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| Kites being flown near the tulip fields |
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| Gabe and I overlooking the Skagit Valley from Mount Erie |
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| Gabe and his great aunt Esther |
Friday, January 27, 2012
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.
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.
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| Twirling in the dress |
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| It was cold out, so between every shot I was in my down jacket! |
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| Gabe's wonderful family |
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| A rare picture of me with my parents |
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| My beautiful sister-in-law, Tori |
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| Gabe's mom and grandma |
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| My lovely mum |
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| Footwashing |
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| Thanks to Nancy Zdenek for decorating! |
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| Tori prepared amazing food! |
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| Doing what this dress was meant for...swing dancing. |
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Bison Roundup
Okay...so you need to read this post with bluegrass music playing in the background (I promise, it adds a good touch).
Last week a small group of us from camp attended a very Montana-ish event. We went to a bison roundup at the National Bison Range that is just northeast of here. We got the start time wrong and arrived almost two hours early, which meant we were able to watch the sunrise over the Mission mountains. It was a chilly and cold morning, but I am glad we arrived early to get a good viewing spot of the bison for soon after arriving multiple school buses of children arrived and the place became chaotic.
Three years ago, they decided to no longer round up the bison with cowboys on horses, but instead to use jeeps to bring them in slower. When a small group of bison are brought into the gates they channel them until they have one buffalo. The buffalo is then ushered into a scale, where it is weighed and its chip checked for age. Then the buffalo is tagged and sent to get its medical check. From there, they are either set back out to the range or put a pen to be sold.
Last week a small group of us from camp attended a very Montana-ish event. We went to a bison roundup at the National Bison Range that is just northeast of here. We got the start time wrong and arrived almost two hours early, which meant we were able to watch the sunrise over the Mission mountains. It was a chilly and cold morning, but I am glad we arrived early to get a good viewing spot of the bison for soon after arriving multiple school buses of children arrived and the place became chaotic.
Three years ago, they decided to no longer round up the bison with cowboys on horses, but instead to use jeeps to bring them in slower. When a small group of bison are brought into the gates they channel them until they have one buffalo. The buffalo is then ushered into a scale, where it is weighed and its chip checked for age. Then the buffalo is tagged and sent to get its medical check. From there, they are either set back out to the range or put a pen to be sold.
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| The sun coming over the Missions |
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| These mountains are amazingly beautiful! |
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| Early morning smiles... |
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| Watching elk on the range |
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| Everyone drinking coffee before the roundup |
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| Gabe's beard |
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| Look at this cowboy's mustache...this is one thing I enjoy about Montana! |
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| Watching the buffalo |
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| Here they come running around the corner |
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If you look closely, this tag tells that this is a 3 year old male
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| This guy wants out... |
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| and there he goes. |
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| Rounding up the buffalo with jeeps |
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| The penned buffalo waiting to be rounded up. |
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