Ohanapecosh & Bench Lakes

On Friday morning, our friend Malissa was gracious enough to do a photo shoot at Tumwater Falls with our family (including Matty Sioux). We know that anytime you're dealing with a kid, you never know how it'll work out. From our perspective on Friday, it didn't work well at all. Abigail didn't cooperate, and it wasn't until the very last pic that Mal took did she even think about giving some semblance of a smile. But she's good enough to even make an unhappy baby look good. Check out a few of the photos she got here. All of them are amazing, but my favorite is the B&W one.

On Saturday we took advantage of the nice summer weather that's holding out for us, and headed up in the Corolla with Kristin & Michelle to the SE Corner of Mt Rainier NP. None of us had been there before, but it came highly recommended by some friends. Now the little stinker decided to give us some smiles. She's all about doing things in her own timing. Something this week clicked with her walking. She's been capable of it for a few weeks now, but this week she made huge improvements, and she was glad to show those off wherever we allowed her to.
' Uh. . .Auntie Kristin. . .don't you think this is a little big for me?'

Some hot springs on the way to Silver Falls.
Silver Falls itself.
Thanks for holding still for a 1.3 second exposure, Kristin!
'Hmmm, what trouble can I get into around here?'
Walking in the woods with Mom & Dad.Smilin' with Mama.
With the Aunties
'Guys, I promise, you can let go now.'
'See, I told you so!'Some of the alpenglow just above Snow Lake, not far from Paradise.
Upper Bench Lake, about 1 minute after the sun went down. . .about 30 seconds after we arrived, out of breath.
Thanks for being a trooper, Abee!
We had plenty of moonlight to walk back with.
The final remnants of the day get swallowed below the horizon (it took a 20 second exposure to capture this shot with as little light as there was there!).