Saturday, 23 July 2011

Anniversary trip to Crystal Mountain - Part 1

My parents got married on top of Crystal Mountain back on July 18th, 2009.  Since then, they celebrate their wedding anniversary by going back to Crystal and staying for the weekend.  I technically celebrated with them last year (without any of us knowing it)... but we'll consider this my first official year celebrating with them :)

 We left the house around noon and made our first stop at the Naches Tavern in Greenwater - the best burgers in Washington!
 It was a nice sunny day!
 Here we are in front of the Naches
 We then headed on to the Silver Ski's resort in Crystal - that's where Mommy and Daddy and all their family and friends stayed for their wedding weekend.  That's where we stayed this weekend as well!
 I am sure enjoying this adventure
 Then we got to go on a real special adventure.  I got to see where Mommy and Daddy said 'I Do'!  Crystal now has a gondola that takes you to the top... so I got to ride in style (although I hear the chairlift is still the better way to go :)
 Getting on the gondola....
 Wow - I can see why you picked this spot mom and dad - amazing!
Family photo in front of the beautiful Mt. Rainier
 Daddy and I walking off into the sea of mountains and dusk light
 Ah, felt good to stretch my legs a little
 One more family photo...
 Daddy - this isn't Lion King... do I look like Simba to you?!
 I was a bit of a celebrity on top of the mountain.  This Saudi Arabian couple thought I was the cutest baby they had ever seen... and they wanted a picture with me.  I was happy to oblige :)
 Ah, the feeling of sunshine on my face
 Wow - this is my first sunset... it will be hard to top this!
 Watching a Mt. Rainier sunset in daddy's arms... priceless
 a sea of beautiful mountains...
 There's the spot mommy and daddy got married... they couldn't believe there was still snow there this year
I'm a happy girl... what an incredible day...
 And there goes the sun...

behind the mountains... my first majestic sunset!
Oh yeah, and a little present for mom and dad on our way to Crystal :)  Love you!

1 comment:

carly said...

Looks like you guys had a great time, I can't believe its already been 2 years. Aspen looks like she enjoyed herseld and i love the blanket you wrapped her in :-)