Last Thursday Dear and I loaded up the car and headed East to enjoy some quality time with our kids. Our son-in-law Andrew wasn’t given time off of work to be able to join us and we missed him dearly.
On Friday (Halloween) we had a great hike on and above our son Dan’s property.
Our sons, Dan and Josh.
A Selfie from Josh and Laura.
Our daughter Katie and daughter-in-love, Laura.
Laura took this photo of Katie on our hike with her phone.
We had some great views and enjoyed lots of fall color.
My son shared some apples from his trees with the deer.
We enjoyed hiking, shooting, shopping, eating, and playing games together. We marvel at the world God created for us to enjoy and the people He has put in our lives to love and encourage us on our journey.
Dear and I stayed at a farmhouse close to our son’s home so the kids could enjoy staying up late and sleeping in while Dear and I tucked in earlier and woke up early each day. On Saturday morning all the kids came over to the farmhouse to enjoy a meal that Dear and I prepared for them. We bought some local made sausages and Dear made his fabulous Swedish pancakes and we added eggs to round off the meal.
Later on Saturday Dan and Jamie made us their famous fish tacos with their home made cabbage salsa. Dinner was so delicious. I’ll share the salsa recipe soon on Mennonite Girls Can cook. I’m so sad I didn’t take one photo of all the good eats we had.
We enjoyed three sunsets in Eastern Washington.
Dan and his girlfriend, Jamie.
Before we headed back over the Cascades to Western Washington we enjoyed brunch together.
We consider any time we are able to spend with our kids quality time.
I’m linking this post to ABC Wednesday for the letter Q. Thank you to Denise Nesbitt and the ABC crew.
Q is for Quality time spent together with family.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
A very strong series of family photos and wonderful landscapes to boot.
Definitely GREAT family time! I love the way your love for your family shines through in your words! BEAUTIFUL scenery! Washington is so lovely!
Looks like you had a wonderful time east of the mountains…love the yellow leaves!
Quality post too! Wonderful shots of a happy family holiday. The food all sounded delicious, made my mouth run ! Loved the picture of the deer with an apple in her mouth.
Thank you for sharing such a delightful family reunion.
Best wishes,
Di.
Abcw team.
What a beautiful piece of property. Love that picture of Katie Laura took.
the third pic from the top, if it were cropped, would make a great album cover for a fictional band
ROG, ABCW-
Ellen, these pictures are gorgeous. Fall is such a beautiful time of the year, and you did a wonderful job of capturing it. Glad you had a good time with your beautiful family. laurie
Did my heart good looking at all the smiling faces in this post. Fantastic series of photos, and how lovely to be together in these beautiful surroundings. A great idea for you and your husband to be in a separate place, to give them their own space to enjoy a late night, just what I would like to do, especially lovely for the family to come over and enjoy a wonderful meal.
What a beautiful spot! Great photos, especially of your family!
Looks like you had a great time together enjoying nature!
Family, good food and and beautiful scenery, your photos show a perfect autumn trip. The deer had a good time too with those apples too, cute.
Quality time indeed! Always so wonderful to see those beautiful smiles!
Wonderful times in the woods and wonderful times with family.
Glad you could have work out such a great way to spend time together. Too bad one had to miss! That property is beautiful!
Your son lives in a beautiful area! What a delight to have unhurried time to spend together!
It’s always nice to spend time with the family, love your fall pictures!
Looks like wonderful times for you and family! Fish tacos…yummy 🙂 please do share the salsa recipe!
Happy times in togetherness. Great series!
Happy ABCW!
What a wonderful time you had together! Thanks for sharing your happiness.
Wil, ABCW Team.
Such a nice way to enjoy time with family. gorgeous pictures, Ellen.
What a great place to have a family get together. I like seeing and reading about your family’s hike. Definitely quality.
Quality time indeed! I just love your happy faces and the fabulous the fall colors.
Family time…..you can’t beat it!
wonderful pictures Ellen…please keep on cherishing that time… it can be so different so easy!
are the deers resident deers or do they come when it is apple season.
Ann, they are there all year long…
Beautiful beautiful scenery, Ellen. Your son must love having all of that around him to enjoy. And nice to see you most of you together for some family time.