A long and beautiful weekend....

Steve had Monday off and so we spent the weekend exploring a couple of places.

On Saturday, I was excited to show Steve the place that we saw all the eagles when everyone was here for Christmas... the trees were thick with eagles...I wondered if it was a gift or if that was where the eagles liked to hang out...well, it was a gift. Although we saw many eagles, they were not thick like they were during our drive on Saturday.

But, when we did see them...we stopped and they posed for a picture or two...

What a blessing for our Christmas visitors that they were able to see that amazing sight.

Since we were on Mount Baker, we headed up to Nooksack Falls. One of the first times that Betsy and Jon came out, Jon taunted Betsy until she followed him up the rocks for quite a ways (if you look at the rocks that are far back in the picture, that is where they had climbed) ... that wouldn't have been possible on Saturday. The stream was roaring...It really was a testimony to the power of God and that just a very small part!

During the "dry" season, the falls usually has only one path...on Saturday, the falls split and roared down to the pond at the bottom of the falls...I never cease to be amazed at the power of waterfalls and I could stand there and watch for such a long time..it is usually Steve who calls me away from them! That is really how we ended our Saturday! Well, we did the usual, we did some errands...but that isn't near as exciting as watching God's wonders of nature.Monday came and it was Martin Luther, Jr. Day.

5 years ago, Steve started work in Bellingham.

Since he had the day off, we headed out for the day...not really knowing where we were going...

Before we left for the day, we went to see a very special lady.

(History: Steve and Carol are brother and sister;

Carol is married to Allan; Elsie is Allan's mom)

Elsie was 102 years old last September...yeah, she doesn't look like it OR act like it. We love visiting her and so we had coffee before we went on our merry way on Monday..

We decided to head for Mount Vernon and exchange a couple of things at the outlet mall. BUT...that didn't mean we had to stay on I-5! We took Chuckanaut Drive. With the road right along the water, around every turn was another view that took your breath away. There were little parks, spots that were photo ops and we took many of the unbeaten paths. Some we had taken before, others were new...it was all beautiful!

We had to stop at the grocery store on our way home and we found our little primroses outside calling to spring...but we had to remind ourselves that it was January 18th.

And then we got home and realized that our tulips and other spring bulbs were up! (okay, so if you look, the weeds are up too....)

5 years...a beautiful weekend...and praises go to our Heavenly Father who chose that we were to move here. Praise Him that we were obedient....