Fall!

The last few weeks.....

Ilon and Gabe were very successful creatures on Halloween! The homemade wings by Ilon and Mom failed about half-way through but Ilon weathered on for the candy. Gabe completely adores Wild Kratts. We are going on a year now I think??

We had Ilon's girlfriends over to watch the new My Little Pony movie. 4 hours later and the house was still ringing with screams. TOTALLY worth it.

Winchester, Idaho!!

Our annual Thanksgiving weekend was spent in a yurt! We had perfect weather, rainy storms, sunshine, and snow! The kids want to live in a yurt now, really sweet mini vacation!

We played bow and arrows into the night, cooked on camp stoves and watched the stars through the roof. 

Thankful for family and little treasured weekends away!

Well we have officially jumped into the fall of 2014. Aaron is in his last year of law school. Gabe has started kindergarten and Ilon is in 2nd grade. A host of pictures for the last couple of months...

Ilon turned 8. What a little lady she is turning into. She had her first pedicure. 

She had a campfire birthday party complete with games, scavenger hunts, pizza, smores, and lots of screaming.

Gabe played Tball!

We did a 15 mile bike ride down an old railway track through tunnels and over bridges, amazing view and amazing kids that did the whole thing!

The kids started school!

Ilon's 2nd grade class in charge of the community garden

I turned 34! (Crown by Gabe)

We have enjoyed FALL, just gorgeous here.

Gabe signed up for hockey, Ilon jumped in at the last second because she liked the outfits. 

Gabe's class on an apple orchard field trip. Such a sweet class he is in!

My favorite tree in Moscow, Idaho. Can't get enough of it. 

Until next time from the Roepke clan!

10 years.

This Thursday I will have been married to Aaron David Roepke for 10 years. A DECADE.  He is perfect for me, through thick and thin. My parents came to stay with the kids so we could jet off to Canada! We could have used a good restful vacation, but we did not rest. We hiked, canoed, explored, saw wildlife, and generally played outside in the wilderness, one of our very favorite things to do together.

Johnston Canyon Resort, we stayed in a cabin at the base of waterfalls. We hiked to the falls on a narrow bridge on the edge of the canyon at 9PM, broad daylight in Canada! 

Lake Louise! One of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.

St. Agnes Teahouse. The tea house hikes are about 10 miles roundtrip and are at the top of the mountains surrounding Lake Louise. There is no electricity, water and supplies are helicoptered in one day a year! It was the most work I've ever done to get a cup of Green Jasmine tea and fresh hot biscuits from a wood stove.  Also one of the coolest places I've ever been.

Canoe trip on Lake Louise! Early in the morning when there is not a ripple on the lake, pristine, quiet, completely turquoise, this was awesome.

Chili in the town of Lake Louise, he is so cute.

Glacier hike, we look cold. It was incredible to see and be so close to a glacier. We enjoyed it, even though we don't look like it!

Maybe my favorite stop. The side of the road on the Icefields Parkway we stopped for lunch. It was raining lightly, the river was an amazing clear blue, just cold enough to feel like fall. Ramen noodles on the stove and beer cold from the river. Perfect.

And the bears. They say the food isn't what it needs to be high in the mountains so the bears were down foraging close to the road. This was a mother and cub, and 2 tourists that Aaron wanted to toss in the river. They got a little too close.  We saw a grizzly, elk, deer, eagles, big horn sheep and marmots. 

Banff, Canada. This town is darling, we had a great night walking the town and eating at a brewery overlooking downtown.

We had a great time and can't wait to go back!

Back in business.

Tracey Rankin you have cracked the code and opened up my blog again! Hopefully updates on Roepke life to come on a more regular basis. It's 3:42 AM Idaho time and I am surrounded by crying babies at work. Aaron is home awake and preparing for a trial tomorrow. It is 70's in the day and 50's at night, pretty much perfect. School has been postponed in Moscow for 2 weeks due to construction delays so the kids have an extended summer vacation! Thinking of fun mini-trips to come... Here's to the start of the final year of law school.