Yes, that was a nod to Olivia Newton John. 🙂

July Happenings

Birthdays!

They had pizza and and presents, cake and ice cream, watched Wild Hearts Can’t be Broken (my favorite!) and then roasted smore’s on top of that!

Liberty and I went to our first girl’s camp! My first as a leader and her first as a camper. I can’t believe we didn’t get any good pictures, but here’s proof she was there as her wild and crazy self.

August Happenings

Our neighbors fixed up their old boat and took Levi with them for the first voyage. He LOVED it.

Levi and Libby spent a fun filled day with Aunt Janie and my cousin Dan’s daughter who was visiting from New York. It was a little crazy to have the tables turned. I was her age when I went to New York to spend time with the cousins I hardly knew. They love spending time on the farm and rode horses, played with the chickens and went swimming in the river. Levi, a lover of Louis Lamour books was truly in heaven and wants to ride horses all the time now.

We managed to get a couple day trips in at the very end of our summer once Rock was more mobile. First was a day in McCall. No summer is complete without a trip to My Father’s Place for the best hamburgers and milkshakes in Idaho. Liberty and Rock and I drove up to meet Cade and Levi, who had done an overnight backpacking trip up past McCall at Loon Lake. Here are some awesome pictures from their trip and ours.

We met up with them for lunch and then drove to one of our favorite spots, Brundage Reservoir.

The next weekend we drove up to Redfish Lake. It was smoky, but the Sawtooths never disappoint. We rode the boat across the lake this time and hiked around the other side. Rock hiked a little ways to this bridge and then found a nice spot to sit and read while we hiked further. We found some beautiful and unforgettable treasures!

And that was our summer-post surgery and broken toe!