Saturday, July 24, 2010

next door to santa

Wow, Sandpoint, Idaho is right next door to Santa Claus!! But it's super duper beautiful with lots of fun stuff to do!

My aunt, Amy and her family live there. Mom had been up there a few times, but Meemaw and I had never been. We decided to take a 'girls trip' plus Michael to see them. Flying out of Amarillo, you only have to change planes in Denver, then land in Spokane. It wasn't that bad of flights. Michael was a trooper. But thank goodness Mom and Meemaw were with me. He was going back and forth back and forth! But he was a super big help pushing the bags while Juice pulled.

We were so excited to see these three silly face boys...




We spent the days playing, digging in dirt, hiking, shopping and playing in the sand at Cour'de Lane, farming, eating at Hope (best.pizza.ever), splashing in the fountains at the Farmer's Market, building sand castles at the Sandpoint City Beach, shopping downtown, eating watermelon and just having fun!!!




Kai loved the water...freezing cold...but he loved it!


















One evening, the girls got to sneak off to go on a wine cruise...I mean a dessert/eagle watching cruise! We cruised over to this island on the lake that is strictly for the bald eagles. We did get to see the baby and the huge nest, but not the momma and daddy eagle. We had fun....and yes, Jameson had all four boys to himself!!! When we got back, the two youngest ones (Pax & Michael) were sound asleep in bed and Jett & Kai were sitting on the couch relaxing and having some milk! Seriously.

One day we spent the day at Schweitzer, the 'hill' that people ski during the winter and bike ride during the summer.



Yes, Juice & Jameson rode down and all the way back to town! You are looking down on the lake and Sandpoint.

Overall, these four had the best time together!!! We can't wait till September when they get to come to Texas.

Thank you for a wonderful week!! We love you guys!

Sunday, July 04, 2010

more rain...

Seriously...we are about to call Noah to come build an Ark! We have never seen rain like this.

We spent Friday in the pouring rain shopping in Lubbock with Uncle Bruce & Juice. We finally just went to the mall so we could be inside instead of going in and out of the rain. But, we did make one very important buy of the day...

Oh and one other purchase that he 'needed'...

So he was ready to go...


Saturday, it rained and poured and rained some more. A few times during the day, it would just sprinkle and mist so we took advantage of it. First thing, Michael and Dada called Granddaddy to go eat breakfast. They said this was a guys date and no girls allowed. Guess what Michael wore...


Then Grandma came over and they took a little walk down the street...yes, in the sprinkles!

He loved being outside.

After his nap and his first time to have Juicy Juice, we went to the backyard to 'sit' on the porch again since it was just sprinkling again. He didn't really sit. He was way more brave this time with the rain. He found mud, he filled up his bucket with rain water, he found puddles and even mowed grass in the rain...oh he was in Heaven!








And he was soaking wet....but he loved it! We went in and had a warm bath. Thank you Jesus for rain and rain boots!
P.S. Yes, he stayed in his PJ's all day long...until after the warm bath that evening! :)

(just some random pictures I took)