August Without Plans (Grace at Malibu!)

Looked away from the zuchhini plant for A DAY...and Jeff put up a bike rack and my porch lights!

Got to see Melissa and Heather, took them flowers for desks AND CHICKENS!

Jeff and Matt planned an overnight trip to Roman Nose--turned out to be attempt #1! Matt's truck overheated...they ended up camping at a little lake north of Bonner's Ferry...it was great to fish in. They'll make it to Roman Nose someday!!!

And Henry turned another year older! Love their lake birthdays...

Josh got to go to his FIRST CONCERT with Gavin and their family in Sandpoint: REO Speedwagon! He asked me, "Who's REEEEOH Speedwagon?" Hahaha! What fun...

Look at that DIVE!!! Wowza, Joshy...

Henry Turns TEN!

Shenanigans and Showalters

Showalter Sibling Swap

We left rain at the farm, taking away all of the snow, but arrived to snow at our house!  We met Jen at the mall and swapped kids, sending Josh to their house and keeping Janie overnight.  The girls made a fort under Grace's loft and watched movies.  Janie had just acquired swimmer's ear, so she wasn't feeling quite up to par, but she was a trooper and never complained!  The boys were busy geeking out on all things boy--video games, mostly.  :)

January Friends

Our year started off with a few days with Auntie Julie.  We took Micah to the urologist to check his circumcision--which was just fine!--and she and I even snuck in a shopping morning without kids.  It was so fun to have her here for an extended visit to enjoy the everyday things with her.

And one day we did a swap with the Showalter cousins--Jen took the two girls to see Annie in the movie theater, and I took the three boys to play Legos, Paw Patrol, and wrestle Daddy.

 

And of course, Gracie gets fun hairdos when Auntie Julie is in town...
 
Josh got TWO Leonardo hats for Christmas, so he was so excited to give one to his best buddy, Kai.

Henry is TWO!!!

Little cousin Henry turned TWO at the beginning of August.  He had a really fun dinosaur party--but when it was time to sing, he got a little startled.  :)

 Isn't this boy darling!??!

 The dinosaur egg hunt about to begin...

Cousins!

Raspberries (and Ice Cream) at Greenbluff

We did make our first fruit trip up to Greenbluff in between all of our July trips.  We picked quite a few raspberries with Jen and Janie and Henry--enough to make some jam for the year and a pan of raspberry blondies!  Yummmmm!  We looked at a few spots for cherries, but we were a bit late, and they said the crop wasn't very good this year...so we opted for ice cream instead!  Thanks for picking with us, cousins!!!