Birthday Shenanigans

Birthday shenanigans continue! Josh turned a corner enough to play with Micah and his birthday toys...Jeff hiked the Indian Painted Rocks Loop Trail...and the family came over for the October/November Birthday Party!

Oh, and I was asked to make gravy for sixty people...😂 I think I deferred this task to Jeff...

 

G'ma and Papa's POOL Days

 

Friday Night Fun...and Solo Practice

 

November Birthday Party

Since we were going to miss Thanksgiving with the Lochheads, we asked to throw a November Birthday Party a few days early.  Look at these sweet November gifts to our family!  :)

 

Epic Leg Cramp by Jeff Lochhead

 Leg cramps are real things, Grace.  No giggling.  Was this the start of our Friday night dinners with Scott and Colleen?!?

YARD SALE!!!

The weekend had finally come to host a YARD SALE. We spent the week collecting our extras (even from Granny's garage, if you can believe it!) and posting some pictures on Craigslist.  Scott and Colleen wanted to join in on the fun, so they brought a stash from their garage and even brought some things from their neighbor who had just lost her husband.  It was a lot of work to put it together, and the boys talked me into selling for TWO DAYS...so Friday and Saturday were spent in our breezeway meeting neighbors and sorting through STUFF.

Memorial Day Weekend, 2021

This weekend started with a boys' trip (with Matt and Kai) to go fishing in Cheney and to bike down Kamiak Butte.  

Meanwhile, the girls were camping with G'ma and Papa...and we were getting pictures!

On Sunday, we took the boys to Priest Lake first, to see Auntie Julie and her family--where we tried out her paddle board!--and after spending the day with them, we headed to Riley Creek to pick up Grace and Janie.

G'ma and Papa had a great site with the girls...and they made so many fun memories!  We took the girls home with us, as they didn't have the space to bring everything (and everyONE) home the next day.

At home we set up hammocks and I figured out what trees we have in our backyard: a beech tree, a vine maple, a fruitless olive...