Lake Powell

Our little family took a trip with Nana and Papa to Lake Powell for a week in the middle of September. The weather was amazing, food great and water wonderful. And we utilized all of those things to the max. Played in the warm water, frolicked in the sunshine and ate to our hearts content. Sulli had a great time digging in the sand, fishing with the boys, driving the big and little boat (as long as they went fast!), and taking long boat rides. I was worried about Sulli being too excited about the water and wanting to jump in before I was ready. He was actually the opposite and quite tentative about going into the dark waters. This made things better so that I wasn't worrying about him just diving on in. He required much convincing to dip his toes. The trip was great, over too soon. And here we are, back in the real world again. Full of cell phones, computers, jobs, and such. Ahhh, to be back at the Lake. Maybe next year.

Lake Powell Pictures

VRROOOOOOM!

More driving for Sulli. His Nana took him out in the Audi for a spin around their neighborhood. He has been doing some great driving today. First the lawnmower with Papa and now this. Scary! I can already see his teen years approaching.

Spontaneous Trip

Sulli and I packed up our car and drove to Twin Falls this morning to visit his Nana and Papa as well as his Great Grandpa Louis and Grandma Dossie. We have been here a whole hour and a half and he has already "swam" in the neighbors hot tub and is now out mowing the lawn on Papa's riding lawn mower. He loves this place. Evan stayed home to get some work finished and we will be going home tomorrow. Fun to just get up and go sometimes. And nice to visit mom and dad. -

Cabin under fire

The family travelled to Ketchum to the family cabin a couple of weekends ago with some friends. We had one good night there and were evacuated the next day due to horrible fires raging in the hills. We packed up our belongings and as much of the cowboy collectibles that belong to my parents as possible. Then we headed to Twin Falls to drop off the goods with my parents. At the time that we were evacuated, the fire had burned approx. 6,000 acres. As of the last time I checked last night, it was almost 50,000 acres. The areas that are burning have made almost a complete circle surrounding our cabin. That circle keeps closing in and is cinching in on the cabin. There is a link that you can go to to see pictures of the fire and maps of what is burning. It is http://www.inciweb.org/. The fire to check out is the Castle Rock fire. Please pray for the safety of all those fighting the fires and for the property at stake. My great-grandfather homesteaded up there and the whole area, not just the cabins, means a lot to my family.

Leaving the Little One

Well, Evan just dropped Sulli off in Glens Ferry to be with my parents over the weekend. We are on our way to a wedding in Bend, Oregon and didn't think that Sulli would enjoy lots of time in the car just to get to somewhere where he had to behave and be quiet. He would have much more fun exploring at Nana and Papa's. It is hard leaving your kids though. I am a bit fond of the little rug rat! This is only the second time leaving him over a weekend. It has been done before, I know that we all will survive. It is just strange! I will let you know how it goes!

How does this work?

Ok, so I am trying to catch up with the times and actually join the technological age. There is this frenzy with blogging and apparently I am "out of it" when it comes to this stuff. But I thought this would be a good way to keep myself somewhat organized and you somewhat updated as to what is going on in our lives. I am trying to figure out how I customize my page so I am not sure where this is going to go or what to do next. So I guess I am just going to start clicking on buttons. Here I go!!!