A Big Scare

Well this morning was full of exercise and fear!!! My cousin and I are meeting at the high school to run the stairs on Tuesday and Thursday. Tucker has joined us this week and wanted to hike the hill (Rathdrum mountain) that Terra has been telling him about. So after we got Josh, Terra's youngest, and we met at the base of the mountain. We hiked to the top, which is quite exhausting, though the boys made it look easy. Back down is steep and slippery so I wanted to take the road and the boys were going to take the trail. It really shouldn't have been a big deal. Head straight down and you will come to the road! Well Terra and I get to the cars and no boys!!! They should have been back well before us. So she went to the City Park and I went towards Hidden Valley Road neither of us see the boys. We still weren't panicking, but getting concerned. She drove up to her place to see if maybe they went there, but no. We were getting worried now. I had been up the mountain several times and calling them. I called Rusty back to let him know we still hadn't found them. He called about 20 guys to come search with us, in the meantime, Terra called 911. I was heading to a friends that lived near the park when I remembered I had her number so I called and asked her to look by the park again. They found the boys as they were coming through the park and drove them over. The boys had gotten lost and ended up way to the left. Thankfully when they made it off the mountain they knew where they were and headed towards the park. They saw a bear while they were up there too. When I saw them I broke down and started crying. It took Terra and I a while to calm down and not feel so shaky. Rusty had to call off all his friends and Terra was still on the phone with 911 when she saw us so they called off the search too. 911 did tell Terra that it is never too soon to call when it is a child. That was enough excitement for me for the year, thank you very much. You wouldn't think living in Rathdrum we would have been so scared, but we were. We had passed some unsavory looking characters in a car on the way down, we were worried they could have fallen and gotten hurt, we were well... just worried!

Ready for school

Well the supplies are purchased anyhow. I am NOT ready for school yet. I plan on enjoying the last few weeks so summer with the boys. It will be SO weird sending Tucker off to school this year. He is pretty excited to go to Garwood. If he gets accepted to the Charter School he may go into complete and total meltdown. It won't be pretty!

Date night and Concert for the boys

The boys and their friend, Jeremy, had a concert in Spokane yesterday. Ethan's good friend, TJ, is in a band called Ongoing Concept. Rusty and I took the boys and dropped them off and then walked over to a nice Italian joint and stuffed ourselves. The food was delicious! After dinner we walked around the park and took the short gondola ride. Kinda a waste of money, but I had never done it. The falls were cool, but it is a short ride for 7 bucks. We had a great evening though and the boys enjoyed their concert.

Shopping and lunch

Took the boys shopping today for a few clothes and spent a fortune. Normally we go to Kohl's when I have coupons and save big, but they wanted band shirts so we went to Hot Topic at the mall. I spent $20/shirt (gasp) plus shoes and a few pair of jeans for Tucker. They will probably need more before school starts, but the bank is broken for today. They really NEED to stop growing so much.

We did have a nice day though and a yummy lunch at Red Robin.

Out of the nest

Momma must be trying to teach them to fly. I was up worrying about them all night. There is still one in the nest this morning, but I can find the 3 that are sitting here. I am hoping that they flew off somewhere safe. The momma is still out there chirping away. So.... I think they are the cutest dang things and would be so sad if they didn't make it.

Awesome weekend

We had a great weekend on the water. It was just beautiful and the water was so refreshing. Tucker and Cooper had a blast tubing. I think Bella even enjoyed her first boating trip. We are blessed to live in such a beautiful area.

A beautiful day at Bayview

We had a beautiful day on the lake today. Tucker fed the geese crackers from his hands. I couldn't get the picture fast enough, but he did it several times. There was one poor bird that the others would not let get close to us. They would all chase him away any time he got close. We also saw eagles up in the tree. Need a little stronger zoom, but you can see them.

Baby Birdies

We have a nest up in our front porch. I have been watching it for a while now. The babies have finally hatched. I thought there were two, but I see 3 up there. There is one on the other side, can you see it's fuzzy little head? They are so cute. I love to listen to them make their cute little birds noises all day.

Camping with the Karls

All the guys floating down the Flathead.

Beautiful Lily!

I love this one of Abby and Wendy! So sweet!

Isn't that so beautiful!

Rae lovin' on Tucker!

Goofy hubby drinking his beer with a licorce straw.

The girls had a wonderful time playing with the dogs. They just couldn't get enough of them.

Getting ready to climb up the rock bank.

Rusty and Don had to check out the water before the boys floated.

Climbing over the NO TRESPASSING fence! BUSTED!!!!

The silly boys spent a great deal of time in the camper playing PS2 games. We had to kick them out frequently and make them do something outside. lol

Lily and I makin' smores!

The crew!

Lily of the Loaf! That's what Don calls her, just cracks me up!

The doggies in their cage!

Tucker (buried), Ethan, and Zach. They slept slideways on the sofa bed and they were all hanging off the end.

We had a wonderful extended weekend in Montana with the Karls. It was such a fun, relaxing time. It was a beautiful river and all of us were able to get in the water and play a bit. My dogs got so much attention this weekend that they will probably want to be adopted by the girls. lol Miss you guys already!

Playing at the park w/ Laura and Hunter

We met Laura and Hunter at the park Wednesday for some sun and fun. He is so cute! We had a nice visit and he enjoyed crawling around in the water.