Vacation In Northern Idaho

We just got back from a trip to northern Idaho for a week of vacation. It was wonderful! We did so many really fun things and literally took almost 100 pictures. Here are just a few from the different outings we went on.


We started the week at Mandi's in-laws' cabin near Coeur d' Alene. It is so gorgeous and right on the lake, so we got to do some boating, jet skiing and fishing. Thanks Mandi and Will!



From there we went to Priest River and we took Jace to a small race track where he could ride his 4 wheeler. Isn't he such a stud!

The next day we went out on the boat and I did a little water skiing. Jace decided that he REALLY wanted to try but we didn't have any little skis for him, so he said he would just swim out to the end of the rope and hold on and we could pull him that way. So we did. Don't worry, we only put the boat in gear, but it was enough to pull him a little and he thought he was pretty sweet.

The day after that, we went for a 4 wheeler ride with Tim's family. It was so much fun and so beautiful!

And the next day Tim and his dad went on a fishing trip while I went shopping with his sister Nikki. Notice the little friend they made. Tim said he just stayed there and watched them forever. They didn't do too bad fishing either.

We ended the week by going to our family reunions. Unfortunately they were on the same day and not close enough to each other to go to both, so Tim took Jace and went to the Yount reunion and I took Paityn and went to the Solum (Grandma Carol's family)reunion. I didn't get to take any pictures because my camera was dead, but here are Jace and uncle Chad and aunt Kristin kyaking on the lake.


WHAT A GREAT VACATION!

Move Over Tiger Woods!

Mandi and I went to visit my mom for a couple of days and she suggested we go golfing...I guess you could call it golfing. We had a great time even though it took us about 5 hours and numerous "play throughs"! I love to golf, but don't get the opportunity very often because it is not the easiest thing to do with small children. This was my first time out this year and I was pretty rusty for a while. Oh well, you can't expect much when you only play once or twice a year.



My mom and Austin getting ready to hit the links. Yes, I realize that Austin is now taller than all of us.

Mandi may not golf much but she sure looks cute in the attire!

FORE!

Fun With Grandpa Dave

We just got back from a visit with my dad and Janis and needless to say, my kids had a great time... and I think grandpa had a little fun too.





Aren't we GORGEOUS in our glamorous sunglasses!


Grandpa put Jace to work. A little poo shoveling never hurt anyone. Just kidding, he was just pushing it for fun.


Jace really wanted his picture taken inside the horse trailer.




They ran the battery dead on the four wheeler twice in one day they rode it so much.

TWO MONKEYS AT THE ZOO

Jace had a fieldtrip to the Zoo on Friday and he was kind enough to allow his little sister to tag along. By the end of the day I was ready to volunteer them as the next new addition, they would have fit in perfectly with the monkey exhibit.



Taking 2 kids to the zoo is not an easy task. There were about 4 million (okay maybe not quite that many, but way too many) other kids there on field trips as well and of course Paityn was not having any of riding in the stroller, so I was paranoid of losing one of them the entire time. All of the kids just blended together and mine would not stay by each other for anything. Jace begged me to go back in after lunch in the park, but I told him we were going to have to wait until Tim could come with us to help watch Paityn. Poor kid, it would have been really fun if she would not have been there, but he was a good sport about it.

Notice how all of the pictures are of them on toys. We go to the ZOO and all they want to do is play on the toys. The only animals Jace even wanted to see were the giraffes, the rest of the time they were trying to find something to ride, play on, or drive. Jace even ran and jumped in one of the little zoo trucks becuase he thought it was a toy. I'm surprised he didn't start it up and take off.

A Day At The Lake

I LOVE summer!!!! Yesterday was GORGEOUS, so we decided to take the kids to a lake just outside of Boise (there are lakes closer to us, but we had never been there before and someone from work had told Tim that there was good fishing there). The kids had a blast playing in the water, which was freezing but actually felt pretty good after sitting in the hot sun for a few minutes.


You can't really tell from the pictures, but there was quite a lot of beach and the mountains were beautiful.

Jace is going through an "I don't want my picture taken" phase, so he seems to have the same expression on his face in every picture. Oh well, hopefully he gets over it soon.




Paityn hasn't been around the water a lot, but she did really good. The first thing she did was run out in the water up to her bottom, which she was fine with until she fell down and was then sitting on her bottom with water up to her neck. She freaked and wouldn't get up so Jace had to save her. After that she was a little more hesitant and would only go in up to her knees. She really liked the raft though and we spent most of the time out in it. What a great day!