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Lake Payette, McCall Idaho
Monday, December 13, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
What's Up ??
1. Yes, I've been flaky about doing this.
2. Since September, I have been working a very part-time job at a Quick Loan in Caldwell. Friends at church own it and needed someone to come in for a few hours a week while they tend to family matters. It's usually about 6-8 hours a week. It's not much but it is something. I've still been putting in applications.
3. Bobby is still putting in applications.
4. I wish the economy would get stronger.
5. Looking forward to Thanksgiving week. My brother Rob and his family will be in town visiting with Mom & Dad and so will my sister Julie and her husband and my niece Terri and her husband and little boy !! And we are even might get snow already !!
6. So I've been trying to clean up the house a bit. Julie and Allan and Terri and David and Nathan will be staying at our house while Rob and Cindy, Scott, Paul and Kimberly will be staying at Mom & Dad's.
7. Should be fun!!
8. Can't get my picture program to work but I still plan to post pictures from our trip to McCall last August. You must be patient with me.
9. Till then ...
2. Since September, I have been working a very part-time job at a Quick Loan in Caldwell. Friends at church own it and needed someone to come in for a few hours a week while they tend to family matters. It's usually about 6-8 hours a week. It's not much but it is something. I've still been putting in applications.
3. Bobby is still putting in applications.
4. I wish the economy would get stronger.
5. Looking forward to Thanksgiving week. My brother Rob and his family will be in town visiting with Mom & Dad and so will my sister Julie and her husband and my niece Terri and her husband and little boy !! And we are even might get snow already !!
6. So I've been trying to clean up the house a bit. Julie and Allan and Terri and David and Nathan will be staying at our house while Rob and Cindy, Scott, Paul and Kimberly will be staying at Mom & Dad's.
7. Should be fun!!
8. Can't get my picture program to work but I still plan to post pictures from our trip to McCall last August. You must be patient with me.
9. Till then ...
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Lake Payette is awesome !!
This past week, we took a short family vacation to McCall Idaho, to lake Payette and had a fantastic time!! The lake is so pretty and the water wasn't like ice water !! It was so refreshing!! This lake reminded me a lot of Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, where I spent my summers as a child! Payette is a smaller lake but just as beautiful!! The kids at first weren't sure what to do with themselves but soon figured it out and they enjoyed the lake, too!! We didn't have any water toys so we'll have to look forward to boating there sometime in the future!! We definitely will be going back there, soon I hope!! I would love to retire there and have a house on the lake!! In my dreams, I suppose!? I hope to post more pictures of our vacation soon!!
Sunday, August 15, 2010
For those who think our life is interesting ...
This summer seems to be flying by ... its crazy.
Bobby is still looking for a permanent job. He still sell swords and knives on the weekends at various flea markets. He recently has started to sell knives for Cutco Cutlery. This involves in home demonstrations. I'm surprised he enjoys doing this, but he does!!
I've been looking for work, too. Nothing has come to fruition yet. Pray for us!!
Sarah went to church girls camp at the end of July for a few days in McCall, Idaho. They camped on Payette lake. She had a really good time and came back with a good sunburn!! The theme of camp was "There's no place like home" and the leaders and planners did a fantastic job with activities and food !! I sent a camera with Sarah. She took some pictures, but I wish she had taken more!! She's learning!!
Tyler and Travis went to a church camp for three days at the end of July also, called Helaman camp. I'm not sure where they camped, somewhere in Idaho. No pictures to share but they had a great time. Travis more than Tyler.
Travis recently finished his Archery Merit Badge for Scouts. Yes, he's still aiming to earn Eagle Scout status!!
On Monday, August 2nd, we flew Travis down to Utah for a youth camp at Brigham Young University called EFY (Especially for Youth), another church camp. He stayed in the dorms on campus and met other teens from other parts of the nation (Florida, Arizona, Utah to name a few). He again had a really good time !! Very spiritual experience, he said. And fun. They had a few dances and I believe he made some friends (girls included) that he will keep in touch with via Facebook. Here is a picture of some of his new friends.
Bobby is still looking for a permanent job. He still sell swords and knives on the weekends at various flea markets. He recently has started to sell knives for Cutco Cutlery. This involves in home demonstrations. I'm surprised he enjoys doing this, but he does!!
I've been looking for work, too. Nothing has come to fruition yet. Pray for us!!
Sarah went to church girls camp at the end of July for a few days in McCall, Idaho. They camped on Payette lake. She had a really good time and came back with a good sunburn!! The theme of camp was "There's no place like home" and the leaders and planners did a fantastic job with activities and food !! I sent a camera with Sarah. She took some pictures, but I wish she had taken more!! She's learning!!
Tyler and Travis went to a church camp for three days at the end of July also, called Helaman camp. I'm not sure where they camped, somewhere in Idaho. No pictures to share but they had a great time. Travis more than Tyler.
Travis recently finished his Archery Merit Badge for Scouts. Yes, he's still aiming to earn Eagle Scout status!!
On Monday, August 2nd, we flew Travis down to Utah for a youth camp at Brigham Young University called EFY (Especially for Youth), another church camp. He stayed in the dorms on campus and met other teens from other parts of the nation (Florida, Arizona, Utah to name a few). He again had a really good time !! Very spiritual experience, he said. And fun. They had a few dances and I believe he made some friends (girls included) that he will keep in touch with via Facebook. Here is a picture of some of his new friends.
Tomorrow we'll be leaving for McCall, Idaho with our camper to camp along Lake Payette for our one and only family vacation this summer. I hope the weather stays nice!! All of our bikes are in order and I looking forward to spending time exploring the lake and surrounding areas !! Wish us well and I should have pictures to post once we get back!!
Ta Ta for now !!
Monday, July 12, 2010
A "bombing" on Teano
Several weeks ago (June 9) some lunatic(s) decided it would be fun to assemble a homemade "bomb" and explode a random mailbox. They choice ours. Around 11pm that night we heard two bangs, which sounded like a shotgun, looked out our front window and realized our mailbox was missing. Called 911 of course. Four police cars arrived to "contain" the situation. Actually I think they were having a slow night. Anyway, they said they have seen these "bombs" before and hope to someday catch the psychos doing this. Hard to collect physical evidence since it has been blown to bits. Figure they won't catch the persons responsible until one of these things blow up in the hands of the makers. (they used an empty plastic soda bottle, drano, tin foil and water - I guess you can learn how to do this on Youtube) We decided it was a random "bombing" because our mail carrier told us of another incident of an exploding mailbox a few nights before at a home less than a mile away, people we don't know. Anyway, here are some pictures of the remains of our mailbox.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
What's going on ?!
Nothing much new around here.
School will be out next Tuesday (June 8th). I look forward to it more than the kids, I think. It has been getting harder to wake them up in the morning and to get them moving for school.
Travis has changed his mind about going back into football. He says he would rather focus on his guitar playing. I'm okay with that. I will be encouraging him to find a job for the summer and possibly into the school year.
Tyler took a nasty fall on his BMX bike last Tuesday at a bike park (with dirt jumps). He had his helmet on so the only damage he received was to his leg. Hopefully he'll come home before I finish writing this and I can post a picture of his awesome, I mean, nasty bruises. Okay, he said no to posting a picture.
Sarah has way too much energy for a 12 year old with a 47 year old mother. Whew. She makes me nuts sometimes. (Note to self, in my next life, have children in early twenties not my early thirties)
Bobby is still searching for work.
My sister Julie and her husband were here visiting with my Mom and Dad recently. It's always good to see them! We took a walk along the Boise river and took pictures. This one is my favorite !!
I love my family !! And I enjoy taking pictures. I need to practice a lot more.
Our youngest cat, Sami, seems to be having issues with the food we give her. She seems to puke some of it up everyday. We've already changed the type of cat food once. I suppose we need to try another kind. She gives us a warning, with a strange kind of cat wail, so if I'm quick on my feet, I can grab her and hold her over the toilet. This helps reduce clean up time and the level of nausea that I experience. She's not losing weight and her behavior has not changed so I'm hoping this isn't a serious medical problem. Any thoughts anyone?? Bueller ??
Sami says "It's my tummy and I'll puke if I want too. Neener, neener." Bad kitty.
Remember our Veteran's tomorrow !! Thanks Grandpa McNutt and Grandpa Frazier for your service !!
School will be out next Tuesday (June 8th). I look forward to it more than the kids, I think. It has been getting harder to wake them up in the morning and to get them moving for school.
Travis has changed his mind about going back into football. He says he would rather focus on his guitar playing. I'm okay with that. I will be encouraging him to find a job for the summer and possibly into the school year.
Tyler took a nasty fall on his BMX bike last Tuesday at a bike park (with dirt jumps). He had his helmet on so the only damage he received was to his leg. Hopefully he'll come home before I finish writing this and I can post a picture of his awesome, I mean, nasty bruises. Okay, he said no to posting a picture.
Sarah has way too much energy for a 12 year old with a 47 year old mother. Whew. She makes me nuts sometimes. (Note to self, in my next life, have children in early twenties not my early thirties)
Bobby is still searching for work.
My sister Julie and her husband were here visiting with my Mom and Dad recently. It's always good to see them! We took a walk along the Boise river and took pictures. This one is my favorite !!
I love my family !! And I enjoy taking pictures. I need to practice a lot more.
Our youngest cat, Sami, seems to be having issues with the food we give her. She seems to puke some of it up everyday. We've already changed the type of cat food once. I suppose we need to try another kind. She gives us a warning, with a strange kind of cat wail, so if I'm quick on my feet, I can grab her and hold her over the toilet. This helps reduce clean up time and the level of nausea that I experience. She's not losing weight and her behavior has not changed so I'm hoping this isn't a serious medical problem. Any thoughts anyone?? Bueller ??
Remember our Veteran's tomorrow !! Thanks Grandpa McNutt and Grandpa Frazier for your service !!
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