Labor Day Hike

Teton Canyon

The backside of the Tetons: It's Free and No CrowdsAt the beginning of the hike, everyone was walking.
And stopping to pose on every log.

Mommy take a picture of this.And this...And this.....Mommy needs to get in at least one.

By the end of the hike, everyone wanted a ride.A good Labor Day!

Ballerina Princess

This 5 year old's favorite movie is Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses. So we had a Barbie, Ballerina Princess Party.Two Ballerina Princesses Ready to Go.All the Ballerina Princesses (New Friends)Actually the entire population of children at our little church. They have one Sunday School class and this is it. The youngest is 2 and the oldest is 7. (The boys came as Super Heroes.) Mom's Masterpiece.

We had a "real ballerina", our pastor's daughter, come teach the girls a dance.

The girls loved it. It was very precious.

Pin the tiara on the scary looking "Barbie" Princess GenevieveOpening Gifts. Happy Birthday Beautiful Girl!

A post just for the boy

"I'm not happy up here."

"I'm very happy here!"3 1/2 months: This is his new favorite place to be.Look @ that face...handsome & intelligent!

How to build a house: Step #1 Dig a Big Hole

Dig a big holeLevel it with a laser as you go along.Make sure you have cute observers standing by.

Play "King of the World!" on the piles of dirt.

Observe your handiwork.

Play with your friends in the "basement".8 Hours Later:

Take a family picture to remember what it looked like.

Front Row to the Farm Life

Even though we are not farmers, we live on a farm and are right in the middle of thousands of acres of crops. A few weeks ago was wheat harvest. All over town the beautiful golden fields of waving wheat were being combined. My two year old can recognize and tell you what a combine is. This is the field right across the street from our house. Right across the street. See there is our mail box in the bottome left corner.

These are all pictures I took from my front porch. The fields in Idaho are so beautiful because of the mountains in the background.
This isn't a very good picture because of the lighting, but I just wanted you to see how up close and personal we are with farm life.

Below is a picture of the local crop duster. We hear him flying by almost everyday on his way to someone's farm, and we almost always see him when we are driving to the next town. (My two year old can also tell you what a crop duster is.)
Today, We heard the crop duster really close. I looked out my bedroom window to see him lined up and coming straight toward my window. I thought he was going to fly right in, but at the last minute he hopped up and over the trees and my house. So we went out front and had our own private airshow as he flew back and forth all around our house. Literally feet from the ground, power lines and our house. In the above picture he is lined up coming straight at us from across the street.
Here he is flying just a few feet above my front yard. How cool is that. He is very accurate with his spraying, so we felt very safe, but I'm glad he didn't crash. Now you can see why we have a front row to the farm life... and we are getting quite the education. Even the 2 year old.
Stay tuned as in a few weeks the Great Potato Harvest Begins... The whole town shuts down for 2 weeks, even school is out for 2 weeks because every man, woman, child, and beast along with their trucks are out in the fields harvesting potatos. Think about that the next time you eat "Real Idaho Potatos." We have potatos on our side (pictured above) and back, so we again will have a front row seat to all the action.

Our Pool, American Falls Resevoir

When we are home, we go to the resevoir almost everyday.

Best Friends

This is the boat dock that the kids like to jump off.

Leif Today

Here is Leif Today...(I haven't posted any pictures of him since he was born.)

At 1 & 1/2 months old...he is really smiling. Especially at his Daddy. Eric just has to look at him and Leif is all smiles and just coos at his daddy. I think it is because he is home all day long with just girls. I took his bib off for one picture and was immediately reminded of why he had it on in the first place. Isn't he a cutie. This laundry basket just always happens to be around when I need to put him down for a second.