The Rest of the Story....

I am really slow at getting July and August (the rest of the summer) pictures posted. But we had a wonderful 4th visiting with Stephanie, Brett and family, Eric, Joy and Olivia and also, with Rick's brothers and sisters. A trip to Northern Idaho for Ranae with her sisters was the highlight of August.

Picnicing in the Canyon....

4th of July firework fun!

Reunion time with the extended clan....

Grandpa and Cooper

Noah and Cooper

Noah's Birthday....I loved being there for my grandson's birthday and his party. We don't get to share in the joy of all of our grandchildren's birthdays so this was a very special time for me to be visiting during Noah's birthday.

Idaho Trip


My sisters and I went on a roadtrip to Northern Idaho (not all the way north...kind of in the middle actually) but it was alot of fun! I love Idaho....it is gorgeous! Mountains and streams! Loved It!!!

Redfish Lake

McCall, Idaho

Happy Birthday, Cooper and Kaiden

Today is Cooper's Birthday and tomorrow is Kaiden's Birthday! What adorable and busy guys these two are!

Cooper

Today our grandson, Cooper, turns a big four years old. Cooper is all boy! He loves action and is a very busy guy. He loves having books read to him and Grandma loves to share that love with him. I love his gorgeous brown eyes and his cute grin which I'm sure will melt the heart of many a girl in times to come.

Kaiden

Our Grandson, Kaiden, is six tomorrow! It seems like just yesterday that he was learning to crawl. It is fun to watch your grandsons growing up and seeing in them some of the special characteristics that you also saw in their father growing up. Kaiden loves to help grandpa from watering to weeding, whatever Grandpa is doing. He likes to make pictures for Grandma and then Grandma loves to put them on her fridge. What a cute and fun Grandson!

Happy Birthday
We Love You both!

Happy Birthday, Maddison

Happy 4th Birthday to our granddaughter, Maddison. What a bright, cute and smart little girl! I love her little spirit. She is full of life, always happy and such a ray of sunshine....she just makes me smile thinking about her. We hope she has a great birthday!

We Love You....Maddison!

Happy Birthday

It Just Wanted A Friend....

Last Saturday as Rick was mowing the yard, he came in to get the camera and beckon me out to look at some insect he had never seen before. On the fence sat this brown with green insect that looked similar to features of a praying mantis. Actually, I have seen one of these at the zoo before. He cocked his head just like he was sizing us up. So I put out my hand expecting him to flee away...nope he proceeds to slowly (very slowly) go to climb on my hand. I immediately changed my mind and withdrew my hand. So what does little Pete do but fly (yes, we now know he flies) to my shoulder. That was a little too close to the hair and I screamed for Rick to get him off. Rick tried to shoo him off but he just hung on my back. Finally, I backed up to the fence and he returned to it. Eventually, flying to the neighbors. I guess we weren't the ideal friends. Later browsing the Internet, we found out he is a Chinese Mantis and actually makes a good pet....although you have to feed him live crickets and other live insects. With all the crickets around right now, he would have made a great pet.