Seeing Santa

Our tradition has become riding the North Pole Express out of Horseshoe Bend. It's a old-fashioned train that takes us on a ride to somewhere outside of Sweet and we get to visit Santa and have treats. It's pretty fun and we always go with good friends!

Kids and Leaves

I'm currently taking a break from raking leaves. We've got 9 trees in our yard and at about this time of year, I'm raising a fist to the air yelling AARRGGHH!!! I love the color and beauty they provide, but I'm not fond of raking -- so I'm hiding out for a bit!! Here's the kids today and one picture of Jace with his friend Morgan after they and Cory built this air-pressure powered rocket launcher.

The Irwin's hit Portland!

Last weekend, we visited Portland for the first time as a family. It was so FUN! In these photos we are at the OMSI Science Center. They had "Chinese Dinosaurs" as their exhibit and the kids thought it was pretty cool!

Macy~ in front of an ancestor of the elephant. This head was almost as big as her!!
Maryn pretending to be interested in paleontology.....
In front of two fossils that were HUGE!

Tamarack

This past weekend, we took a trip to our friends' cabin in Donnelly. They live right at the base of the resort, so we were able to disc golf, mountain bike and Jace did these cool bungy jumping moves. It was a great weekend with beautiful weather and a lovely time with friends!

FireBird Forge Photo Gallery - Carl/Stanley Lake 12

FireBird Forge Photo Gallery - Carl/Stanley Lake 12

Our friend, Carl, takes amazing pictures. Here's a link to one of Stanley Lake, where we camped, that is beautiful!!

Stanley Lake

Cory and I just returned from our annual biking trip with friends to Stanley Lake. We had great weather and were able to bike Elk Meadows and Fisher Creek. It was a hoot! My friend Holli was riding Nip/Tuck when she came around a corner and impaled herself on a tree branch! OUCH! She had to go to the clinic in Stanley and get a couple of stitches. She still rode part of Fisher though....she's awesome!

Eagle Fun Days

Hi!
This week our kids spent the entire week making and preparing fur costumes and masks. They pulled all-nighters and literally spent every waking moment doing these. Our neighbors own a painting business, so we decided to let them wear them in the parade in Eagle and do some friendly advertising by following their work van through the streets of Eagle. They were soooo cute.

Secondly, I'm just experimenting with this blogger thing and haven't spent much time investigating it, so I'm a hack....but it's fun!

Pictures of Eagle Fun Days