Idaho

Last weekend (July 31-Aug2) we made a quick unplanned trip to Weiser, Idaho. Ben's sister & family live up there. We also had lived in the area about 10 yrs ago for a short time. We have not seen them since before Ben left to go in the Army so about 6 yrs! Our nephews are all grown up now, 1 is married & has a daughter Grace. The other has a baby on the way due in Feb. I believe. :o) The kids loved playing up there with everyone. It was VERY hot!!! Over 100 each day & the humidity was almost 50%! That kind of weather and me do NOT get along!! :o) Our pictures are at www.public.fotki.com/karibird28 . The drive is about 8 hrs from here, friday night we left about 8 pm. It was a long day & nothing had gone right! We originally were supposed to go to Phoenix, AZ. to see my sister. We needed to get tires on the suburban before going anywhere, so I ran errands & picked the tires up in Reno. We refuse to buy them at a tire shop when we can get them from a distributer for half the cost. Well of course the day got away from us & Ben was already getting off work, so I switched cars with him so he could go get the tires mounted.. AND... they were not taking any more orders at any of the gardnerville stores, they were all that busy! Crazy! So by that time it was getting way to late to make a 12 hr drive to AZ. We decided to pack it up & head to Carson to get the tires on & then head up to Idaho since everyone was ready for a road trip and nothing was working out for it. We arrived up there at 3 am (they are an hour ahead of us) we decided to stay at a hotel in Ontario, OR (about 20 mins away). Saturday we hung out at Marti & Alan's house with the kids & our nephew Jake's family. John our other nephew & girlfriend came over later that night for a BBQ. Sunday we spent sometime over there with a huge breakfast & just hanging out before we took off for home. Before leaving the area we drove out to our house that we used to have. Loved that place! It was a cute little farm house on 40+ acres of farm land with a pond & grapevines, walnut tree etc. We finally left the area around 3 pm & made it home about 10 pm. Ohh... and if you have never heard of a donut peach.. You NEED to find them!! They are AWESOME! The juiciest best tasting peaches I have ever had! I forgot to get a picture.. darn it!

A little burn...

The other day I was making dinner in the crock pot so it was up on the counter and very hot! Kody is like McKena and can never stay out of anything or off of anything! He always has to be in whatever you are doing & his new phrase is " What chu doing mommy" ( or daddy, or whoever he is talking to). I was cutting up some watermelon and he decided to climb up on the counter, he usually gets up where the sink is at & then climbs onto the other section from the "L" part of the counter.. that is where the pot was.. By the time I saw him & went to grab him he probably had his arm against for a good 30 or more seconds trying to get off without falling. When I grabbed him it had already blistered & skin was peeling off. Needless to say he screamed for a long time & Ben decided to take him to urgent care to get the right stuff for it. He is the first one to ever get a burn like that out of 4 kids.. I must be doing something right.. lol He has some great burn ointment & a bunch of it, the pharmacist said to keep it around & if its put on immediately a burn won't blister. :o)

Kati's glasses

Last week I took Kati to Reno and we picked out her reading glasses that she needs for school! Of course she picked out the most expensive ones she found.. lol Ralph Lauren pink & brown glasses. Afterwards we finished her school clothes/ shoes shopping. Glad to have 1 kid completely done!! Now 2 more to go but they each just need a few things & will be done as well!

Last Weekend...

We had a busy weekend this past weekend (July 17-19). Friday was fun pool day at my work, so the girls & I enjoyed 6 hours of hanging out at one of my co-workers inlaws house. Its a gorgeous place and the girls loved the pool! Kelsi loved jumping off the diving board & going down the slide. For some odd reason McKena is not the dare devil child she normally is when it comes to water. lol Pictures are at www.public.fotki.com/karibird28

Saturday we went to Reno to Chuck E Cheese for Tyler's 5th birthday! The kids had lots of fun & I was surprised that it was not that crowded. :o) I didn't take many pictures surprisingly!

After his birthday we made a quick stop at Toys R Us and the girls picked out their backpacks & lunch boxes for school. It seems to be quickly approaching! :o) We then headed to a friends (same place as friday) to swim for a few hours. I wish I had some pictures with Kody & Ben since they joined us this time!

Sunday we were up early and off to the Nazerene Church where the girls spent the whole week at Vacation Bible School. They had a service with the kids from the week showing off songs & verses that they learned. At the end they were able to take home all the crafts and their evangecube that helps them tell a story. When we came home we were surprised by a visitor! My sister had flown up from AZ for basically 24 hrs, so she could help another friend out by driving back home with her to AZ. That night we had a BBQ at our house with her friends so everyone could see her while she was here. Pictures are at www.public.fotki.com/karibird28

I think I was glad when Monday hit.. lol :o)

Look what hatched!

Remember a few posts back I posted a picture of a nest & eggs that were right as you exit our front door. Well looks like only 1 of the eggs actually hatched, I think the baby is almost double the size of the parents.. lol