It's August?!?!?

Wow! Where has the summer gone?!?

Here we are in August and I have nothing to show for it...well maybe a nice tan! :)

Feel like we have been crazy busy...but there is nothing here to show for it!

Well we have stuck closer to home these days!

Just a few examples of what we have been doing to follow:

Teton Pass Wy...View from the top! GORGEOUS!

Little Shopping in Tetonia...SOOO Want this! 

LOVE this couch!

Tetons are amazing

Kitties Galore...Been hand feeding some orphaned babies this summer!

My Boys! Enjoy every minute with them

Sandpoint Beach

Awesome view and fun beach

BEST garlic cheese breadstix ever at the Loading Dock in Sandpoint

SILVERWOOD!!! every chance we got!

Grilling of course...got a new one this year!

More Silverwood fun in the wave pool

Gotta love the rides and the sun

Lake Roosevelt on a stormy day

Coeur d'Alene Beach with the girls

More CDA fun in the sun

Just Wading and Chilling with Starbucks Refreshers (LOVE THOSE!) at Kiwanis Park

Well that's us in a nutshell so far for this summer...always on the go just a little closer to the home front this year!

Hope ya' all are having a fun and safe summer and We will see you soon! :)

Summer 2012 Has Officially Begun!

Welcome Back!!!!

Sorry for all the delay...but winter is a quiet time for us all here! but We are back in full swing...little bit different itinerary this year...we plan on sticking a little closer to home and enjoying our own backyard...local lakes, rivers, friends and family.

We welcomed the first "summer" weekend in with Lake Roosevelt! Rob's family has a place that we love and look forward to enjoying as much as possible this year!

The front yard view!

Got the boat out on the water and had an awesome weekend!

Rob getting everything ready!

Getting the boat in the water is a little challenging this time of year!

Boat launch is WAY down there! 

This year we plan on spending time on the water camping...in the boat!!! :)

The new tent for the boat!

Both of our pups were thrilled to get away for the weekend!!! This is Rugers first summer on the boat and the water! So far he is loving Gramma and Grampa's place with the view! and Riggs is perfectly at home as well!

The boys enjoying a bone and a view!

Riggs loves being here!

Ruger even loves to help dad drive the boat!

Rugers first time driving the boat!

Cheers to a new season of fun! Hope you all enjoy the journey!

Winter Update

This Thanksgiving I was grateful for the opportunity to spend time with Rob in Wyoming! Where the weather is unpredictable and the views are amazing! It was a quiet week for me as Rob was busy running and working hard, but I enjoyed my time!

The rig

5 minute Wyoming snow storm

We took on the adventure of a new puppy as mentioned in previous Blogs and Ruger has been a joy! He and Riggs are starting to get along pretty well! Riggs is a great teacher for the little guy and Ruger has done pretty well teaching Riggs a few things too!

The boys

Ruger is a fan of chewing up EVERYTHING and LOVES LOVES LOVES stuffing!!! so my new hobby is cleaning up stuffing! LOL!

BUSTED!

Rob and I got a way for a few days to Leavenworth! This time of year is so gorgeous with all the lights!

The Icicle brewery was a fun stop! Rob and I sat up on the second level and people watched! The Real Snow beer was AMAZING!

Rob and I love to stay at the  Run of the River Inn! Its a peaceful and fun place to stay  with great staff and breakfast!

Rob and I took an adventure to Mountain Springs Lodge in Plain WA for a horse drawn sleigh ride and dinner.

Mountain Springs Lodge Entrance

Rob and I in sleigh

stop at the barn for hot cider by the fire 

Dinner by the fire

Steak and Salmon!! YUM

We drove on to the coast to spend time with family to celebrate our nephews birthday and to see Gram and Uncle Bob! Was a great way to finish Rob's hitch home!

We hope you all have a fantastic Holiday Season and We will have more for you next year! 

Cheers!

Photo Card

Pictures Galore Christmas

Create from the Heart: photo Christmas cards from Shutterfly .

View the entire collection of cards.

Slowing down!

Well as the weather cools, we tend to slow our travels a bit! Kids are back in school and time to gear up for the holidays!

But we don't stop completely! We have been tending to more on the home front, travel to see family and we had a new addition to our family this month that has kept us VERY busy!

Rob and I have a great list of priceless treasures in our lives, one of those treasures would be Rob's Grandma Rose and we have been traveling over to see her in Western Washington quite a lot lately!
She is the kindest sweetest most generous nurturing person I know! and We love to spend as much time with her as possible!

Grandma was a baseball player for the Kenosha Comets! She is listed in the Baseball Hall of Fame and even has her own baseball card!

In addition to our quality time with Grandma we have added Ruger to our family!  Ruger is a long hair chihuahua and a ball of fun!!!

Ruger 9 weeks old

We of course have already broke Ruger in on our family hobby of travel and taken him on his first motor home ride! and he conveniently fits in the cupholder!

Ruger in Motorhome cupholder

We are also working to keep him warm as the weather cools here in the great Northwest and got him his first sweatshirt to stay warm...

Unfortunately he is less than impressed with the idea of clothing!

Ruger trying to get sweatshirt off

Well that is all for now! Hope you all are enjoying the fall season! and Thanks for visiting!!!

Another busy two weeks

Well we traveled from Deep Montana to the Washington Coast line and had a ton of fun in between!

We of course enjoyed the family reunion held at Canyon Ferry Lake in Montana

Visiting, family activities, fishing, sun, water and the smell of a campfire were just a few of the things we enjoyed at The Silos on Canyon Ferry Lake!

The Silos is next to the KOA and the staff there is amazing! Thanks so much to them all for everything to make our stay that much better!

Full moon over the lake

storms move in fast at sunset

gorgeous after storm views

 sapphire & gem hunting from Gem Mountain Mine dirt

Gem Mountain in Phillipsburg MT was such a hit last time that we of course had to hit it again! The staff there is always friendly and helpful and the camping is great! and nothing beats finding a beautiful sapphire yourself!

taking an afternoon break

The family reunion is of course just the beginning for us...onto Polson  MT, Flathead Lake! For more fun!

need we say more?

Polson KOA view

Pool with a view at Polson KOA

The KOA in Polson is impeccable! Beautiful views, nice staff, clean clean clean!!! 

We decided to check out a few things in the area while we were there and started with Kerr Damn and its power plant! More beautiful views and lots of hiking around a gorgeous environment!

Kerr Damn power plant

Kerr Damn Power plant up close

Kerr Damn 

After the Kerr Damn it was on to some fun and entertainment for the kids (Big kids included!)

Happy Hippo

Awesome fun filled ride!!!!

The Happy Hippo is an amphibious vehicle made by the military that drives around Polson giving a small tour and then into Flathead lake for a very wet and fun adventure

Captian Bob and the town of Polson make this a MUST SEE adventure for anyone who loves water! I would recommend this to anyone who doesn't mind getting wet and attacked by pirates! :)  Our girls are the perfect age and this is defiantly an awesome family memory made! Thanks to Captian Bob and John L and the Happy Hippo staff for so much fun!!!

After completely wearing our girls out they moved on to other places and activities and Rob and I on with more adventures driving all the way over to Washington coast (with a small 12 hour stop at home to sleep in our bed for a couple hours and do the fastest 3 loads of laundry in history! LOL!)

After a night and breakfast with Rob's Gram in Carnation we headed on to Ocean Shores WA.

Ocean view camping

Here we stayed at the Quinault Marina and RV park! Tom and Patty make this place a great retreat for every walk of life! There are tents, trucks, campers, trailers and motor homes of every shape size and model! There are dogs, kids and people of every age size and culture!

We walked the beach, we visited with our neighbors and we even got a ride to the Casino for an evening!

Dinner, a comedian and a little slots made for an awesome stay and we look forward to our next stay there!

We stopped back by the Casino the next morning on our way home and had a great breakfast for $1.99! Hashbrowns, eggs (cooked your choice) and your choice of Canadian Bacon; Bacon or sausage! and the serving is very generous! and the slots at the bar were pretty generous as well! LOL ;)

Ocean Shores wildlife

Ocean shores has a great amount of wildlife wandering around and its always fun to see them thriving!

Pacific beach WA

We took a ride up to Pacific Beach and WOW! amazing views and stunning beaches but it was SO busy all the campsites were booked and beaches were packed! 

Well I think I covered it all! :) It was a great trip and a lot of fun and wonderful memories were made, who knows what will be next! ;) Check in soon to see what we come up with!

Cheers! Until next time! :)