Horse Riding

After the Marathon, we went to my Uncle Deans and Aunt Kristen's house for lunch. Uncle Dean saddled up one of his horses and gave all the kids a ride. They had a lot of fun! The kids also got to play with their dogs and birds. Shane loved the birds and did not want to leave. Thanks for the fun memories Dean and Kristen! Samantha

Shane and Caleb

Shane and Dean

Alyssa and Katelyn

Alyssa and katelyn

Logan Marathon

Here are the extra pictures from the Marathon I got from my sister. (See below about the Marathon). I love this picture of my dad! It really captured the moment!

Dad waving to the grandkids at the finish line!

Dad & Mom

Me, dad, Lora, Chris (we missed you Jenny)

Dad and Chris

Dad

Chris

Wow! You guys did it! Good job Dad and Chris!

This weekend we went to Logan, Utah to watch my Dad and Brother run a marathon. My dad has ran a number of Marathons, but he always had a goal of being able to still run a Marathon when he was 60 years old! He did it, and we are so proud of both him and Chris! Here are a few of the pictures I have.(Lora and Melissa took most of the running pictures, while I took the videos. I will add some more pictures when I get them from the others). Also I added a couple of videos of them running by us at mile 18 of the Marathon, and at the finish line. Chris, Dad, & the kids

Making Posters

Look at the cool posters!

The cake we got for Dad!
The poster Lora made to hold up as they ran by.

This is my brother Chris running! He is the runner in black shorts and a blue shirt!

This is my dad running. He is the runner in the red shorts and white t-shirt with the U of U hat on. Sorry for the shakey video, I was trying to film and watch my kids at the same time.

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day Weekend in Priest River

Our Family spent Labor day weekend up in Priest River with My sister Jenny and her Husband Tony. We had soooooo much fun! A GREAT BIG THANKS to them for letting us come up and showing us such a great time. We spent most of the time on the river boating, jetskiing, bumpertubing, skiing, knee boarding, and sailing, along with playing at the beaches. We also drove into Sandpoint one night for dinner overlooking the lake. It had rained so their was a beautiful double rainbow over the water AMAZING! All the fun and beauty up there in Northern Idaho, almost makes us want to move up there. We also stopped at Dubs (I think that is what it was called) an icecream store in Sandpoint after dinner to treat ourselves to some yummy ice cream and to reward the kids for helping uncle Tony split his wood. The kids thought helping was pretty cool.

The weekend was a blast except for Alyssa getting sick. She got the stomach flu and has since past it on to Linda, Shane, and Samantha. Bill cross your fingers you don't get it!

On the way home we got to stop in Couerd A'lene to see Uncle Mike, Aunt JayLyn, and Baby Xander. Thanks for meeting us , showing us your new office, and having lunch with us.

Bill's big news is he got a new motorcycle out of the trip! He bought Tony's Road Bike. He is very excited to have it. I will take some pictures add it on the blog soon.

Dinner in Sandpoint (Samantha taking the photo)
Bill and Sam Sailing away

Shane, Bowen, and Tony

Kids at the Beach

Jenny Driving the Boat

Tony, saying hi!!

Bill and Alyssa on the bmper tube. It took her a while to like it. She wasn't so sure about the jetskiis.

Samantha is ready for fun, we think???

Bowen and Shane in the front of the boat

Alyssa on the Beach