Tuesday, August 12, 2008
July...
It’s July again and I can’t believe that’s its half way through the year already.
July will again be busy for us, no rest for the wicked, so I guess that’s us. The month started for me as busy as June ended, but the 1st day of July was moving day and the light at the end of the moving tunnel was getting brighter. Just give you the short version, I was out of the house before the kids got up, and made 5 trips back and forth coordinating movers, and printer movers, phone technicians’ etc. So I really didn’t get to the new office more than 5 mins until the movers were done at around 3.00pm. As you can imagine, it was like a bomb had gone off, there was some stuff that didn’t get put in the right place, so they put it in the open area (which I get) I have to say there were 3 of us there and we head down bum off and by the time I left at 6.00pm the Development Impact stuff, Belinda and Andrea section was all set up. I had the copying; printer area set up and all the boxes were at least where they had to be unpacked. There was some sort of order for the next morning, which was my goal. Bruce was picking up the kid slack and the boys were just chilling out enjoying the time not being at school.
I spent the Wednesday making sure everything was unpacked and put where it should be, our computer tech guy spent most of the day at the office so I did have some people who didn’t have a whole lot to do and spent some of the day just goofing off, which was frustrating but hey, you either have work ethic or you don’t. By the end of the day, 95% of our part of the office was done and we were up and running. Paula was still away with her mum so I got all her stuff done as well and hoped she like it. The rest of the week was pretty much as you imagine it, Bruce and the boys were at home, the boys chilling out and playing at the park when it wasn’t too hot and Bruce organizing the Funeral Angels as we’ve started calling them.
We found out their teachers for next year, Conner got Mrs. Kopecky again which is who we wanted!! Jamieson got Mrs. Sack (grade one teacher) again, so we are soooo happy, we didn’t even know she was moving so that was a HUGE surprise and bonus. We all were doing the happy dance. It’s going to be a fantastic school year!!!
July 4th… Happy Independence Day
Bruce and I spent the morning re organizing his office. I got a cheap desk for him and Robert and Bruce went and picked it up Thursday night. So we pulled everything out of his office and I decided where everything should go. There is some stuff that is in archive boxes but a lot went into the trash so you know that made me feel better and he feels better too.
Late in the afternoon we went around the corner to the Hikidos for a swim and to get the party started. They had hired a slushy machine so all the kids were having slushy’s and swimming. Around 5.00 we went across the street to Dicks place to drop in on his party and the kids had fun with the magician he had there, both the boys got a chance to be an assistant and had a ball. We made our way back to the Hikido’s around 6.00ish to start organizing the bbq and stuff to go out in the court.
Paula and clan arrived around 6.30 and stayed for a little but left before fireworks, she was tired after the trip. We all congregated out on the court for the blog party bbq and the kids had water balloon fights, we ate and ate then when it got dark we had the fire works. In the end we all put our kid friendly (sparklers) in a pile and the kids came and got them as their other ones ran out, and ran off. Funniest thing was towards the end they were putting them all together on the ground and made a big circle around them. They were like little Indians…very cute.
We walked home around 11.00pm, the boys chatting about the night and what they did with all the fireworks, it’s always nice to hear them chattering away. It had been a long week with the office moving and all, so my literally hit the pillow and I was asleep, much to my husband’s amusement.
Our Sunday was a quiet one, we ended up over at Paula’s, the kids swam and the adults sat by the pool talking, it was a nice quiet day after a hectic start to the month.
I spent the next week trying to get all my work done before leaving on Thursday. Jamieson went off to the pool with the Rivera’s on Tuesday and Conner came and spent a couple of hours at the office with me. I couldn’t be bothered cooking and had some stuff to get for the trip so we did a Costco dinner. Wednesday both boys came to the office for the morning while Bruce went out to a couple of meetings. They were so great, I hardly saw them, they stayed in the kids room for most of the time, accept when they got hungry and felt a little more comfortable. But they were so well behaved which helped me out a lot, I have to admit I was a little worried. I wrapped up everything I needed to and assigned the stuff that needed doing before I left. I spent the night baking for the trip. Not much more to day accept finish packing. Then we are OFF!!!
I have skipped ahead; the trip blog is separate. Hope you enjoyed it.
We got back from the trip and I went back to work the next day to try and get a sense of what happened while we were gone before starting the next week. We sat down that night and watched the Cats vs Bulldogs game and who was sitting there with the Bulldogs boys – Dylan!! It was nice to see him even if it was on the TV. Our weekend was a busy one. Bruce and the boys had picture day for basketball. Andrea and Robert picked me up around 8.30am and we went off to their new house to paint for the day. Much to everyone’s dismay I find it fun, you get to make a change in someone’s home and you get to spend time with friends, what’s not to enjoy!
Bruce has a Billy Bounce coaching session, so he dropped the boys off at Andreas around 3.30. They helped paint the office (kind of), then got bored and went outside to play & skate. We dropped tools (brushes & rollers) around 7.00pmand met Bruce at McDonalds for some dinner. We were tired as you can imagine, after a busy but productive day, my back was a little sore, I did the top of the walls and Andrea did the bottom (she’s 5’4) it was a good combination and we had a great day.
Our Sunday was a mixed bag, Bruce went up to the local Billy bounce session to make sure the coaches were doing ok, the boys (all 3) had an I Toy championships in the afternoon. Not sure who won, I think it depended on what sport they were playing. Which left me free to go out and get the boys supplies for school. One more sleep!!
We were all up and out of the house walking to school at 8.00am on Monday morning. Bruce went with Conner to say Hi to Mrs Kopecky and I did the same with Jamieson and Mrs. Sack. Both teachers were really excited to be having the boys this year; so that was nice to hear. I went off to work as did Bruce and just like that we were back into the swing of things. We had a not so great night, Conner came home from school, scared, I think you could say would be the best word. As the night went on, the more upset he got about doing Grade 6. (Which here is a really important year, lots of expectations and lots to get through) We calmed him down and he went off to sleep, but the next morning Bruce walked him to school and I emailed his teacher. Turns out she had given them a little speech about how important the year is and Conner freaked out!!! I had a chat to him about the email (when he asked what she said, open communication in our house, especially about this stuff, good or bad) and since then he hasn’t looked back.
We went at Paula’s for dinner on the Tuesday night for Jeremy’s birthday. The boys swam and the adults sat around the pool and chatted. We had ice cream birthday cake and then the sugar hit – Oh my! We were home and the boys were in bed by 9.00pm so it wasn’t too late a night for them.
The rest of the week was pretty much our new schedule with basketball practice and Bruce is also doing and OPEN skills session for whoever wants to turn up so that’s two nights out of the house each week. I went to Andreas after work Wednesday night and helped her do a couple of loads to the new house while the boys were at practice.
Thursday night I went out and did some Jamieson birthday shopping and Bruce did the back to school night. Not a big deal, as we’ve been through it with both teachers, but you turn up as a sign of respect and to say Hi. (You know Bruce loves to do that) To my surprise I got pretty much all of the birthday shopping done, thank goodness!!.
Our weekend was again our new basketball schedule. We spent the morning helping Andrea and Robert move some of their stuff. We left around 12.00 and went home for some lunch. We spent the afternoon at the basketball stadium. Most of the season Jamieson will play then there will be a game in between then Conner will have his game. They both played well, and won, which is all the boys worry about. They are both on good teams so it will be a good season. A quiet night after basketball and the first week back at school. AARRHHH quiet!!
As you can imagine Jamieson woke up not early, but didn’t sleep in. We waited for Conner to wake up and Jamieson waded through the presents, cards etc and had a great time as you can imagine doing it. The rest of the day was a quiet one; he spent the afternoon playing with his new stuff. We had planned on having the Daneluk’s over for birthday dinner but cancelled that as Jamieson and the tantrums keep rolling on, so he had that taken away and had to settle for family dinner. He got some birthday phone calls, which he loved and was in bed not too late. I think he had a good day, definitely low key, but he had fun!!
The rest of the month was a usual week, work and school, the usual stuff. We got back into the routine pretty quick, the boys are doing well in their new grade level and basketball and Bruce is enjoying coaching again. He’s out on the road, going to funeral homes, which means we do have some scheduling to organize to make sure we are home to help with homework, and basketball practice, it’s a process. As everyone knows as long as the kids have everything they need and are happy then the world is a great place.
Well that was our ‘summer holiday’ month of July. As you can see by the last couple of blogs we had a great time and fun family holiday. What else can you ask for.
I hope everyone is well and taking care of each other.
GO CATS!!!! And blues.
Check back in a month.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
RV Trip....
Morning Everyone, It’s now Saturday morning (day 3 of our trip), I am sitting out of Gaea’s (Steve’s step mum) back verandah looking at mountains on the left and the lake on the right. Serene just doesn’t cut it; it’s just so beautiful and calming. The big boys are off fishing and the little boys are inside doing their journal, which by the sounds of it they are losing focus….they are nearly done and then will go outside for some more exploring.
OK, let’s start from the beginning. Bruce and Paula picked up the RV around 1.00pm and by the time we packed from the two houses and got fuel it was after 3.30pm. Just to set the scene, it was 107F so before we even started on the road we were all sweating like nothing else. Up interstate Hwy 5 we drove, it was very hazy (800 bushfires burning in California) and we were heading north in the direction of some of them. We got to Redding and could see the fires in the distance (see pics) weirdest thing was, once we got directly past them gorgeous clear sunny day, freaky thing to experience.
We stopped for dinner and gas ($4.70 gallon = $approx $150-180 to fill the RV) at around 7.30pm, the boys all had a run around outside got some nice pics of the mountains with snow in the background and we all jumped back into the RV and were off again. You will all be glad to hear that I had the video and camera ripping, lots to video and take shots of, Bruce will probably cut a lot of the scenery video out, but hey, I didn’t want anyone to miss anything. The kids did well on the drive, the game boys etc came out, but that’s to be expected, the arguing was minimal while we were driving which always makes it better for the adults. We stopped at a town called Weed and made up the beds and put the boys down to sleep….it took a while but eventually out they went.
Paula was out the back reading and Bruce and I were down the front. Then we drove until we got to our first stop for the trip BEND!!! Funniest thing – we drove into Bend at around 1am trying to find a Flying J truck stop or Wal-Mart car park (RV’s are allowed to park there over night). We found the Wal-Mart sign and turned into the car park to find what looked like RV city, there must have been at least 20 vans, RV’s a couple of trucks, it was hysterical. By this time it was cooler, so we hunkered down and went to sleep, exhausted as you can imagine.
We woke up to a cold Friday morning around 6.00am, all freezing cold, we just went to bed in our 110F clothes from the day before, it was very funny and you had to laugh, we walked over the Albertson’s Supermarket to go to the bathroom, pulled the beds up so the kids had the table etc and we were off (Paula driving) again. The boys snacked on their first breakfast of (GBA) doughnuts and cinnamon buns. BLAH!!!! We stopped for gas and a proper breakfast in a little town called Grass Valley. We filled up then went to a little park and the kids played and ate and we visited a little Red neck shop which was fun. We jumped back into the RV and off we went again.
This drive was boring as heck….dry yellow fields, not much to see, I took the usual this is where we are and what time it is footage and that’s about it. We stopped for gas again right on the Oregon Washington border at a truck stop and all got out and had a wash in the bathrooms and felt & smelt a little human and girly again. We drove along the state line for about an hour then crossed over on the east side of Oregon into Washington. We stopped in RICHLAND for lunch and a run around at a local sports field just off the freeway. We made sandwiches in the RV, the boys threw the footy around and complained about having to go outside. So the adults felt compelled to have the conversation about “When we were your age” there was no… I had to ride 2 miles but hey we had to be out of the house and only come into eat…etc etc. Any parents are probably nodding their heads right now. We ate, Paula and I went for a little walk around the fields to get some exercise and on the way back my darling husband threw the football at me, which was fine, accept that I had things in my hands and when I tried to stop it with my foot it bounded and hit one of my large veins (I got from having kids, which was swollen because of the heat). OUCH!!!! I got into the RV and it was HUGE and more swollen. He felt awful and it wasn’t his fault, bit Wow did it hurt. We got back on the road went to the Wal mart to grab a couple of things, I had run out of battery life on the rechargeable so I had to buy some, another tape for all the footage and a couple of tops for the boys for school that were on sale. God love Wal mart, Paula grabbed some bits and pieces too. We jumped back in and I iced my leg, BIG bruise!!! It is sore but hey, it’s a good trip story.
We stopped for gas on the south side of Spokane and made our way through Spokane and over the Washington, Idaho border….yeay we were finally in the right state. The boys were very excited! We arrived in Sandpoint at around 6.30ish and made our way to Gaea’s house. Sandpoint is a gorgeous little town; we drove through town and up the hill to Gaea’s place, absolutely gorgeous. The views are amazing…We came in and made some dinner, then put the boys to bed, by the time all the happened it was 11.00pm and we were all exhausted. We rolled into bed and SLEPT!!!!!!
We woke up after a lovely sleep (for sleeping on a blow up bed), the boys came in from sleeping outside in the RV around 7.30, so naturally the rest of the house, if they weren’t already, were up. We sat out on the back deck in the sun and had hot cocoa, which was very calming. Then we had a yummy breakfast and Paula and I cleaned up, Gaea went to the airport to pick up Steve, Bruce read in the sitting room and the kids all went outside to explore….
We hit the shower (AARRHH!!) and all got dressed etc. The kids got a little unsettled and hot outside so they came outside to the rear deck and we ended getting some card games going in the shade which was fun. Steve and Gaea arrived back around 12.30; we had some lunch and packed the cars to go over to Paula’s family’s house on the Lake down the road. We dropped the boys off at the marina where Gaea mores her boat and they came over on the water. Jamieson and Conner got to drive the boat; which they thought was the best thing ever, the rest of us drove over in the car. Well, when she said on the lake she wasn’t kidding, their back yard went down onto the grass then out to where they had laid a little sand and had their boat on their dock. It was in this little alcove so the kids could play and we didn’t have to worry about boats etc. We arrived around 2.30 and the kids were off. Tooooo much to do, what to do first!!!
Paula’s family are really great people and we had such a fun afternoon and evening. The kids made sandcastles, swam in the freezing cold water, fished off the dock, collected minnows and put them in the bucket with the fish they caught, went over to the neighbors’ and jumped on the giant trampoline in the water (like in cheaper by the dozen 2 movie), went on the little paddle boat, went on the tube behind the jet ski. You can imagine their heads exploding not knowing what to do next and thinking about all the other stuff they could be doing. We hardly saw them let along spoke to them, it was a fabulous day!!!
We had a huge BBQ for dinner and just chilled out for the evening. Around 7.00pm, Paula, Gaea and I drove the boat back to the marina before it got too dark and drove back to the house. By the time we got back everyone was completely mellowed out and we jumped in the car for home and bed around 10.30pm. The kids were exhausted, what a day they had, they went straight to sleep as you can imagine, as did everyone. It was definitely a day that we will be talking about forever, everyone just had a great time doing whatever they wanted and having a wonderful time with great people.
We woke up at the usual time with the sounds of the kids being inside the house. We were all up and the adults sitting on the back porch having hot cocoa, chilling out. We had a big breakfast and the big boys went off fishing, the boys went out to play for a bit and we cleaned up after breakfast and I cleaned my room up.
We potted around a little then decided to take the kids down into town to have a look around and see the boat show that was going on and we would bribe the kids with an ice cream cause they wanted to stay and play. We all jumped into the truck and drove down to the main street, the ice cream shop was closed so we walked up the street and found a little place that sold ice cream, oooohh and what ice cream it was. YUM!!!!
There was some cool little stores to look through, Paula took the kids over to the boat show while Gaea and I went through a couple of the stores then meet them down there when we were done. By that time Aunt Gloria, Uncle Seth and Aunt Kathy and Uncle Paul were there, they had come across on their boat. By this time we were getting hot so we bought some lemonade, Conner had a rack thingy fall on his back, which wasn’t pleasant, he just has a bruise, he’s fine.
We said good-bye’s to Aunt’s and Uncles and walked back to the car. The big boys rang and said they were not coming back for lunch, they were staying at the marina for lunch, and too meet them at the marina for our boat ride. So we went home and made the kids lunch, got them ready and packed all the stuff up into the two cars, we had to leave Gaea at home cause you can only have 8 people in the boat and she didn’t have a car to meet us down there, so that was a little disappointing. We went down to the marina and jumped into the boat and off we went. Jamieson drove most of the way to Sandpoint beach, we stayed for a little while. The kids played at the beach, making sand castles and jumping off the floating pontoon. We got our photo taken with the small statue of liberty and jumped back into the boat and Conner, Justin and Jeremy drove home.
Gaea had been busy and for dinner we all made our own home made pizzas, she had made the dough and everything including the dough to knead. The boys took the first shift, she had everything out for them to choose from. Then it was the adults turn, turns out that making the pizza base is harder than it looks, I kind of sucked at out. The boys chilled out while the adults had their dinner and went to bed around 9.00pm. The rest of us sat around in the big chairs and the couch and chatted for a while before we dropped onto bed as well.
We woke up to another big breakfast, thanks to Miss Gaea. We packed up the RV and Steve went out and did some plowing for Gaea and Jamieson got to have a drive.
Bruce backed out the RV (The driveway was pretty steep and it was a great challenge J) we took some pics and we were off down the hill and off to Glacier National Park.
Driving, driving, driving we saw some beautiful sights along the way and crossed the state line into Montana. The boys did well while we were driving, the game boys got a real going over, but they did great and were patient. We arrived at Glacier later than we wanted, so we went to the office and got the boys Jnr Ranger booklets and caught the bus up to McDonald Pass to get the Ranger badge done. We went on a small hike up a little bit of the mountain, we had to time it right cause it was about a 30-45 min drive back down the mountain to get the to the ranger office before it closed. The hike we did was enough, especially considering it was the first time we were exposed to the possibility of mountain lions, bears etc. The boys were not allowed to be by themselves without an adult, apparently the mountain lions pick the small ones from the pack, yes, it freaked me out more than I liked. We stopped and saw the view and made our way back down the mountain to catch the bus back down to town.
We made it down the mountain, but the bus driver stopped at the car park not in town so the boys RAN the ¼ mile to town to catch the office. Bruce starting jogging, and made it before any of the rest of us older people, which was great considering his dicky knee at the moment. He talked their way in and the boys got their badges!!! We had a snack and put the rubbish in the bear bin; yes there are special bins that lock so bears can’t get into them. I think I like the possibility of spiders and snakes better than bears, to tell you the truth. We couldn’t do the scenic route up the mountain cause our RV was too big, so that was a bit disappointing, so it just means that we will have to go up their for a proper holiday, see Gaea and drive over for a couple of days to see the park better. You need a couple of days. We got a good taste and there are some beautiful things to see.
We were on the road again this time heading due south towards Yellowstone National Park. We stopped and had Burger King for dinner then on the road to get a little further towards our next destination. We put the boys too bed and they slept while we drove until around midnight, then we stopped in a truck stop (which was actually really nice) and all the adults fell into bed.
Our Tuesday started with the alarm going off at 6.00am. Bruce and I went and got a coffee for the road, the boys of course woke up and by the time we left, all the kids were up. My turn to drive this time; we were off. Conner went back to sleep for a little bit, the boys played quietly and had some breakfast while we drove. We crossed the state line into Wyoming had some lunch on the road and arrived at Yellowstone national park after lunchtime.
Yellowstone is around 2.2 million acres so to get to the visitor’s center, camp grounds etc it was a bit of a drive in. We saw some of the hot springs on the way, stopped and watched some small ones erupt, then arrived at the visitors center and got our Jnr Ranger packets and watched “Old Faithful” erupt. This was pretty amazing but only lasted for a few minutes then we went inside and watched a movie about the park and made our way back to the RV and off to the camp grounds to find our site.
About 45 minutes later we were at the site and the kids were off exploring. There was a Ranger night program the kids wanted to go and see, but it was at 9.30pm, so we were playing that by ear. We made some dinner, and Paula went through the rules about camping around bears…..OMG!!! Have to say I think I’d rather have the possibility of spiders and snakes…not allowed to leave even a sceric of food anywhere it all has to go in the special bins, so you have to eat everything or throw it away and the kids have to stay together so they don’t get picked off!! Or was that just mountain lions!! Anyway, after we completely packed up after dinner, the boys went off fishing for a little bit down at the lake that was somewhere through the bush there, I didn’t get down there. They got back not too much before dark and I asked Bruce to take Conner over to the Ranger program but the other kids were getting tired and grumpy so we said they were going for a walk, so we didn’t get any tantrums.
I settled the boys down and they played cards quietly in the RV, while Paula, Steve and I sat around the fore and chatted. Bruce and Conner got back around 10.30 and had some funny stories to tell about their experience. Bruce definitely has a chip off the old block in Conner. They had to go over this rope bridge to get to the amphitheatre, and of course Bruce being Bruce was rocking the bridge to scare his son, well, Conner turns around and says “That’ll do donkey, that’ll do! (For any of you who don’t get the joke watch Shrek)
I think it made Bruce proud, as well as nearly wet his pants with laughter.
Conner was petrified to the point of nearly shaking on the way back through the woods from the presentation. Dad with his little torch, lots of talks about bears etc – had basically put him to the point of very funnily admitting that he was almost wetting himself in fear – he was laughing while saying it. Dad was also wondering just what he would do should he see a pair of eyes on the pathway in front of them – we both laughed as we walked to ease the tension and talked about the “what if” scenario – just is case – and we also talked about how funny this was going to be as a story – the bridge, the possibility of bears – it’s just not something you experience in Geelong!!!! I have never seen CJ so happy to be inside – we laughed pretty hard about it as well.
We put the kids to bed in our beds so the adults could sit up and talk for a while, which was a nice change, adult conversation AAARRHHH! We went off to bed and apparently Conner had nightmares from all the excitement - all through the night, poor Paula didn’t get much sleep, I heard nothing!! I was GONE!!
We were all up the next morning and decided to hang the fact that we had 14+ hours to drive and let the boys run around and have a nice cooked breakfast. So we had some ham, pancakes, fruit and cereal and a nice relaxing breakfast before heading off AGAIN!!! Can you feel a rushed theme? Yes, it was a little, the joys of being on the road.
We were off again for our “DRIVING DAY” and we had to absolute pleasure of driving through another one of America’s national parks called “The Grand Tetons” and they weren’t kidding. They were sooo beautiful, still snow capped and just amazing. Definitely something we are glad we saw, even the kids were doing the aawww, for a few seconds then back to cards. I guess when you are 6, 7, 8 & 12 they are just some mountains. It took us about 1.5 hours to get out of Tetons national park and after dropping into a little town called Jackson we drove what felt like straight up around this mountain and down the other side, through the state line back into South Idaho, which wasn’t a real fun experience (especially for Bruce who was driving) it was gorgeous scenery but a LONG way up and then down and no road railings.
Paula (scared of heights just looked in the other direction). We stopped for gas and proceeded to head west towards home. We drove west through Idaho (farm country, Idaho potato’s are famous here) and crossed the border into Nevada after lunch. We then headed south to the main Hwy 50, which is the road I drove last year from Salt Lake City to Reno. So I took the reins after re fueling and we were off again, I must admit parts of it did feel familiar. We had the pleasure of seeing the Nevada sunset as we were driving, sometimes through the mountains other through the desert, Bruce taking some photo’s and the kids playing in the back it was actually pretty serene.
We stopped at a truck stop and got the kids some dinner and back on the road again, this time antsy Bruce (who was having driving withdrawals after 8+ hours of just watching) was driving and I had the camera, which I think was fine with both of us.
It started getting dark and we put the kids to bed and the adults made our sleeping plan, Reno was going to be too hot so we decided to drive over the state line into California and stop in a place called Truckee – up in the hills - for the night. We drove past Reno and waved around 11.00pm and kept on going. We were stopped not far down the road on the Californian Stateline by the Agricultural people looking for fruit. Which they found, OOPPSS!! No biggy they just took it and we kept going. We arrived in Truckee at around 1.00am and parked in a car park somewhere and fell into bed.
Bruce and I were woken up by Steve starting the RV around 6.30am; and we were off down the road again. We got stuck in morning traffic coming through Sacramento and then straight through to Elk Grove. We stopped at Paula’s to unload and drop Steve and her boys off then we pulled up to 3801 Lake Terrace Drive around 9.30am and unloaded. Bruce and Paula went to drop the RV off and the boys and I starting unpacking. OK, I did and the boys just went through stuff to get their things.
I was feeling pretty awake considering the lack of sleep, but it was a great trip and we can now say we’ve seen these wonderful places, met some fabulous people and can tick a couple more states off the list. To give you all a re cap on this trip we did the following. California, Oregon, Washington State, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada and back to California.
Although it was a fast trip, we as always had fun and got to see some more of this country we call home. (At the moment) The boys have all mentioned that they wanted to go and see Mount Rushmore so all going well, we will be off to South Dakota next year.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Elk Grove -> Bend, Oregon Pics
2nd Annual RV Trip ....
Dinner in the smoke - (summer fires ahead)
On the other side of the fires....wierd
Bend -> Sandpoint, Idaho Pics
Walmart carpark - looked like a RV park!!
Sandpoint Idaho here we come
Snake Valley - breakfast
Swinfords - Sandpoint Idaho
What an amazing view
Sanpoint Weekend
Playing on the boat
At the beach/ lake in Sandpoint
Home made PIZZA
Paula's family's lakehouse.....water play anyone
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