Thursday, August 20, 2009

Hail, hail the gangs all here!

The fun all started with the boys eating yummy cherries outside at Grandma Elaine's house. Yes outside, because her garage is fully carpeted. What a gal! May I just say here and now, that I was questioning if there were any adults present on this two week adventure when looking through my photos. Why is it that I get a million of the kids and none to speak of with any adult? (some exceptions of course). I am of course furious with myself for not getting more of the whole group. Yes, we were all in attendance. Hail, hail the gangs all here! Well, except for Rhett and Eric who had to work. Not really a good excuse for missing the annual rendevous! However, Eric got in on a little fun by giving a little doctor advice about some ring worm that Tylor had. And we will leave the rest to be remembered by those in attendance.


Merik started out of the shoot with a bike accident. He got scratched up a bit, but he got right back in the game. What a tough kid!


And here, the two new arrivals to the tribe. Welcome aboard Jory and MariElle.

No family get together would be complete without a fashion show and 'The CatWalk.'
It is tradition I tell you! Dwight would be the director, producer, and leading role of this event. He was actually on location in Alaska for this event unfortunately.
Need fashion advice? You know who to call.


Enjoying some time at our new cabin. We all had a great time breaking it in.






Here are our lady killers chattin' it up with the ladies in the hot tub! What is a Mom to do???




Jett and Merik's favorite thing to do in Jackson Hole? Sticking their fingers in the Buffalo's nose.

The everyday event. Ice cream cones!

We were sure happy when Grandma Boosa decided to tag along. She is an expert at settling the babies down. Thank goodness! I was flying solo on this trip and I had my hands full!

Here the kids are after visiting the tattoo parlor. This is becoming a tradition! Is it a good thing that the guys down at the hot tub thought we had the coolest kids, and RoWan tells them that 'we had to get tatted up before we came to the pool'? It sure was fun anyway! We all came home with a little souvineir, even my Grandma! (Dang, no pic once again!)

We couldn't forget the babies! Total white trash when your two month old gets a tatt!



Almost half of those kids are mine! Yikes!

Alpine slide. Still so fun. Ty and Merik kicked me and Jett's butt. Jordan came out with no scrapes, riped up clothing, or broken bones. The Alpine slide and Jordan have not gotten along in past years.



I think Merik got whip lash they were going so fast!



Candied apples. The sweetest way to end another great family reunion. So sad to think that I might not be seeing Jordan or Reagan for another year! Way to long, we need to do something about that.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

North to Alaska

I think possibly this is my husbands first love. If he could live in Alaska, he would.

If I could live in New York, I would. And so we met somewhere in the middle and ended up in Idaho! Or maybe that was just because the farm can't move. So he has to head North every once in awhile to get a little taste of what he loves. What I want to know is when is my trip to New York???



And there is my Dad trying to catch "The Big One"

And it looks like he did.





It looks like Rhett had a little problem with the fish trying to catch him rather than the other way around!




And the catch of the day is . . . .

The best fishermen of them all? Shan, what a tough old gal!




Overall I think the trip was a success! I think Rhett is already booking his tickets for next time. But not before I book mine to New York!

Before Rhett left Jett put his order in for a red lobster and a red fish. And Dad delivered!

Sawyer got the moose.

19 boxes, 50 pounds each, 11 people. You do the math. That is a whole lot of fish. I don't think we will go hungry this winter.