A change in plans

With the change in Grandma and Grandpa's trip (sure are gonna miss you guys!) we have put our camping trip back on the board, and, most likely, the last of the year. Be on the lookout for pics on Sunday or Monday and the big news that makes this our last camping trip of the year!

Weekend Update

The weekend is drawing to a close and we had a great one for sure. Saturday was an epic day. Went skateboarding for a while nice and early in the morning then headed out on a 20 mile bike ride in honor of the Tour de France. Did a few chores around the home then Micah, Gina and I headed to the lake for the day, it was beautiful out at painted rocks and we went swimming, snorkeling, cliff jumping, climbing, kayaking and even a little sun burning. After the lake we had BBQ Steaks and tried to eat about 100 pounds of flathead lake cherries. Now, we are looking forward to seeing Grandma and Grandpa!!

Made it throught another week!

Friday Night was Pizza night for us after a grueling work week. Ended up putting in 65 hours in this week and am sort of exhausted! On the bright side, we got closer to finding our new home, got a few details worked out and just a few more left. The home we are looking at has some remodeling that needs to happen before we move in so we are hoping to move in October (before the snow flies anyhow). Have a fantastic weekend planned and are looking forward to visiting Mom and Dad!! Will prob. update later this weekend when we have something exciting to talk about.

Weekend Update

Well, the weekend is drawing to a close, and, as usual, it was a busy one. So much went on that I had to write a follow up to the last post. Micah is all settled in after camp, we cleaned his room all out and made it real nice, he loves it, its a "young man" room instead of a "kid" room now. On Saturday, after skateboarding (got a pic of what the park looks like at daybreak) and hiking, we spent a big part of the day discussing moving into a new place. We are going to do some remodeling, but it looks like once all is done (maybe October-ish, or sooner) we will be moving to a spot on the stillwater river, the house is smaller and not as "nice" as the one we are in, but, location, location, location! Should be a great move, plus, cost only about half as much as we are paying so maybe we can afford to do some stuff like get Gina's car fixed, dentist, etc. Today, after skateboarding, kayaking and a nice long Bike ride (GO LANCE), we spent the afternoon swimming at foys lake. Isaiah spent the last 5 days camping with his girlfriend and family, and their church up at middle Thompson lake, he just got home and had a great time (also, learned to apperciate how his Dad's organization makes camping so enjoyable). Well, thats it in a nutshell, see ya soon.

A week in the books

What a week its been. Monday it rained like crazy, got a little nicer on Tuesday then in the 90's for the rest of the week, and today, 100 maybe. I know that isn't hot for the AZ bunch, but its pretty toasty for us up here in the North country! I picked up Micah from camp yesterday and did the traditional stop at Burger Town in Bigfork for a Flathead Lake Monster Burger, it was great as always. He had a wonderful time at camp and is now looking forward to High School camp and even being a "counselor in training" next year. A little sun burned, a little tired, just how you should be after camp. He also won the Chess Tourny at camp, which was fun, and is looking forward to the rest of the summer! Isaiah is also camping right now, he took off on Thursday to go with his girl friend and family to Thompson lake, sure he is having fun. Gina and I experienced "empty nester" syndrome, which was kind of nice, but strange. Other than that, working out, working, playing, same old stuff. Hope everyone's week is great, enjoy a couple of pics and have a great one.

Had to throw a few pics in

Gina, Micah and I were Kayaking yesterday afternoon, we rounded a corner and about 15 feet away two bald Eagles suddenly took off from the river, they flew to a couple of trees where they sat and watched, here are some pics of our afternoon long trip, it was kind of cool!

Isaiah's Big 20

We celebrated isaiah's 20th bday on Thursday night with a menu developed by Isaiah, for Isaiah, get this: Sushi with big BBQ Hamburgers and Fries. Kind of a weird combo, but it was really nice. We ended the night with cake and ice cream. Anah and Steven came over for the party (Zay's girlfriend was unable to come :( so he was a little bummed out), but we all had a great time all in all. Here are a few pics and I hope all have a great week! This next week, starting in just one day, is Micahs trinity camp week, should be a blast and he is excited for it. Updates on camp coming soon.

Back at it

After a few wonderful days off of fun and freedom, Gina and I are back at the grind. We had a

great 4th of July weekend and can't wait for the next one. Fred Weber came over for BBQ and we all had a nice time, then fireworks (not very many, but enough to be fun) then we watched all the fireworks going off all over the place, it was a nice day for sure. Hope all yours were great as well, here are a few pics of the evening.

4th of July

Happy 4th of July!! Hope you all have a great on, maybe a little BBQ, maybe blow off some fireworks, go for a swim, whatever your plans, we hope you have a wonderful day. Had a great late afternoon kayak yesterday and look forward to a nice 4th ourselves, although, we really don't know what to do, since Gina and I were married we have always had big family events, first, hanging out at the resort in cdlane with and Grandpa Bliss and all the family, then hanging at the pool parties at Mom and Dads, then, camping at Holland lake with Gina's family, now.........we are kind of lost! I am sure a new tradition is right around the corner and we look forward to it with open arms. Here are a couple of pics, one from our house, the other kayaking from yesterday, have a great one!

July is here!

Nice week, went for a few runs and bike rides, kept up with my workouts, had lots of work to do. I am on a "mini-vacation" for 4 days, which is pretty nice, doing some swimming, kayaking, hiking and camping. Isaiah and his girl friend Laura went Kayaking and Isaiah got really sunburned but had a good time none the less. Last night we celebrated Anah and Stevens 24th birthday with a Cajun Feast of Calm Chowder, Jambalaya and Cajun shrimp with noodles followed by a cake baked by Micah himself, it was a nice evening. After dinner I hooked up a flag pole that we stock at work for wireless towers, kind of cool, here is a few pics, Isaiah and his girlfriend kayaking, Anah and Steven's birthday and the Flag Pole. Hope you all have a great week, see ya soon!!