4th of July Week[end]

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Check out the link!! Click on Yellow AIRE (carnage). We went camping/rafting on the Clark Fork river in MT. (tradition). The water was a bit higher than it has been the last few years which made everything hittable....even the big rapid TUMBLEWEED. We took it right in the teeth!

Also this week: good food, great company (some of the davis clan and most of Brynne's family), cliff jumping and fishing.

On the actual 4th, we left and went to the fireworks in hayden, ID at Jon's parents' new house. Kelly (Jon's sis) and family were in town so we spent the next few days dockin' it, water skiing and watching movies. :)

Of course, we took a moment to celebrate America's birthday of our independence. How GRATEFUL we are for that....and to live in this time of freedom.

Our "Rays of Sunshine"

We don't document enough how much fun we have with these two little guys!

Here are some cute pics of recent:

we went on a family bike ride and they got tuckered out. :)

Jay the dinosaur in Nana's dress up clothes...he even has the growl down!
The boys obviously wanted to sneak on with Jon on his last trip. :)

Cade and Jay-jay...you two bring so much joy into our home. You have such a great love for eachother, it's fun to watch. We thank Heavenly Father for you every day.

Father's Day

Our boys have an amazing dad who loves them so much.

Then again, Jon and I have amazing Dads, too.
We should all thank our lucky stars.

Little Man??

It was a beautiful Saturday this weekend and Daddy was on a bike-ride, so I decided to take the boys down to Corbin Park beach. We finished swimming and decided to go on a "hike" up on some rocks that overlook the river. We were strolling down the dirt road to get there, when a quite curvy girl walked up behind us and started "flirting" with Cade. She, of course, was in a bikini. Shiny, purple and barely there. After she finished oooing and ahhhing over my boys, she walked up ahead of us (strutting it all...) when Cade proceeded to tell me this:

Oooooo, Mom. Look at her butt. That's delicious!

WHAT??!!

I couldn't help but laugh. Bad mom?

Running Into FUN!

We had another successful year with our Coeur d'Alene Youth Fun Run!

above: our volunteers!

below: Cousins! Kate Gatten, Cade and Ella. 3-4 yr division

Jon and Jay-J helping out

7-9 yr olds 1 mile wave

Such a proud finisher with his medal and sponsor goods bag!

Thanks to all the sponsors, volunteers and participants that helped make it great!

Memorial Day Weekend

What do we do to entertain ourselves when we can't go rafting on the

St. Joe?

(because there is a fallen tree across the river)

three way push ups....?

climb trees

work out...?

feed homeless kids...

keep warm around the fire...

Eat yummy food every 1.2 hours....

throw rocks in the river...

slide down mud slides...

go 4 wheeling and shooting...

Have modeling contests...

jump off bridges into ice water...

And FINALLY, once we've done all that, my old man cuts out the log, and we raft over it!! (below was the sign that the technical part was coming up)

below: Brynne, Spike, Steve, Jon

below: Dan Ross, Steve, Spike, Nick Fowler, Jim Lee, Brynne, Jon, travis, Casey Fowler

here we are rafting over the log...

...and into the whitewater...BRRR!!

We love the good times!!

And even greater memories.

I love 3 yr old brains

So many times lately I LOL (literally) at the things Cade says. I don't document it enough! He is so imaginitive and bright minded, and I love watching his little mind catch onto concepts.

Last night we were at Jon's parents' new house and they have a picture of George Washington on the way up the stairs (along with the Constitution and and American pride display). Anyway, he was scared to go up the stairs because of the "scary man" on the wall. I proceeded to tell him that it wasn't a scary man, it was just George Washington, the first President of the United States, which is the country we live in, etc. yadda yadda.

So here was our conversation (out of the blue) in the car today:

Cade: Mom, where's George Washington?
Me: Um...he's dead, buddy. He died a LOOng time ago.
Cade: Why did he die mom?
Me: because everybody dies, buddy. We all grow up, then we start getting really, really old and then we die. After that, we go to heaven to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus and our family forever. Cool, huh? So when we die, we might see George Washington, too. He's in heaven.
Cade: Oh.....................like UP!!! (the disney movie)
Me: That RIGHT! Smart boy!
Cade: So George Washington wont be old anymore?
Me: That's right.
Cade: Cool, mom.

Then, later tonight, Cade was saying goodnight to Jon on the phone (who was traveling). The conversation went like this:

Cade: where are you, Dad?
Jon: I'm on my trip in Washington.
Cade: Oh, Washington? George Washington?

Gotta love it.