Life is not measured by the moments we breathe but by the moments that take our breath away: August 2008

Monday, August 25, 2008

Thank You

Thank you Amber & Jen for getting me started. I love you both so much and am very proud to be a part of your lives.

ME

School officially started and my son is a senior. I can't believe how fast the 13 years have come. I am excited for the upcoming changes that our lives will be taking over the next years but saddened by how different home will be. He has been a great kid and I hope his senior year will be one for the memory books.
Colton is not running cross country (much to my disappointment-but looks forward to basketball) He is planning at this time to go to ISU (stay with Jason & Hailey although I am not sure they know that) and go into denistry. He has several years to decide though.

McKenna is in the 8th grade and I am finally seeing her as a teenager. Which she will be happy to hear. She started volleyball and is glad to be the head honchos at her school. I think she is glad to be back because she has been going to work with her dad the last 2 1/2 weeks working 10 hour days. She was a real help to them.

Road Trip

We decided for a break to road trip. Steph's mom had told us once about the best pie she had ever had was in Mackay. So we decided to head that way.

We started off in Richfield. We looked at the 2 bars and went to the one that had the most cars parked by it-walked in-no patrons. It was a repair shop. So we had our first beer there (which Steph and Jen hate, but were good sports.) We played a little foos-ball and played some juke-box music.

After that we went to Carey. The 1st bar we stopped at was shut down so back tracked to the Sports Bar. There were 3 patrons there. We had our 2nd drink with more foos ball. We tried to call Tom & Jody but they didn't answer our calls so we kept going.

Our next stop was Arco (and Dave was really hungry at this time but we pressed on.)
We stopped once to dance on a dirt farm road and take fun pictures (check out Steph's blog)

and then we finally made it to Mackay.

What a beautiful town. We went in for next drink and asked them were the best place to eat was and they said next door. There we met London & Lee who joined us for a lttle dancing.

However, the pie shop was closed so I guess that means another road trip.

Hawaii

This is a late post, but I wanted to share with everyone some beautiful pictures from our trip to Hawaii. We went from May 30 through June 6. When we arrived at the airport and e-checked in we realized we were a day late (we were supposed to leave on the 29th and I thought the 29th was Friday-which was actually the 30th) Not a good start. The good thing though we were able to update our tickets and get on the next available flight. There was a delay from Boise to San Fran, but other than that no problems. We did miss our 1st night in Honolulu and Pearl Harbor because our connecting flight was that night to our island of Kauai. We loved every minute of our vacation. We bought a book that told us where to go and what to see, eat, etc...don't always believe the books. But we snorkeled, body surfed, took a helicopter ride, catamarran ride, hiked, and ziplined. We loved our condo and can't wait to return. The best food was Scotty's barbeque. Loved our summer vacation.

On the catamarran in and out of the tunnels. During the winter the water is so high they can't boat in to the crevices. This is also the part of the island that you can only see by boat or flight.

Waiting for the boat (This was also our last day on the island. Our flight out was 6:00 p.m. and so after we were done we were wet and sandy with no place to change or shower. It was a long ride home.)

Our helicopter ride was so fun. It was cold and drizzling a little and we had no doors. This is something Perry has always wanted to do and it was worth every dollar.

On the helicopter (I couldn't believe how many canyons were on this little island.)