Tribute to Idaho

Alright, I really have started to love it here. I miss the mountains where I grew up, but this place is beautiful in other ways. There is a lot to be said for Idaho. Pass the potatoes!!

Wind Cave (aka hiking again)

Here is the whole group, from left to right. Adam, Trevor, Devin and Caleb, Me, Mom (Karla):

This is me behind the waterfall that is just below the cave:

And there it is:

Mom and I hiking out:

Very cool. This cave is just over the Wyoming boarder and is called Wind Cave because there is wind blowing all the way through. Apparently adventurous folks can make it through to the other side. We were content with just a few hundred yards. It got dark and cold really fast! Well worth the two hour hike!!

Hello Silvester

What we've been up to

Well, Caleb and I took a trip to Utah. We had many exciting adventures (pictured in somewhat reverse order...). We arrived at my parent's place Thursday night in time to load up and head up the canyon for an evening on the lake. Caleb tested his captaining skills, and the rest of us had turns getting pulled. Sunday we got together with all of the Bowthorpe cousins. Monday my mom hosted an evening concert for her bell choir. Yes, my mom plays the bells! After the concert we had a huge BBQ and my dad hitched up the ponies and gave wagon rides. As you can see Caleb was right in the thick of things.

(uhhh, that's me)

Caleb is almost walking! Mostly just 4 or 5 steps at a time, though he can walk across a whole room when he sets his mind to it. Goodness me, he's growing up!

Camping, the climb, and the 4th

Devin didn't have school last thursday or friday, so we decided to go on a camping trip before the 4th of July festivities. We camped at the trailhead of Palisades Creek. Caleb thought camping was pretty cool, until night time, when he had to sleep in the tent. (We found out the next day that he was teething, so he would have been up a bunch at home or outdoors...)
Early friday morning we broke camp, loaded up and embarked on a 4-mile hike up to the lower palisades lake. We left camp at 7:30 and got to the lake a little after 9:30. Caleb slept the whole way up! (see below) The trail was amazing. We saw wild roses (some places the air smelled of roses :) wild strawberries, wild raspberries, cedar trees, a moose, a variety of wild flowers, and beautiful scenery. I am very glad that we took this trip, because I am sore all over, and this was supposed to be a shorter, easier hike than Table Rock which we are planning to do later this summer. I will conquer, I will!



As for the 4th of July, we had a good one! Below is a picture of Caleb enjoying the Rexburg parade from the sidelines. And, my favorite float, the Broulim's (local grocer) Shopping Cart/go-cart. I liked it...


Hope you all had an excellent holiday! We love you all!

This June

Somehow I have neglected my blogging this past while. Be assured that we have been busy enjoying the summertime. Here are a few pictures and a quick update of what we have been up to this June.

Yesterday Caleb and I went to Rigby Lake with Janice and her boys, Grandma K, Amber, Kade, and one of Janice's nieces. Caleb loved being in both the water and in the sand. He was all over the place and loving every bit of it.

I got this little pool for Caleb and it is just the right size. When I can tell it is going to be a nice day I go out and fill it with just 2-3 inches of water, then leave it out to get warmed by the sun. then in the afternoon Caleb gets to go for a swim! He loves it. He likes anything to do with water.

The day before father's day was the Rexburg Air Show. Last year I didn't go because I had just had a baby a few days before. This year Grandma K, Aunt Trudy, Uncle Trevor, TJ, Lex, Wyatt, Jake, and Grandma Nef came with us. Unfortunately it was a cloudy morning, so it was cold and the air show was delayed for over an hour waiting for the clouds to be high enough for the people on the ground to see the show... luckily there was lots to do there. There were some army vehicles that the boys got to go inside (see Wyatt and Jake below) and there was a climbing wall that the older boys got to climb.

So you see that we are all alive and well and still hoppin'
Toodles