Prayer, Please

Last night my brother's wife, Jen, and their 6 month old daughter, Juniper, were in a serious car accident in Twin Falls. Jen had to be extracted from the car. Both mother and daughter were flown to Boise on life flight. Jen is in the ICU at St. Alphonsus. Right now she is nonresponsive. She may have bleeding on the brain and brain swelling, as well as other unknown injuries. They will be doing some tests today. Juniper is in the PICU at St. Luke's in Boise. She has three fractured ribs, one lung is possibly punctured, and she has bleeding in the brain. My brother is torn between two hospitals, but we thank the Lord that they are only five minutes apart. He is holding up okay, but is quite shaken. Please keep Jen and Juniper in your prayers, that the Lord may heal them and protect them. Please pray for Bridger, that the Lord may provide him strength during this difficult time.

Tyson and I are headed back to Boise soon, after spending the entire night at each hospital. Our family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers!

Things that make you go hmmm...

Tonight Tyson asked, "Do you ever wonder why the cover of our road atlas has a picture of people kayaking on it?" Hmm....

Pecans in the Cemetery

A hat tip to our old friend Bob for sending us this cute story.

PECANS IN THE CEMETERY (A real old oldie ----- and Goodie)On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts. "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me,"said one boy. Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence. Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me." He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along."Come here quick," said the boy, "you won't believe what I heard! Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls."The man said, "Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for me to walk." When the boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery. Standing by the fence they heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me..."The old man whispered, "Boy, you've been tellin' me the truth. Let's see if we can see the Lord." Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord. At last they heard, "One for you, one for me. That's all. Now let's go get those nuts by the fence and we'll be done." They say the old man made it back to town a full 5 minutes ahead of the kid on the bike.

Dad's Birthday

Happy Birthday Dad!

Here are the runners up.........family joke, sorry!
Woohoo!
Dad's Muscle Man pose
Grandma and Junie........what a ham bone that little girl is!
Juniper loves hangin' with Aunt Sadie

I don't think Junie gets loved enough, do you?

Bridger is building Mom and Dad's new home. He is doing an amazing job, and I know it means a lot to them. We're proud of ya Bridge!

We all crawled up to the top floor to check out the view from the bedrooms. Pretty nice!

Saturday was my dad's birthday, so we drove to Rupert to celebrate. My parents are building a new home out on some property they've owned for quite a while. It has been fun to watch the progress. We were actually able to distinguish different rooms this time, as well as check out the second floor. What an amazing house it will be when it is all finished! Bridger is doing all the framing for them. He is doing a great job! The house has a lot of angles to it, and even I can tell it must be a challenging job. But he's obviously up for it! After checking out the house we went to dinner in town at a place called the Drift In (or is it Inn?). The Drift is located in a historic building around the town square that used to be a bank. They recently remodeled it to make it a rather nice dining room with great views of the historic square. I hope Dad had a nice birthday, even though he wasn't out hunting! It was great spending time with our family and celebrating one more year with my dad. I love you Dad! Sorry about the goofy photos!

Surprise Date

I know, when I update the blog I have a stream of posts. Oh well!

Last week I received a formal invitation for a date with my hubby. Tyson left the printed invitation inside the refrigerator, right where I would see it. The date was for Sunday night, at 7:30. So, on Sunday, I was banished to our room for two hours while he got things ready. I watched a movie, folded laundry, and got dressed up while I waited for him.

He is so creative! At 7:30 sharp he knocked on the bedroom door and escorted me to our living room, which he had turned into a whimsical dining setting. He had moved the living room furniture out of the way and had moved the dining room table in. Draped around the dining room table was a canopy of white twinkle lights, of the Christmas tree variety. Tyson had even found and purchased a DVD of a fireplace- it is a recording of a crackling fire with soft classical music playing in the background. With the atmosphere set he proceeded to serve me a homemade dinner of candied salmon, garlic rice, rolls, salad, wine, and a box of chocolates for dessert. After dinner we played a few rounds of scrabble. It was a perfect date and I am so blessed to have such a thoughtful and romantic husband!

Above is a picture of our 'dining out' experience!

Shopping Day

On Saturday my mom came up for a girls only shopping trip. We found some great Labor Day sales, including a cute pair of boots that we both picked up- Mom the black pair, and me the brown pair. Mom and I don't get out and do that very often, but we need to. I loved spending the day with you Mom! We definitely need to do that more often!

Moose Pictures

Moose has hit a serious chewing phase lately. He's been chewing my flowers, branches of the trees, and even the siding on the house. So last week Tyson bought the biggest bone he could find, in hopes that Moose would chew that instead. Luckily, he loves it! He's been spending much of his day chewing a bone almost as long as him. Yesterday he snuck into the house with it. How he finagled that huge bone through the doggy doors I'll never know.