A Weekend in Idaho

The first weekend in June...it's always taken. That's the weekend we butcher the chickens. This year it went so fast. We enjoyed the break and the space out at my parents house. Lincoln also discovered a love of animals...he absolutely loved Kabota and by the end of the trip Kabota was a little leery of this crazy little boy.

 Lincoln has a thing for noses...he will put his finger in any nose he can...kinda gross...

Lincoln: "What am I standing on?" 

Mom: "Don't worry about it. It's all dirt to you anyway" :)

 My cute nephew, Ryder, working on his cowboy skills.

 He loves jumping!

I'm crafty

I decided I needed to be a little crafty this weekend and Lincoln needed something new to play with...

so I made an I spy bag and a toy box. 

 His toys used to fit in this nice little basket and fit nice in the corner. Then all of a sudden his toys were taking over the living room! It was driving me crazy. Solution: the junk wood pile in our back yard. I found a few things and made a crate-like box....I kinda like it and it was free! I even had all the screws and paint on hand...love it!

The Bear Crawl

 I'm sure every child has done the bear crawl at some point in their young life. Lincoln does it when he is in the grass. For some reason he doesn't like his knees touching the grass. It is probably the funniest thing to watch. As he was crawling around he stopped to blow me a kiss...what a sweet boy!

 We were outside enjoying the sun and I was trying to work...he kept taking my straps and he wouldn't let this gray one go.

What a silly boy :)

Bacon Burger BBQ and more

Every Memorial Day since Chris and I were dating, we have made bacon cheese burgers on the grill. It is a yummy tradition!
We decided to take advantage of the wonderful weather while Lincoln was napping and played an epic game of Monopoly outside. "Please let me go to jail" 

We have decided it is much more enjoyable playing games for fun rather than being super competitive...many games have ended in the silent treatment because of our  my competitive nature...not good.  

"Please let me go to jail" 

 "Don't worry, it's mortgaged!" 

Then it was time to fire up the grill!!! We had our friends, Aaron and Crystal, join us. They actually live in the basement where we live. The food is always so good and I do believe Chris has got his BBQ skills down to a science! mmmmmmm! 

 Then we had Taneya come over and make s'mores with us! It felt so much like camping and got us really excited for all our fun camping trips this year!

These are the s'mores...special ingredient...PEANUT BUTTER! So good! 

 Multi-tasking!

 Chris was making fun of my choice of footwear...in  my defense...yeah there isn't a defense...sandals and socks just don't go. 

She pretty much fit the whole thing in her mouth.

Moving

I hesitate to write this little entry because I am scared to death it jinx us. After pounding tons of pavement we finally found a home that we fell in love with.
Previous homes we looked at and considered were just a way out of our current living circumstances. We are really blessed with the home we have lived in for the past 3 years. Yes, there is much to be desired and there were many days I wished for a solid kitchen floor instead of carpet. But we have a roof over our heads, food to eat, and many more blessings.
This home is yet another blessing and we feel so fortunate to be blessed so much! It's a far cry from our dream home, but it is so much more than we expected for our starter home. There are things that will be sacrificed to live here but we are willing to spend a little extra time in the car to go grocery shopping or visit family members.
So here is a little tour of our new home...(these are just the listing pictures and I hope to get more)










Now comes the fun part....making it our home. :)