Charlie, Daeg, Fos, Boog & Mino came to Idaho to surprise their Grandma, and stopped to visit their Grandpa Jas too. Since Grandpa Jas lives so close to us, we went to go visit and play with them. We were almost to their house and I saw a 4 wheeler on the road coming at me. I thought, "Funny. That guy thinks he can just drive on the road. Idaho..." Then we get closer to each other and then I slam on my breaks because that "guy" is my brother. :)
He asked my boys if they wanted to ride back with him and they both said yes. I followed behind them and was worried that they were both screaming their heads off. They were, but not with fear, with pure joy! He said they LOVED it!
We went out again a bit later with the cousins to ride and they took things over. Charlie made sure I could see who was driving. :) Kurt was haulin' booty and having the time of his life! If you look close, you can see Boogie's head in between Kurt and Charlie.
Here he is just after his ride, telling me how "Awesome!" it was. I love his hair in this picture - pure windblown.
I was down the driveway a bit talking to Boog and Kurt and I turned around and saw Daegan prancing down towards us, singing. At least I thought she was. She was actually screaming because she'd just seen THIS!
She'd heard birds chirping and dancing and went to go see what they were up to. They were yelling about their mother/brother/sister being eaten by what she thought was a rattlesnake. Charlie dutifully put all the kids behind the 4-wheeler and grabbed a gigantic pole/stick from out of his truck so that he could smash it? And then Daegan's sister told us all that it wasn't really a rattlesnake. This snake actually eats rattlesnakes so he shouldn't kill it. So we watched the snake eat his lunch. It was pretty crazy.
Couldn't get them all to look and smile at the same time...
Okay, check out Charlie's face here :)
He showed Luke how to drive it - make it go faster and slower, and then let him take control. And Luke pushed it full gusto and just about knocked Charlie off!
He was a serious driver. Didn't take his eyes off the road for nothing, especially not to smile for my picture.
Then, after all that excitement, we went to ride the horses!
I'd like to blame the lighting for all the poor pictures, but I can't. Sorry.
Kurt was very excited for this. Loving the horse ride.
But was riding enough? No. He wanted to run!
Luke didn't seem to happy to be on the horse at first.
But he got into after the first couple minutes and had a great time!
How about a little hay bale jumpin' while we wait our turns on the horse? Luke was all for it!
Well, maybe not. It appears there is a limit to our little dare devil.
Remember this shot for the follow up a bit further down...
Kurt could handle the first level, but not the second
Okay, remember the picture I told you to remember? Sliding down the bale of hay will leave you with a few momentos :)
Poor kid. That stuff was deep in there and very plentiful.
But he wasn't done with his day of adventures yet. He thought it might also be fun to FLY!
Courtesy of CJW AirFlight
We had a WONDERFUL day out with our family. Can't wait to see you again!
Being away for so long you get used to the idea of being your one solitary family. I miss everyone all of the time, but even more so when we do get to see them. It reminds me of all we're missing out on. The only thing this day was missing was our Dad. I wished he could've taken the day off to come play with us too.
