Cabin Progress

My mom and stepdad are currently building a cabin in New Meadows...that we hope to be ready to occupy by Thanksgiving! Last weekend we actually camped at the building site for several reasons - 1, we wanted to check out the progress and 2- it just might be the only camping spot in the state that isn't on fire. I forgot my camera, but I stole this picture from my mom's facebook page.

This view almost brought me to tears. You see, this will be the view from the loft looking out into the wilderness and it reminds me of the very similar view I had as a child looking out of the loft at my grandparent's cabin in Garden Valley. My grampa and my dad built that cabin from the ground up and some of my very best childhood memories are there. My grampa is no longer with us, and that makes me sad and I am also sad that we don't have that cabin anymore. But this is a place to create new memories and I am so very grateful that Spencer and Baby Stoney #2 will have this place and time with their grandparents. Up next, Spirit of Boise Balloon Rally this week!

Annual Island Park Trip

We had a great week in Island Park this year! I have been anxious to get up there all summer because I knew Spencer would have a blast and he really was in his element up there...my little nature boy. This is our view just a few steps from the cabin. We saw this momma and baby a couple times while we were up there.

Something I didn't know he would be so in to is huckleberries. In all my years, I don't recall ever eating a huckleberry, let alone pick them, but we got REALLY into it this year. I had no idea how much hard work it was! You can see us all toiling in the fields in our top secret huckleberry spot.

Spencer ate those berries just as fast as he could pick them. And he did it not one day, but TWO days for about two hours each time. I couldn't believe it!

I love this pic of Spencer and his daddy, deep in the huckleberries!

Spencer is also a 4 wheeling machine, which Chris just loves. I would love it too and I am pretty bummed that I have been sidelined from the 4 wheelers this summer due to the baby on board. I'll just have to make up for it next summer.

Parting family shot.