Idaho Vacation

When I woke up every morning for a month to this view it is hard not to miss living in Idaho. It truly is one of the most beautiful parts of the world. We had a great trip seeing family, fishing, and just relaxing. Here are a few shots of the fun we had.

The Balmforth Clan  

I ran in a 5K race called the Tin Cup Challenge. It was fun to run in my home town.

Fishing with the greatest guide in the World!!!

We love you Papa….thanks for all the great memories!    

My whole family minus Randy :  (   I haven’t seen my sister in a year. It was so wonderful. We are already planning again for next year, but maybe fly this time Ame.

My brother, Jeff and his cute family.

         

I have two more discs of pictures of us with the Balmforths but I can’t seem to locate them at the moment. So there may be more to come…

Memorial Day Festivities

Memorial Day weekend started off with a dirt and worm cake to celebrate Randy’s birthday. The kids loved the idea of eating dirt and worms and it was delicious. Then on Memorial Day, to continue a Balmforth tradition  Randy and Drew ran in a 1 mile race and I ran a 5K on Grosse Ile. Drew and I both beat our times from last year. It is always a good feeling to be improving! We also went swimming at our friends pool and picked strawberries from our garden. And yesterday the kids and I discovered this robin nest in the tree in our front yard. Drew wanted me to get the eggs down so he could looked at them. I told him that was not a good idea. In the second picture of the nest you can see the birds used a Ziploc bag when they created the nest. Very resourceful!