Checkin' In

So, some of you may have seen some of these pictures on the 'net' already, but I thought I would share them here. We had an awesome 4th of July Backyard Breakfast at our place with some friends from the ward. We put together some games for the kids from our household supplies.

Ring Toss. 

This was a last minute addition to the fun. Seth found some 'how to beat the carnies at their own games' videos on youtube and was inspired to make this contraption. 

I couldn't keep from adding a touch of vinyl. 

Our front porch. 

Getting the kids ready for the bike parade. We did it in the parking lot behind our house and managed to avoid major collisions. 

We gave each kid a plate with a number to tie to their bike as they 'registered' for the parade. 

If you look closely, you can see his Halloween socks. It was loads of fun and we will be doing it next year so you should all mark it on your calendars and come join the fun.

And in other news, if you haven't heard: Baby #4 will be joining us the beginning of February. So, if you know of anyone trying to sell a Pathfinder with a third row, we're lookin' to upgrade as we've maxed out the Focus.

Vail!!!

Kori!
Katie!

Me!!

On the bus singing wheels on the bus and the star spangled banner!!!

The parade!

Fireworks!!

Aimee

Garage Sale

Matt did a lot of work cleaning them up
The camping section

More camping stuff

The fan section

The misc. section

Well, after many years we tried our 2nd garage sale. Mom got the stuff ready during the week and then yesterday at about 5:50am we started setting it out cleaning, and pricing. Our first customers arrived at 7:00am. We listed it for 8:00am so we held out till about 7:30 and so many people were cruising the street we started selling. There were lots of people out. They kind of came in groups. The last ones came at about 11:30 am. It was Tracy Windley and his wife. We had already closed shop by that time. We sold almost everything. Mom took the good stuff to The Hope Center (a donation shop in Moscow) and I took the "other" stuff to the land fill. We met lots of nice people, made some super deals, and placed our stuff with some nice homes. One guy was looking at the two back packs and said he was a scout leader and also had a couple of his own boys, Mom got a tear in her eye and made him a "super deal". All and all it was a good success. We didn't make enough to retire early but we can buy a hamburger or two.

Matt, Kimbre and Riley came down Friday to visit, clean old rafts and have dinner. We're always glad to have them.

We leave for our vacation a week from today - looking forward to see you in Colorado .