Peace

Here it is Monday already. We spent a good part of out time over the weekend with our very good friends, Stacy and Casey and their daughter Abbby (that's how she spells it). It was nice and warm and I got my first sunburn, and hopefully last, of the summer.

Stace and Case had company too. Terry and Rick were up. The boys went fishing on Saturday evening and saw a much larger moose. Stacy, Abby and I wandered around the resort and kerplunked rocks down at the lake.

After the Breithaupts left yesterday we drove to Colville to the WalMart to get a few more groceries and a new trolling motor for the potoon boat. The old one finally bit the dust. After Troy got it installed on the boat we went out to see if we could spot the moose again in the same spot but no such luck. We did hear a huge amount of splashing along the shore but it was too dark to see anything. Even with the spot light we couldn't find what had made all the noise.

Today just a bit of cleaning on my part, and a lot of packing and shipping on Troy's part. Then reading on the porch while sipping margaritas!! My favorite recipe from the Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love. Mix one 12 oz can of frozen limeade, one 12 oz can of 7-up, one 12 oz bottle of Corona and 12 oz of tequila. Stir and serve over ice. Yummy!

I have had lots of humming birds around. Some of them even share a feeder!

hope you enjoy the pics

Boating

This afternoon we went out boating/fishing. As we cruised to the west side of the lake we saw a bull moose eating lilypads in the sun! It was an awesome site! After that Troy tried his banjo lures with little success. We did have more excitement however, when Maddie got a fish hook stuck between her front teeth. I guess it was on the floor of the boat and she thought it smelled like something good to eat! With much wrestling and yelping Troy was able to free her, but she has been very quiet the rest of the day.

Happy to be here

Today starts our second full day at the lake. We went to Kettle Falls and Colville yesterday to return the UHaul and pick up a few things. What a trip!!! We had to go to the dump after Troy cleaned out the shed, so I looked up landfills on line and got the way wrong info. There was about 30 min wasted. Then I got the address for the UHaul business, but no directions because the lady on the phone made it sound simple. Yeah right.
There was another bit of time wasted and a very unhappy trailer puller!!!
But we muddled through and made it home.
Today has been busy with packing quite a lot of mail and cleaning the porch. It gets so dusty out there that I had to use the carpet cleaner to make it look remotely presentable. I also got the flag and the garland up for the fourth. My plants have been repotted and are out front soaking up the sun.
It looks like maybe some bass fishing tonight. And also, the Breithaupts will be here, Yay!

We're here!

We made it! We got in at about 5pm yesterday, got some unpacking done and had dinner at the restaurant. Finished the unpacking this am after our walk and then we will be on our way to Colville to return the trailer and pick up a few things we didn't want to pack with us.

It's off to the lake!!!! We nearly have the UHaul trailer packed. What a bunch of crap we're taking with us. The dogs know somethings up and they are pacing by the door so they're not left behind. Just finishing up the last of the laundry and dishes and then we're off!!!

Here it is Tuesday afternoon. Just two weeks since surgery and I can hardly tell anything was done. Which makes it really hard to stick to the no lifting, squatting, bending, straining rules. But I guess if I want to heal that's what is necessary.
We leave tomorrow for the lake! Troy is picking up a UHaul trailer to cart all of his inventory to the lake. Right now it is sitting in the living room in many, many boxes.
We will have new neighbors when we get there too. Troy's aunt and uncle bought a place just a few doors down from us. It is gonna be an awesome summer!

Good morning! We are in Longview today to babysit Alexys. What a beautiful girl! She has grown so much and it will be another month until we see her again. I guess today will be a visiting day. Up to Den and Pat's and then dinner with Ellen and the girls, then back home tomorrow morning. Kelli

Well, summer for us has started. I had surgery on June 9th. All went well and I am feeling way better that I thought I would. Troy's classes are done for 2 weeks starting tonight. Then tomorrow we will go to Longview to see the baby before we are off to the lake on Tuesday! We are looking forward to a great summer of fishing and entertaining. We have several friends that will be over through the summer as well as our good friends Stacy, Casey and Abby who will be at their place every weekend. We can't wait!!!