Monday, May 24, 2010

Merry Christmas

Oh wait, I got a little confused with all the SNOW that fell in Boise last weekend. We had about 24 hours of heavy wet snow this weekend, and it felt like Christmas time. It was about 36 degrees on Saturday which is 40 degrees below normal and over 60 degrees below the high for the day. The photo above shows the snow just beginning. Earlier in the morning Kessler asked to wear his snow boots, and Mat said "that's silly it's almost summer - you can't wear snow boots". I guess he was wrong. We had 1-1/2" of rain (wet snow), but Bogus Basin got 16" of snow. The other photo was from a few weekends ago.
Another mystery we've been dealing with for the past year, is the disappearance of DVDs - mostly the boy's movies. It started with The Jungle Book disappearing last summer. We thought we accidentally donated it to the Library. Then some Baby Einstein DVDs disappeared, then Monster's, Inc, and finally A Bugs Life this weekend. We began to suspect Caulder and Kessler, but every time we asked them where the movies were, they said the mailman had them. Finally, Mat decided to check inside the DVD player. Sure enough all five movies were in there. They had been shoved in through the VHS slot. Unbelievably, the VHS and DVD players had remained functional the entire year.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Massacre Rock State Park

We have attempted to tour most of the state parks in our region over the last year, but have not yet experienced Massacre Rocks State Park  east of Twin Falls. Since April is unpredictable, we opted to rent a primative cabin which consisted of a bunk bed, fouton, and a table and chairs.  Luckily, it had heat so it was nice and cozy. We met our frineds Kevin and Ruth and explored the many trails throughout the park. It's a really pretty desert park, especially in the spring. We also stopped at Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls on the way home.
We all had a great time easing into camping this year. Caulder and Kesser keep us on our toes, but always delight and surprise us! We brought the boy's balance bikes, and they rode all over the campground. They are becomming such experts on their bikes. Caulder decided to be a dare devil and ride down a very steep dirt hill. He made it a little way down the hill before he wobbled, tipped, and crashed into the dirt. He proceeded to pop up and announce 'I'm all right' as we dashed down the hill to his rescue. Both of the boys are talking up a storm. They know so many words, and copy everything we say. We are also working on counting and letters with them. They actually can somewhat recite their ABCs, and can count to 10 (but always miss 5 for some reason). We bought someflash cards with numbers on them, and they are beginning to recognize them. They can get one, two, and three, but when they get to four they always say 'chair'. It took us a while to figure it out, but the '4' on the flashcard really does look like an upsidedown chair.

McCall

We took a short trip to McCall to get out of town. The lake was still frozen and there was snow on the ground. We toured around town, and then headed out to Riggins to check out the steelhead fishing. Luckily it was much warmer there. We ran into a fair and watched boat racing on the Snake River.
We have had a very cold and snowy spring. McCall was a nice break from working and the 'routine', but it was a reminder that winter is still here.