Some Golf, Some Fishing, Some Family

Me and James finally got the vacation we have been looking forward to for a very long time. we both took of work for about 10 days and James was in between semesters so we had some time for a road trip.

We started by going back to Mudlake. We stopped by the fair and saw some of the parade. Had some dinner and talked with friends. We were able to spend the whole weekend with both of our parents, just relaxing and enjoying the time off.

Of course we made time for lots of golf and fishing. Played many different coursed around home and James was able to catch a lot of fish. I was also able to spend time with Steve and Jana's two little boys. They are adorable and I love them bunches. Such cute kids!!!!

Then we took some time to ourselves and headed down to Lava Hot Springs. We just rented a hotel and pretended we were tourist. Of course there was gold involved, then we walked around town. Decided to float the river. The third time down, we decided to be daring and go over a couple of small water falls. We totally crashed big time on the first one and then spent 20 min fighting rapids to get to the shore so we wouldn't have to go over the 2nd one. No that we are all bruised and cut up we took a soak in the mineral hot pools. That felt great. While James went fishing that night, I treated myself to a full body massage. It was the best.

We ended our trip in Montana. We were able to spend 4 days with Lacey and Tony and their kids. We stayed up late playing pinochle and ate lots of delicious food. One day we went huckleberry picking. It was a lot of fun. Then we came home and made homemade ice cream withe the berries and had pancakes and huckleberry syrup for breakfast. mmmmm! James and Tylin sure had fun together. They played with the ball in the back yard and did workbook pages together. It was so cute to see him with her. And of course Tanner was cute and cuddly. I loved playing with him and his big Sis.

So funny story, while playing golf in Montana with Tony and James, I was having a decent game. On the course we saw a doe and her fawn walking around it was awesome. Anyway on about the 7th hole. I was getting kind of frustrated and just whacked the ball, it was low to the ground and flying hard- then Thwack!! I had hit a Robin square in the head. Killed it dead. It was a sad sight. Funny, but sad. James took pics- he was laughing so hard he barely finished the last 3 holes. I truly did get a birdie on hole #7.

Then it was back to reality. A long drive home- our car decided to give out on us 20 min outside of Boise. We slowly coasted in to home and just went to bed. It is now fixed, but what a way to end our vacation. But we had fun and it definitely helped us catch our 2nd wind for school and work.