The One with Lava Hot Springs

Today we drove out to Lava Hot Springs in Idaho.

This one's for Nicole:
Here is Main Street - pretty happenin'!
You know a motel is seriously outdated when they're advertising COLOR TV! (The sign is hanging on the bottom right.)
We rented 8 tubes to float down the wild Portneuf River.
Before we jumped in, we wanted to see what we were getting ourselves in to. Here are the silhouettes of me, Chris, Jay and Nick overlooking the river.
This waterfall seemed to be the most daunting part of the river. I noticed everyone steered towards the right side and I found out why later.
It didn't look too bad.
Until I saw this group capsize their raft!We went for it anyways. Instead of going off the right side "waterfall" I went left and totally crashed. I scraped my arm and my lower back pretty bad. And I lost my sandals! They floated away never to be seen again. But I still enjoyed the ride enough to do it all again.
I didn't want to risk my life a third time so I volunteered to stay behind and watch my adorable niece Avery.
On the way home I snapped this picture of an empty cottage. I wonder who lived here and when and what they did for a living.
It was a very fun day!

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The One with Afton, Wyoming

Here we are in beautiful Afton, Wyoming enjoying our annual family reunion. It is SO QUIET here.
There's not another residence within two miles.
The "Reunion Ranch" is very nice - sans all the dead animal heads mounted on the walls.
We were sitting on the porch reading and we kept hearing a little "chirp chirp!" We looked up and saw a baby birdie sitting in a nest. I kept checking on him throughout the night and at about 8pm he was standing outside the nest. At 10pm he was gone. I hope he miraculously grew wings and flew away and didn't fall out...
Surrounded by all these rolling mountains, I sort of have the urge to put on a skirt and run around singing, "The hills are alive with the sound of music...."
Here's my nephew Drew playing "cars."
Today we're heading over to Lava Hot Springs to float down a river.

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The One with the Singing Bird

You probably have to have a bird to appreciate this video, but I have literally watched it a dozen times and still laugh so hard I cry every single time!

Click here to watch a bird sing "Old MacDonald"

I wish my Jadis could sing like that!

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The One with Layouts and Cards

Even though I don't scrapbook at home very often, I do it a lot for both of my jobs. I think it's time to share some of the things I've made so you can see what I do all day.

I <3> scrapbooking!

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