SPENT THE DAY IN SODA AT THE FARM!

THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE SPENT SATURDAY WITH THE FAMILY IN SODA AT THE FARM. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE WENT ON THE FOUR-WHEELERS, CAUGHT SOME SUCKERS, HAD A PICNIC, AND JUST HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS. WE ALSO CELEBRATED TROY, MY BRO-IN-LAWS, BIRTHDAY. WE ALWAYS ENJOY THE FARM THIS TIME OF YEAR. IT IS SO PEACEFUL AND AWAY FROM THE BUSY SHUFFLE OF THE NORMAL WORLD. THE SMELL IS FALL, THE TREES ARE CHANGING, AND YOU ARE AWAY FROM ALL OTHER HUMANITY-LEFT WITH ONLY THE ANIMALS. IT IS A GREAT TIME. JARED WAS ALREADY UP THERE WITH NATE HUNTING. SO WE MET UP WITH HIM AND GOT TO SPEND THE DAY WITH HIM ALSO. NATE CAME ALONG WHICH WAS FUN TOO-PROBABLY NOT SO MUCH FUN FOR HIM BUT WE ENJOYED HIS COMPANY!

HALLE AND I GOING ON A RIDE, SHE LOVES THE FOUR-WHEELER!

HERE IS THE WHOLE CLAN AT OUR PICNIC!

HERE IS HALLE AND DADDY! SHE LOVED HIS HAT, HOWEVER, SHE WILL NOT WEAR ANY OF HERS. MAYBE THE KEY IS, GIVE HER SOMEONE ELSE'S AND SHE THINKS IT IS COOL, SO IT STAYS ON!

HERE WE ARE AT THE FROG PROPERTY. WE TAUGHT HALLE TO POINT AT OUR FINGER AND CONNECT THEM AND IT IS ET. SHE DEMANDED DOING ET WITH THE FROG, AND SHE ACTUALLY PET IT AND HAD A GREAT TIME. I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE WASN'T SCARED OF HIS SLIMY BODY AT ALL. I AM!

HERE IS CHRIS, NANA, AND NANNY AKA. GIGI AT THE FARM PROPERTY. GIGI HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE FARM AND SHE ENJOYED IT. WE LOVE HAVING HER SO CLOSE NOW!

PLAYING WITH TREVOR!

THIS PAST FRIDAY HALLE AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH MY NEPHEW TREVOR. HE IS SO STINKING CUTE. WE ONLY WATCHED HIM FOR A COUPLE HOURS BUT MAN-OH-MAN. HE IS SO FAST. HE IS ALL BOY, WANTS TO CHECK OUT EVERYTHING. HE IS SUCH A GOOD KID AND HIM AND HALLE PLAY SO GOOD TOGETHER. NOW I HAVE REALIZED HOW HARD IT IS WHEN THEY START WALKING THOUGH. THEY ARE HAPPIER HOWEVER, MAMA IS SUPER BUSY INSTEAD OF JUST BUSY BUSY....WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE PLAYED, THEY NAPPED TOGETHER, THEY ATE TOGETHER AND THEY LAUGHED TOGETHER. THEY HAD A GREAT TIME AND I LOVED IT TOO. NOW I KNOW, TWO KIDS IS JUST SCARY BUSY! WE HOPE WE CAN PLAY SOON AGAIN! WE LOVE YOU TREVY!

HERE THEY ARE PLAYING TOGETHER, AND TREVY EVEN TAUGHT HALLE HOW TO GET INTO A FEW THINGS....UH-OH!

HERE THEY ARE IN THE TOY BOX TOGETHER PLAYING. TREVY GOT IN AND OF COURSE HALLE HAD TO JOIN. NIKI AND I USE TO HAVE A STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE TOY BOX AND WE DID THIS SAME THING. KIDS WILL BE KIDS, RIGHT? LOOK AT TREVY'S FACE, NO TO HAPPY ONCE HALLE PLOPPED IN ON HIM.

HERE IS TREVY AND HALLE GETTING READY FOR THERE NAPPIN TOGETHER, SO CUTE!

NANNY IS HERE!

THIS PAST SATURDAY MY MOTHER DROVE HOME FROM MY GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE IN OREGON. IF YOU READ MY POST A WK AGO, MY GRAND-FATHER RECENTLY PASSED AND MY MOM WENT DOWN TO SAY HER LAST GOODBYE AND THEN HELP MY GRANDMA CLEAN THINGS UP. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET HER TO POCATELLO FOR AWHILE NOW, SINCE SHE CAN'T SEE ALL THAT WELL..DUE TO MY GRANDPA'S HEALTH AND OTHER THINGS THEY WERE UNABLE TO COME. HOWEVER, MY MOM WOULD NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER AND SHE IS MOVED UP TO POCATELLO NOW. HER HOUSE IN OREGON IS FOR SALE, AND WHEN IT SALES, SHE WILL GET A HOUSE OF HER OWN BUT UNTIL THEN SHE IS LIVING WITH CHRIS AND MY MOM. WE LOVE NANNY AND ARE SO GLAD SHE IS CLOSE TO FAMILY AT THIS TIME ESPECIALLY. NOW, WE KEEP TABS ON HER AND WE CAN HELP HER WHEN WE NEED TO. WE ARE SO GLAD SHE IS HERE TO STAY. WELCOME BACK, NANNY!

GIRL'S NIGHT OUT!

LAST NIGHT ONE OF MY FRIENDS HAD A "SENSE" FACIAL PARTY. IT WAS A BLAST. WE GOT TOGETHER AND DID FACIALS AND WHILE WE DID THEM WE RELAXED WITH CANDLES GOING, THE SMELL SO SOOTHING, AND I DIDN'T HAVE A WORRY IN THE WORLD. MY STEP-FATHER SO GRACIOUSLY WATCHED HALLE WHILE I WENT SO IT WAS NICE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A GIRL'S NIGHT OUT AGAIN. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND THANK YOU BRITNEY FOR HAVING IT AND INVITING ME. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE GOOD FUN, GOOD COMPANY AND GOOD FOOD. WE HAD FRESH FRUIT AND IT WAS SCRUMPTIOUS. IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO GET AWAY AND HAVE A GREAT, RELAXING TIME WITH EVERYONE. ALSO, THANKS JARED FOR LETTING ME TREAT MYSELF TO SOME OF THEIR FACIAL PRODUCTS. I LOVE YOU! WE MUST DO IT AGAIN SOON! WE HAD HEAD BANDS ON THAT WERE SO HOT AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CAMERA, DARNIT! NEXT TIME, OCEA, BRIT, BRANDI AND I WILL GET A GOOD ONE. LOVE YA GIRLS!

HALLE BEING HALLE!

YESTERDAY, HALLE AND I WERE PLAYING BEFORE DAD GOT HOME FROM WORK. I WANTED TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH HER BEFORE I HAD TO GO TO YOUNG WOMENS. WE WERE PLAYING WITH HER TOYS, SHE GOT A NEW TOY BOX-HER OTHER ONE GOT TO SMALL. SHE KEPT LOOKING AT THE TOY BOX ALL DAY AND WAS ACTUALLY SCARED OF IT AT FIRST. THEN, AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE PIX, SHE WARMED RIGHT UP TO IT AND HAD TONS OF FUN. THIS IS WHAT MAKES HALLE, HALLE. HER FUN-LOVING PERSONALITY. KIDS MAKE THE WORLD GO AROUND AND THEY ALWAYS GIVE US A GOOD LAUGH!

THIS IS HER AT FIRST, SCARED TO DEATH. EATING HER LEI!

HERE SHE IS SLOWLY WARMING UP TO IT....

TA-DA! OVERCAME THAT FEAR REAL QUICK~ PRECIOUS!

A FUN FAMILY HOME EVENING NIGHT!

SINCE IT IS NOW FEELING LIKE FALL OUTSIDE, THE LEAVES ARE CHANGING, THE KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL, AND THE SMELL OUTSIDE IN THE MORNING IS CRISP AND IT IS SO COLD BUT YOU HAVE TO OPEN THE WINDOWS TO SMELL IT, WE DECIDED WE WOULD MAKE SOME CARAMEL APPLES. I HAVE NEVER MADE THEM WITH THESE CARAMEL WRAPS, BUT IT WAS SUPER EASY AND THEY ARE SUPER GOOD. IT STARTED OUT WITH JARED AND HALLE READING, THEN WE WENT AND MOWED GRANDPA TOM'S LAWN FOR OUT LITTLE SERVICE, THEN WE CAME HOME AND MADE THESE! WHAT A FUN NIGHT FOR OUR LITTLE FAMILY!

HERE IS JARED READING WITH HALLE. SHE LOVES TO PLAY IN HER ROOM BY HERSELF AND READ ALONE FOR QUITE AWHILE..

TA-DA! HERE IS OUR OH-SO-YUMMY APPLES!!! WE FIGURED WITH THE CARAMEL AND ALL, THESE WERE ONLY ABOUT 50 CENTS A PIECE TO MAKE. THEY WERE CHEAP AND DELICIOUS! HALLE LIKED LICKING THE CARAMEL!

MY UNCLE DEON'S CONCERT~

MY UNCLE DEON FROM ST. GEORGE (MY DADS BROTHER) LOVES MUSIC AND SINGING. HE WAS RAISED IN GRACE AND THIS PAST SATURDAY WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO HIS CONCERT IN GRACE AND WATCH HIM PERFORM. IT WAS HILARIOUS- AND HE IS AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMER. THE CONCERT WAS ENTITLED, "A NIGHT OF ROMANCE." WE WERE GOING TO HAVE NANNA BABYSIT, BUT DUE TO GRANDPA'S DEATH, SHE COULDN'T AND GRANDMA BERNT WAS IN MAINE SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WOULD GO AT ALL. I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS THIS PERFORMANCE HOWEVER, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN I WOULD GET TO SEE HIM AGAIN. I CALLED MY GOOD FRIEND LORI AND SHE WAS WILLING TO WATCH HALLE ON SHORT NOTICE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GO WITH MY FAMILY AND OUR FRIEND TREVOR AND WATCH IT. THANKS SO MUCH TO LORI-WE LOVE YOU! BRITNEY, TREVOR'S WIFE, HAD TO WORK AND COULDN'T COME AND SO I ENJOYED THE EVENING WITH TWO MEN. IT WAS FUN AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME. (I WISH YOU COULD HAVE COME BRIT!) HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE FUN NIGHT WE HAD! WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH MY DAD'S FAMILY AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE THAT WENT THAT NIGHT TO SUPPORT DEON~ALSO, IT WAS GREAT TO GO AND GET MY MIND OFF THINGS FOR A MINUTE AND ENJOY A NIGHT OF ROMANCE WITH MY HUBBY~I LOVE YOU! JARED, GRANDPA BOB, UNCLE DEON, AND I

(NO I AM NOT PREGNANT, THE SHIRT JUST MAKES ME LOOK IT...)

NEW SUNDAY DRESS!

I HAD TO POST THIS PICTURE. HALLE IS RUNNING OUT OF CHURCH DRESSES THAT ARE THE RIGHT SIZE, SO I HAD TO GO SHOPPING. ALONG MY TRAVELS, I RAN INTO THIS. LOOK HOW ADORABLE THE LADYBUG IS, IT EVEN HAS RHINESTONES ON IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE CUTEST THING EVER AND IT HAPPENED TO BE ON SALE. THAT NEVER HAPPENS. GOOD DEAL AND TOTALLY ADORABLE! THE FACIAL EXPRESSION SHE IS PULLING SHOWS YOU HOW EXCITED SHE WAS TO WEAR IT TO CHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME! GOTTA LOVE THEM!!

A TRIBUTE TO MY GRANDPA BILL. AKA GUIDO!

OVER THE PAST MANY YEARS MY GRANDPA HAS HAD MANY HEALTH ISSUES RANGING FROM KIDNEY DIALYSIS TO DIABETES, YOU NAME IT-HE HAD IT AND DEALT WITH IT. GRANDPA BILL IS MY MOM'S STEP-FATHER BUT HAS BEEN HER STEP DAD SINCE SHE WAS 4 YEARS OLD. SO TO ALL OF US, HE IS OUR GRANDPA AND WE HAVE NEVER VIEWED HIM ANY OTHER WAY! HE WAS A ROCK. HE WAS REAL. HE WAS ONERY. HE WAS A BIG MAN WITH A HEART OF GOLD. HE HAD THE MOUTH OF A SAILOR AND THE ATTITUDE TO MATCH. HE MADE YOU LAUGH AND SOMETIMES CRY WITH THE THINGS HE SAID. HE WAS VERY INTELLIGENT AND WOULD PROVE ANYTHING ANYBODY SAID WRONG, NO MATTER HOW MUCH INFORMATION HE HAD TO FIND TO DO SO. HE WAS GUIDO! HE WAS AMAZING! HE WAS ONE WHO WOULD HOLD IN HIS LAUGH UNTIL HE COULDN'T ANYMORE AND THEN HE WOULD HAVE A FULL-BLOWN BELLY LAUGH. HIS SMILE WAS CONTAGIOUS. HE WAS GRANDPA!

LIKE I SAID, FOR THE LAST MANY YEARS HE HAS HAD ONGOING HEALTH PROBLEMS. HE REALLY HAS TAKEN THEM AND KEPT ON LIVING DESPITE THE FACT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER MOST OF THE TIME ,TO LET THE WILL OF LIVING GET IN THE WAY. ON TUESDAY HE WENT TO THE VA HOSPITAL TO DONATE BLOOD. HE FELL GETTING OUT OF THE CAR AND ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER: GETTING A PARTIAL HIP REPLACEMENT, ETC. HE MADE IT THROUGH SURGERY AND THEN HE ASPIRATED AND QUIT BREATHING. LUCKILY, MY MOM AND STEPDAD WERE ABLE TO FLY DOWN FRIDAY, AND MY UNCLE BRAD, HIS SON, DROW FROM CALIFORNIA. THEY WERE ALL ABLE TO SAY THEIR GOOD-BYES. HEWILL BE MISSED GREATLY! DEATH IS ALWAYS HARD FOR THE FACT A LOVED ONE IS GONE, BUT IN HIS CASE I AM SURE HE IS LIVING HAPPILY, AND HAS A WHOLE NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE NOW.

I WILL NEVER FORGET THE MANY HOURS HE TALKED ABOUT GOLF, EDUCATION, HIS JOB, OUR BOYFRIENDS, OUR GRADES, AND JUST LIFE IN GENERAL WITH US FOR HOURS WHILE SMOKING HIS CIGAR ON THE DECK. HE HAD A LONG LISTENING EAR AND WOULD GIVE YOU HIS OPINION ON ANYTHING YOU SAID. I WON'T FORGET THAT HE CHERISHED THE PEOPLE AND THE FRIENDSHIPS HE MADE IN A WAY THAT I NEVER KNEW POSSIBLE. I WILL NEVER FORGET HIS CHAIR IN THEIR LIVING ROOM HE SAT IN FOR HOURS WHILE HOLDING HIS PILLOW AND WATCHING GOLF WITH THE DOGS. AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE FAMILY REUNION WHERE ALL OUR FAMILY WAS ABLE TO GO TO OREGON AND ENJOY HIS COMPANY BEFORE HE REALLY GOT TO SICK.

I WILL TRY TO FORGET THE TIMES HE FARTED AND BLAMED IT ON THE DOGS. I WILL TRY TO FORGET HIS DRIVING AND THE SMALL TEMPER HE HAD WITH OREGON DRIVERS-HE WAS AN AWFUL DRIVER! WHEN YOU WENT WITH HIM, YOU JUST CLOSED YOUR EYES AND PRAYED YOU WOULD LIVE TO DESTINATION. I WILL NEVER FORGET THE STORY ABOUT MY MOTHER FLUNKING PE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I WILL NEVER FORGET HIS GAMBLING AND HOW MUCH HE LOVED IT. NO MATTER HOW BAD HE FELT, HE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT AND PLAY. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MADE GRANDPA, GRANDPA!

HE PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2008.WE WILL ALL MISS HIM GREATLY. HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE AND WE ALL KNEW THAT. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH MY GRANDMA NANNY RIGHT NOW AND TRYING TO GET HER MOVED BACK TO POCATELLO. SHE HASN'T LIVED FOR QUITE A WHILE EITHER, SINCE SHE WAS HIS CARETAKER. GUIDO AND NANNY WERE SO IN LOVE. THEY WOULD YELL AT EACH OTHER, TALK WITH EACH OTHER, AND SMIRK LITTLE GRINS BACK AND FORTH. THAT IS HOW WE KNEW THEY WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BE TOGETHER. I WILL NEVER FORGET HIS MIDNIGHT TRIPS TO THE FRIDGE WHEN NANNY WAS ASLEEP TO GET CHEESECAKE OR WHATEVER WAS IN THERE, SINCE HE HAD DIABETES AND NANNY WOULDN'T LET HIM HAVE ANY. I WILL NEVER FORGET HIS FIRST WORDS TO US WHEN WE WALKED IN HIS HOME,"DON'T FEED THE DOGS CHOCOLATE." THOSE WERE HIS FIRST WORDS TO US SINCE CHILDHOOD AND HE STILL SAID THEM THE LAST TIME WE WENT AND SAW HIM. JARED WAS ONLY ABLE TO MEET HIM ONCE, AND HE IS A MAN THAT JARED TALKED ABOUT OVER AND OVER. HE REALLY TOUCHED HIS HEART IN THE ONE VISIT. THAT GOES TO SHOW HOW MUCH HE LOVED AND TOUCHED OTHERS. AND I WILL NEVER, NEVER, FORGET HOW MUCH I LOVED HIM. HE WAS AND STILL IS A GREAT MAN. HE WILL LIVE ON WITH US FOREVER.

WE KNOW HE IS IN A BETTER PLACE, ENJOYING THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED ON BEFORE, ENJOYING HIS HEALTH, AND ENJOYING TRULY LIVING AGAIN.

MUCH LOVE, GRANDPA! WE WILL MISS YOU! NOW, GO GOLF!

BERNT + MERRILL'S= BERRILLS FAMILY GET TOGETHER!

THIS PAST WEEKEND, JARED AND I WENT CAMPING WITH HIS COUSIN NATE, HIS WIFE, JEN AND THEIR GIRLS, LILY AND MEGAN. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. I WAS A LITTLE LEARY BEFORE WE LEFT ON HOW HALLE WOULD DO BUT WITH THE GIRLS THERE, SHE KEPT BUSY AND WAS GREAT. JARED AND NATE WOULD HUNT EARLY MORNING AND THEN IN THE EVENING AND COME BACK FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY. WHEN THEY CAME IN THERE WAS NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL WATCHING, SNACKING ON SNACKS, FRESHLY COOKED BROWNIES, FOUR-WHEELER RIDES, YOU NAME IT. IT WAS QUITE FUN. JARED AND I EVEN TOOK HALLE INTO SODA FOR A BIT TO PLAY AT THE PARK AND SEE MY OLD HOUSE I LIVED IN AND THEN WE HUNG OUT FOR A BIT AND HAD SOME FUN LITTLE FAM TIME. WE DID HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH THE MERRILL'S AND JEN, I DON'T KNOW IF I AM UP FOR YOUR CHALLENGE, BUT I GUESS I COULD TRY. THE KIDS WERE ALL ON THEIR BEST BEHAVIOR WHICH GAVE THE ADULTS TIME TO HANGOUT AND GET CAUGHT UP WITH EACH OTHER. ALSO, I WAS ABLE TO TAKE HALLE ON A WALK BY THE WATER, AND A FOUR-WHEELER RIDE AND IT WAS GOOD TIME FOR US GIRLS TO HANG-OUT IN THE BEAUTIFUL OUTDOORS. THANKS CHRIS AND MOM FOR LETTING US GO TO YOUR PROPERTY, WE LOVED IT! THANKS MERRILLS FOR MAKING IT SO FUN! WE LOVE YA!

HALLE AND JARED SAYING GOOD-BYE BEFORE THE NIGHT HUNT. JARED WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE HIS LITTLE CUB THERE!

HERE ARE THE MIGHT HUNTERS. NO ELK YET BUT HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEKEND. THEY HAVE SEEN ALOT JUST HAD NO GOOD SHOTS YET. IT WILL COME IN DUE TIME. HOWEVER, THEY CAN HAVE A GREAT TIME UNTIL THEN!

THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY WE WENT ON, I LOVE IT.

FAMILY, FAIR, AND FUN OVER LABOR DAY!

SOME OF THESE PICTURES ARE OUT OF ORDER BUT I DIDN'T CARE JUST AS LONG AS I COULD ACTUALLY GET THEM POSTED WHILE HALLE WAS ASLEEP. ON FRIDAY MY SIS AND HER FAMILY CAME UP TO GO TO THE FAIR IN BLACKFOOT. THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO GO WITH TROYS FAM. THEY DO IT EVERY YEAR. TROYS MOM HAD TO END UP WORKING AND COULDN'T COME SO WE ALL WENT-IT WAS A BLAST. EXCEPT, JARED WAS HUNTING AND WE MISSED HIM. AFTER CHURCH ON SUNDAY, WE WENT UP TO SODA TO FORMATION CAVES, WHERE A BUNCH OF CAVES AND WATER ARE-IT WAS NEAT AND BEAUTIFUL. THEN OFF TO THE FARM TO PLAY...THE WEATHER GOT BAD SO JARED AND I AND HALLE HAD TO COME HOME SINCE THE HONDA WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT IN THE FARM MUD. HOWEVER, THANKS FOR A GREAT WEEKEND. WE LOVED IT!

HANGING OUT AT NANNA'S BEFORE WE WENT TO FORMATION CAVES IN SODA. I LOVE THESE TWO SO MUCH!
UNCLE TROY WON THESE TOYS FOR HALLE, WE CAN'T QUITE FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY ARE BUT SHE STILL LOVES THEM.
PAPA LOVES THE GRANDKIDS AND AS YOU CAN TELL, HE GETS ALOT DONE WHEN HE IS WITH THEM. WE LOVE YOU PAPA!
HALLE BEFOR LEAVING THE CAVES. THERE WAS A DUST STORM AND THE WEATHER CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN SECONDS-NORMAL FOR IDAHO. WE ACTUALLY SAW A SMALL REAL TORNADO, SCARY!
HERE ARE THE BOYS WHEN THEY WERE DONE IN THE CAVE. THERE WAS A GEOCACHE THEY FOUND DOWN THERE AND JARED GOT A FOUR LEAF CLOVER COOKIE CUTTER OUT OF IT, SO I GUESS IT WAS WORTH IT!

HALLE AND I AT FORMATION CAVES IN SODA WITH THE CLAN.
HALLE, TREVY, AND I PLAYING BY THE WATER AT THE CAVES....
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A AWESOME CAVE YOU COULD GO IN AND LOOK AROUND. WE DID IT. IT WAS PRETTY COOL AND THE WEATHER DOWN THERE WAS MUCH COOLER. THIS LOOKS LIKE JARED IS A CHIPMUNK AT ONE OF THOSE FAIR BOOTHS WITH HIS HEAD POPPING OUT OF A UNDERGROUND TUNNE. CUTE CHEESER!
HERE IS THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CAVE LOOKING DOWN IN..

MY SIS AND HER FAM CAME DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND AND WE WENT TO THE FAIR IN BLACKFOOT. IT WAS SO FUN BUT IT WAS PROBABLY THE "HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR!"
THIS IS HALLE TRYING COTTON CANDY FOR THE FIRST TIME. SHE WAS NOT A FAN BECAUSE IT GOT STICKY AND SHE COULDN'T TAKE IT OUT OF HER MOUTH AND PLAY WITH IT LIKE MOST OTHER THINGS SHE EATS.
TROY, NIKI, AND TREVOR EATING AT THE FAIR. TREVY LOVED THE HAMBURGERS, HE WAS TRYING TO SHARE HIS WITH US...
HERE ARE THE BABES HANGING OUT AT THE FAIR WAITING FOR NANA AND PAPA TO EAT THEIR LUNCH! HALLE KAY AND I AT THE FAIR CHILLING. WE WERE SAD JARED COULDN'T COME WITH US BUT BOWHUNTING SEASON STARTED THIS SAME DAY AND WE NEED HIM TO GET US SOME MEAT. WE WISH HIM LUCK AND WE ARE SAD HE COULDN'T MAKE IT, MAYBE NEXT YEAR! THIS IS NANNA AT THE FAIR CARRYING HALLE CUB. SHE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND WAS SUCH A GOOD GIRL IN THE HEAT AND BUSINESS THAT SHE WAS OUT COLD ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE WE LEFT. SHE WAS EXHAUSTED FROM ALL THE FUN!