WOW! It's Been Awhile!

I can hardly believe that it's been almost a month since I last blogged. This past month has just flown by and we've been running, running, running! We've spent several weekends at the cabin while trying to catch up on house work and paper work at home during the week. We head out in a couple days to go to our nephew's wedding, I feel old! This little guy (not so little anymore, as he's 6' 4 " tall) was only 6 months old at my wedding....EEEEKKKKK! It's hard to believe he's old enough to get married. We'll also see his sister who's married and just had her second child 6 months ago, she was our flower girl. Oh well, time marches on.

Here's some recent pictures of the fire and how close it came to some of the cabins in our little subdivision, neither of the houses is ours, we can't get a good picture of our cabin from the lake.



While we were at the cabin last weekend, we were treated to the site of dual helicopters circling, dipping into the lake, and then dumping on a nearby ridge. We are still unsure as to whether there was a fire or not, it seemed to be more of a training exercise, plus we didn't see any smoke. But, it was fascinating watching them.

Every time we're at the lake, we see people jumping off this rock at one end of the lake. The boys have always thought it looked like fun. Well, this time they were brave enough to join their cousins and they all jumped off the rock. I did ok watching them, I was just glad they went for the lower rock rather than the much higher one that some older teens and adults jump off, although I'm sure it's just a matter of time & maturity! LOL! Jonah thought it looked a little too high from the very top of the rock so he found a bit lower ledge that he could climb down to and jumped from there. I was proud that he faced his fear and took the plunge...it only took once and then back up he went to jump several more times. The first two pictures are Levi jumping and the third is Jonah jumping.

When it's rough on the lake, the boys don't like the knee board or wake board so they tube! I'm not sure who has more fun...the boys riding in the tube or their Dad driving the boat trying to flip them out of the tube! LOL! After a long day of play, Jonah sacks out on the back seat with our chocolate lab, Cabela.

There's always a ton of animals along the lake. One night we were kept awake by the large herd of elk that moved in around our cabin to munch on the grass just after dark. They spent the whole night around our cabin and in the draw that's behind, they didn't just spend the whole night eating they also "talked" to one another the whole time! It wasn't the most peaceful night spent at the cabin, but it was neat to listen to them "talk." These pictures are of some mountain sheep that were down along the edge of the lake getting a drink and enjoying the green bushes alongside. It's always fun to stop and watch them a bit.

Although the fires have burned lots of area and blackened most of the hillsides around our cabin, the smoke has made for some absolutely beautiful sunsets. Here's one to share with you all...

Well, I think that about catches it up for the past 3+ weeks. Have a great day!