HOME AGAIN.....

We all got up this morning and got ready to head back to Nampa. After  eating a quick breakfast, loading the car, and doing a quick run through the condo to make sure we got everything, I took one last shot from our patio deck. It was a lot cooler this morning and no one was on the lake. Everyone's gone back to the valley as the kids are all in school again. It was so peaceful.

Cory and Alivia got up early and went on one last bike ride here. They managed to get a picture of a spotted fawn. I was so glad they did because I missed my shot of the momma and her twin spotted fawns on Saturday morning. 

We then went over to help Mom and Debbie and group, get their belongings up to their cars. I took a picture of where they were to where our condo was, which was on the other side of the pool. Farewell till another time.  It was a wonderful weekend.

SUNDAY IN McCALL

Sunday, we got up late and then went to the 11:30 church at the McCall building. We stayed for Sacrament meeting and then came back to the condo's and discussed a conference talk.

I got a picture of Cory and Alivia before we started.

The rest were seated in the living room of our condo. Not sure what Diane was sneering about lol but mom looks pretty serious as well. 

But then again, so do Danae and Deb. After our discussion, we ate lunch. I made chicken salad and brought up croissants. Then, they added, grapes, a relish tray and chips. 

We played games after dinner. Cory had gone back to their condo and Jess went to his room to rest.

It was only the 2nd time we played games so I didn't have a problem joining in.

Alivia photo bombing. She's so pretty!  We played about 9 rounds of Golf and thenn Danae wanted to leave. Lynn wanted to stay and watch TV but when she saw everyone in the condo she was staying at, left, she went to. 

Jess (the family clown) said he was going swimming again. He went everyday to swim in the lake. Early morning  or late at night. He posed on a rock because he knew I was taking pictures from our patio deck.  What a joker!!

Diane took pictures too and yelled out the window....

"HE's all mine."  lol

SO, you know me..... I AI ed him! 

Then he went in and we went back to watching TV.

The sunset was lovely.

Another good day!

SATURDAY, A FUN OUTING

Saturday, the four of us decided to drive up to Brundage, where Chris, Tammy and the kids were camping for a bike race the kids were in. There were over a thousand kids up there for the race. All from various places in Idaho and some from Jackson Hole Wyoming.

We got a picture with the family. 

And one with just Tammy, Chris and the kids. Anna didn't look to happy in any of the pictures. Couldn't get her to smile for the life of me. I guess she wasn't happy with her race but she finished and that was what was important. 

We purchased tickets for the chair lift to the top of Brundage. It was fun to see a ton of bikers on the ground. 

The ride up was beautiful. It was amazing to feel the difference in temperature from the bottom to the top. 

Selfies are not my forte. 

But I did good for these two. 

At the top, we had a great view of the area.

Jess likes to frown for pictures so Diane forced him to smile.

After the visit to the top, we headed back down again. 

There were still some of the older kids racing. Got a shot of them from the chairlift.  Kinda cool!!

All the tents of the various teams that participated.  There were several campers and tents sent up for those who were there. Tammy and Chris had their camper up there and were driving home on Sunday. There were a lot more campers to the left. After we got down, we drove to Ponderosa Park and up to the lookout point.

There were some very nice people visiting from all over. Some were Japanese and offered to take a picture of us all. 

It's so pretty up here. I haven't been up here since we had a family reunion in McCall with my kids.

Another couple took a picture of us from a different angle. They happened to be from Nampa and pretty close to where we live.  After driving down to the town again, we called everyone and they wanted to meet at a restaurant for dinner. 

We met at a Chapala Mexican restaurant on the lake. It was sure good food.  Everyone except Cory were there. He stayed at the condo and rested. He and Alivia had been on a long bike ride.

It was another beautiful view from the restaurant.

 After everyone had eaten, several of them wanted to shop. We waited on the street for a while and then we decided we wanted an ice-cream so we walked across the street to Ice-Cream Alley.

It's always a wait because the line is always long. But, Tony said, "We've had to wait for them, so they can wait for us"....lol  He got us cones while I saved a bench for us to sit on. When he came back, I got a picture. Look at the size of those cones!!  That was supposed to be a monter scoop. ONE SCOOP!!  There were at least 6 smaller scoops on my cone. I ate most of mine and then gave the remainder to Tony. Made his day! lol  We met Jess and Diane and headed back to the condo to watch movies. It was a good day!

McCALL WEEKEND WITH TONY'S MOTHER AND SIBLINGS

A year ago, Alivia  (Tony's niece) planned a trip to McCall for us, her husband, mother and sister and her Aunt Diane and Uncle Jess. The date finally got here and we left last Friday. We got all packed and went to Lynn's. She and Diane had gone shopping and Debbie and Danae and Jess were at the house waiting to leave. We all kept calling Lynn and Diane but they didn't answer. SO, Debbie and Danae left in their car and Alivia and Cory left in theirs. Finally, we left and Jess waited for Lynn and Mom to get done shopping. It was a bit frustrating but it is what is is. lol

Tony and I arrived at the condo 1st. We rented two and this is the one that we were staying at with Jess & Diane. All the others' were in a condo across from us. The pool was in between our condo's.  We got settled (we took the room with an attached bathroom) That's a perk for being 1st to arrive. lol  

This is the living room with a enclosed porch that overlooks the Payette Lake. It was beautiful!

We could see the other condo outside that window. 

I liked the artwork in this one.  I didn't take pictures of the bedrooms but there were 3 of them. 2 bathrooms, a kitchen and the living room and patio deck.

Tony and I went out to the deck and he worked on a puzzle book while we waited for the rest to show up. 

I had stamped a bunch of art for cards and so I inked them with my alcohol markers while we waited.  Finally, Jess, Diane and mom showed up. They came in and unloaded and then Jess & Tony went over to help Debbie and the rest unload into their condo. Mom thought she was staying in our condo but they had planned on her staying with Deb so I walked her over to it.  Their condo was on a lower level but they had to take stairs to get to it. It was not the best for Deb, since she just had hip surgery but that condo had 3 bedrooms and a bathroom for each one of them as well as handicapped for Danae. So, she endured the stairs.  We played a few rounds of Golf with Deb, Mom, Danae and Alivia. 

The pool was between the condo's was very nice. After we got them all unloaded and settled, played a game then Diane, Tony and I went swimming. (I was bound and determined NOT to sit and play games the entire weekend. lol 

 So, in the pool we went.  It was a wee bit cool on the initial dip but it felt great after ya got used to it.

Alivia met us a little later after she and Cory took their service dog (Juniper) for a swim in the lake with Jess.  After we swam, Alivia went to her condo and we went back to ours. Tony got the TV to work and we watched a Liam Neeson movie. Then we turned in for the night. It was a good start to the weekend.

DANG GANG BANGERS

We went to the gym and got a few things we needed for our trip to McCall this weekend. On our way home, I noticed the graffiti on Patricks fence. I mentioned it to Tony and he said he'd better go check our fence. We hadn't even looked at ours as we passed by.

Patrick's fence is old and it didn't show up near as bad as it did on ours!  None the less, it is infuriating!!

It stood out like a sore thumb on our fence because Tony just replaced it this spring and early summer. He is going to replace the dark fence behind the shed but was waiting till the weather cools off.  He called the Police and they told us that there are two gangs here (the North gang and the South gang) The blue indicates it is the South as the North use red. He asked if we wanted to press charges?  How in the world do you press charges if you don't know exactly who did it. Tony said if he knew who it was, he'd like them to buy new boards but that'll never happen. He went to Home Depot to see if there was a paint to cover it that would match the wood. Then he decided to just paint over it with gray spray paint he had. It's the 3rd time this has happened and probably won't be the last, so he decided since it faces the canal, he doesn't care what color he uses.

We won't see it from the house so it is what it is. The police officer did come over and Patrick got home from work. The 4 of them were outside discussing it and Tony said Patrick was using all kinds of caustic language and Shawn was trying to calm him down so he didn't get himself in trouble with the police. He has cameras' on his house but unfortunately, it didn't pick them up. Patrick painted over his with brown paint and ours is done with gray.

Shawn hasn't done anything with his yet.

Made a broccoli and cauliflower soup  and shared it with Tony's family when they got to town.

Looking forward to our trip to McCall.