My Whole Heart

They actually stood for this picture with *almost* no complaining.

The Beginning of the End

 Well, here we are at Carter's senior year of high school.....ready or not. It's going to be a whole bunch of "lasts" this year, and I am not sure how to wrap my mind around it.  One of the cool things his school does for the seniors is allow them to purchase their own parking spot for the year, and to paint it with an approved design.  Carter opted to go with the Thin Blue Line flag, and it was a tricky little design considering the parking spots are off-kilter. But we got it done and he's pretty happy with the final outcome.  

I am still not sure how we went from diapers and bottles to his senior year...buckle up!  To me, he'll always be the little boy whose tongue is out when he's concentrating (see if you can spot it in the pics).

3-Peat Champ!

It should come as no shock that this girl has done it again. Senior Grand Champion Sheep Showman...and the third year IN A ROW that she has earned the title of Overall Senior Sheep Showman.  What an amazing accomplishment!!

Camping Again!

Boy, this weekend's camping was sure different than just two weeks ago.  The spot was a tent city - SO.MANY.PEOPLE. Definitely not how we are used to seeing things up there, but we made the best of it.  No kids this weekend - adults only! Mother Nature released her wrath for about three hours on Saturday afternoon/early evening with rain like I have never seen in Lowman. Wild! Other than that small adventure, the weather was spectacular and the company was top notch.  Dana and Tess were master chefs on the Blackstone! Indy has taken over our beloved Jesse's role as rock diving dog. Poor Banks got cold, so we put him in one of Randy's hoodies overnight, and then had some good snuggles with him in the morning.  

My Ray Of Sunshine

 

Camping - FINALLY

I'm not going to lie, we desperately needed some camping time. It had been a couple of really busy weeks, and it was time for TIME to slow down....meaning, river time. Randy's girls aren't big campers, so we were a little nervous that they would be bored out of their minds....which proved to be completely false. They had such a great time and spent virtually every waking moment in the river. I had developed a sinus infection and ear infection right as we were packing to leave town, so I made quick work of acquiring some antibiotics...I'd much rather be miserable/sick in the mountains. While that component wasn't the best, it was still wonderful to get up to the mountains and spend time with the family.  We also took the girls into Stanley one morning - what the hell has happened to that little town? It was packed! Not sure if there was some festival going on up there or what...even Redfish was horribly overcrowded. Another little mountain town, totally ruined.