New Arrivals...

Well, the end of July has come and gone, and we are well into August with Fall right close behind!  Here in Inkom, school starts in just 5 short days, and I'm not liking the part about summer being over!  It was way too short!  A lot of things have been happening these last few weeks, so here's the summary:

We have a new grandbaby!  

 Pierce Von Larsen made his arrival on July 27th.

I had a day in between the Dworshak trip and Florida to get some clothes washed and packed and then it was time to fly out!  It was good to see Tess and Jake and the little girls!  I even had a few memorable encounters along my way!  I ran into John Wayne Shultz (American Idol contestant) in the Salt Lake airport.  He was also a missionary in the same mission as the Nelson's in our Ward, so I led with that!  We had a nice visit and he was very sweet and fun to talk to!  Then when Jake picked me up in Orlando, we all of a sudden noticed a black truck in front of us with a "Prisoner Transport" person standing next to it...and low and behold, he was taking hand cuffs off from Casey Anthony!  I guess she had been in hiding, and no one knew where she was, but we saw her being transported to the airport that night...just 20 ft. in front of us!  So those were my airport encounters.

Anyway...it was wonderful to be there with Tess and we got to go to Stake-n-Shake first thing!

 Addi and Brielle

It was not long after we got home from lunch that we took Tanessa to the hospital, and she delivered Pierce even before suppertime!  Super quick!  He weighed 7 lbs. 14 oz., was 21" long and was born at 5:03 p.m. 

 He is such a doll!

While I was in Florida, Brent was busy finishing up his big concrete order.  They got them all installed on Saturday, July 30th. 

 Kitchen area

 Bathrooms and hand painted sinks...

Wet bar and laundry room.

 They all turned out great!  He got them in just in time to go for a motorcycle ride, get tipped off, and break his other collar bone!  lol  (He is mending quickly and is almost as good as new!)

Along with our little trip to Dworshak came the arrival of our new pickup!!  Well, new to us.  Brent sold our pickup just days before our trip, so we had to hurry and buy another one so we could go! 

 We were able to find this Avalanche in Salt Lake and we rather like it.  I have affectionately named it G.G. (gas guzzler), but it has a lot of power, and the leather seats inside are nice and comfortable, so I guess we will enjoy it for awhile!

Also, on August 15th my mom and dad celebrated their 59th Wedding Anniversary!   So I will wish them a very happy anniversary here.  They are wonderful parents, so giving and loving!  I appreciate all they do for us and are so very proud to call them "Our Family".

(My Mom will kill me, but she sent me her official Anniversary picture...and this is what I got!)

While they were out celebrating, mom stubbed her toe on some uneven ground and took a fall...right on her face!!  She says she is doing better, but she doesn't look so hot to me!!  Get well soon, mom!

Dworshak...the experience!

We had the opportunity to go back up to Dworshak Reservoir the end of July.  We were there 2 years ago with Trisha and Danny and had so much fun!  This year Jake and Janelle were able to get off work and go with us, and Danny was able to take a couple of days and they met us there on Wed. the 21st.  We hauled all the stuff across the lake and set up our camp.

We were right on the edge of the water, up on an embankment...it was so pretty to look out over the lake at night with the moon shining.

 There was a little sandy beach right below us.

 Jake and Janelle and Ali and Grant going down to explore.

On Thursday, we woke up to kind of a cool morning.  We were all wearing our jackets and staying near the fire for a while.  But the sun broke free and we took off for the dock.  They have these cool freestanding docks out in the middle of the Reservoir.  They are big squares that have an open area in the middle for swimming.  We set up our chairs and canopy on the dock, where there's a picnic table and such.  It's so fun to hang out there!  Here's some pictures of the dock, and you will notice a few white boys...farmer's tans...to go along with them!!

 Like father, like son!

 "We need a little sunshine!"

 Grandma hanging out with the kids...
notice we have tans!!

We were all alone on the dock...we could come and go as we pleased.  It's so pretty with all the trees!

 We did a lot of boating.  Jacob and Danny tried out the new Wakeskate.
A little harder than it looked!  

 Trisha, Dan, Jake, and Brent all skied, and Janelle tried slalom for the first time.

  Ali even tried skiing for the very first time!  She did so well and got up a couple of times...not for very long, but she did Great!

The tubing is always fun!  Here's Trisha and Danny's family all tubing together!

That afternoon while they were tubing, they found some cool rocks where they could climb up and jump off.  They all took turns, higher and higher, even Ali jumped!  We got the best pictures and videos...until the last day when my camera flew into the Reservoir...never to be seen again!  (So these pictures are courtesy of Danny and Trisha!!)  Sorry, no rock diving pictures this year!

That evening back at camp, we had a great dinner (thanks to Trisha) of pulled pork sandwiches!  Their family went on a little hike and picked some wild blackberries and she made us a super yummy cobbler, which we all snarfed up so fast!  Later as we were walking around we kept seeing all these little frogs.  We told Janelle, and she just went right over there and scooped one up!  Before the night was over she had grabbed two more!  "George"  was the first one.  "Larry"  the BIG one!

 Ali and Grant showing off the frogs!

 Jacob couldn't be outdone!  He had to hold "Larry"!

The next day, we headed back over to the dock for a little more fun!  

 Complete with snacks...

 and sun bathing...

swimming...

 ...and a little "showing off" for the camera!!

There's never a time with Danny and Jacob that there's not some kind of game or competition going on!  They played a little "Football Dive" off the dock!

 Not sure why Danny was diving so soon??
That ball's not even close!

Get that ball!!!

It was a little cooler that day, so the "Kid Rock" outfit made it's appearance!

 And now, "Kid Rock" is married!!  So the matching suits came out!!  

 Along with the fashion shows...

Then it was time to get down to some serious tubing! 

Jake and Janelle got some wild rides, and then Danny joined them.

Trisha and Danny got their crazy rides next.

They all had a "screaming" great time!

We all had a really awesome time...
smiles all around!
Hopefully another year we will have more family that can go with us! 

 And what do you do when the need arises 

and you're on the lake?

Now THAT's a tan!




(thanks to Trisha and Danny for their pictures!)