Long overdue...

Holy cow...I just realized that it's been a month since my last post! To those family & friends who check this regularly to see what's going on with DemCougs...SORRY!!

So what's happened in the past 30 days...hmmm...a LOT.  Some good, some bad, some really bad...but all of it shapes us into the people we are and will become.

In mid-June we loaded up the SilverBullet and went camping at Dworshak for a cousin's graduation party. We had fabulous weather, got to go four-wheeling and out in the boat, play a ton of cards, hang out with family we love but only see a couple times a year...all in all - had a fantastic weekend!  G even went tubing behind the boat...no fear whatsoever on her part (me, terrified!).  She also was the constant shadow of two older cousins but enjoyed the attention from all the cousins who were there! K got some great time in the great outdoors and hanging with Grandma and a couple sweet aunties!!

Another nice twist to the last month was some unimpeded time at home.  We actually got time to work on projects we wanted to work on...painting some trim that needed it, work in the flower beds, mower the lawn, work on the deck, and just relaxing - hard to believe I know, but yes, just curling up and doing some NOTHING! :-)

We also got to go on our first raft trip of the year!!! it was FABULOUS!!!!!!!! The water was high (13000 cfs), the sun was hot and the company was great...I couldn't have dreamed of a better trip! We even got a jet boat trip out of the raft trip! :-)  Then we were home about 30 minutes when we got a phone call no one ever wants to receive.  We were notified about a family member who was involved in a murder/suicide.  In that moment the world stops spinning, pauses, you lose your breath and then the world continues spinning but nothing is the same.
We have tried to get our brains to believe the unbelievable...and while that might never happen, we have at least accepted what happened and are trying to move forward. 

Meanwhile - K is now walking everywhere and can get himself standing from sitting.  He is so proud of himslef and has found tailing sister is much easier now that he's bipedal!  He's also cooing, trying to talk a lot more and the other day he grabbed a toy truck and started making a "vrooming" sounds and since then, he is 110% boy - only focused on tractors, trucks, cars and anything that can be banged into something else for a big noise!
G is still rocking dance - they are focusing on tap right now and working on a routine for their end-of-summer recital.  She is also still loving gymanstics...and I am still convinced this is the most adorable thing ever...she is tumbling, bouncing, flying (like Tinkerbell as she said) and starting to learn about class dynamics, although she definitely has her own perspective. She was having some troubles with cutting in line and trying to get the teacher's attention, so before her last class I reminded her that she needed to listen to directions and not cut in line.  To this she responded..."it's okay, I'll just be first."  Hard to argue & not laugh at that line of reasoning. :-)

So now a weekend to clean the house, get things packed and ready to go for raft trip #2 and Grandma Carol's visit.  Hopefully a new post to come much quicker this time around, but no promises...it is summer after all! :-)