Meet Allie

Allie is the newest addition to our family. I caved and decided to go ahead and keep one of Bandit and Tabyana's puppies. She is almost 9 weeks old now. And she is absolutely adorable. And loveable. And Smart. Very, very smart.

I wasn't going to keep one of the puppies. But Allie was my favorite. And we actually sold her to an older couple. I couldn't even come downstairs to see her leave because it hurt too bad. But I had made my decision about not keeping one so I knew I had to let her go.

But, fate was on our hands because they brought her back to us the next morning. Turns out that the guy had a poodle that hated the puppy. The lady wanted the puppy, but the guy won out so we got Allie back.

I saw this as a sign that she was meant to be with us. She left and came back. And when she came back, she was soooo excited and happy and gave me tons of kisses. The lady even commented on how happy she was to be back. It was meant to be.

So this is our new baby. And we love her. Isn't she beautiful!!

Speaking of Sunsets

Monday night, we had a horrible dust storm pass through. I mean, it hit us like a ton of bricks. I looked up and saw the dust cloud and then next thing I knew I was running into the house hoping my fence wasn't going to blow down. After the storm cleared, this is what happened. The sky went through a multitude of changes. They occurred over the course of about 30 minutes. From one extreme to another. Mother nature at her best. None of my photos are Photoshop'd. They are au naturel.

Playing in the river

We went and played in the Boise River the other day. It was beautiful out. Years ago, when Flyboy and I started dating, he brought me to this same spot and we went crawfishing. We caught a bunch of crawdads and took them home and cooked and ate them. It was a lot of fun. We haven't been here in years. And it's not far from where we live. We need to come here more often. It's the perfect spot. It's not too deep and the girls had a ton of fun.

This is where we first got in the river.

Walking under Linder bridge. You can see how shallow it is right here. It does get a bit deeper as you'll see in the next pictures.

Don and the girls are starting to search for crawdads. They're sort of hard to spot, but once you see one, it seems like you suddenly see them everywhere.

J is my little fish. She has always loved the water.

Isn't it beautiful here?

SB and Flyboy turning rocks searching.....

J and E swimming.

Still searching......

Ooh! A cool rock!

Hi Suger Booger! My little fishy!

I brought my chair and found a spot to sit.

See? I told you she was a fish!

E is fishy #2

Another beautiful spot on the river

And What do we have here???

A crawdad!!! The first catch of the day.

Can you see it's claw? It was trying to get me!

Here's another one.

We threw several back before we decided to keep some to bring home. We only kept about 12 or so.

The puppies wanted to eat them. Silver boy got pinched and had enough.

Crawdads cooking. Notice how they turned red?

This is the mack daddy of them all. I found this one. I made Flyboy catch it though.

Preparing to eat them with some melted butter

Each of us got a little taste. They are really pretty good. Just think of a baby lobster.

All in all it was a pretty fun day. The girls love to get outside and do some exploring. We need to do it more often.

Family Day at the Western Idaho Fair

The girls and I went on the swings. It was fun.

Hello down there!

Coming out of the funhouse

SB and E on a spinny ride. I don't ride those anymore.

J and I on a baby ride. I was making truck driving noises and embarrassed her. She's no fun!!!

SB and E on the bumper cars

SB and E on the new ride. It made them sick. A girl threw up on it right after they rode it. This is why I don't do spinny rides anymore.

J on the spinny ride

Trying to get out of the heat. I think it was 110 degrees that day. It was miserable!

J and I on the merry-go-round. I don't think you ever outgrow it.

SB and I upside down

Hi Flyboy! This was great fun!

E and J on the baby swings.

E and J entered a contest in the 4H barn.

They had to eat like chickens.

They won candy bars. Yum!!