Minnesota

It has been a month since we were in Minnesota but we thought it would good to post a few pics before August is complete.

The shower

Bobbi, Amanda and Becky

Dad and Megan

Stacey, Mom and Amanda

Caitlyn wanted a picture

Belly wars!

Caitlyn

Amanda's pike

Ellie's bass

Fishing at Dunton Locks

Catch!

Brian and some of his girls

Michael likes the dark ones

Mmmmm

Grandma the marshmallow dispenser

Playing in the fire

Oh Justin

Neka and Chris

Fresh Blueberries!

Neka loved the water

Justin's catch of the trip

Amanda and Kathy

Megan and Caitlyn

Luau

This past weekend some of our friends decided to have a luau. This included a roasted pig, roasted in an unusual manner:

• A hole was dug
• A fire was started
• The pig (covered in tinfoil and a sheet) was placed on the fire in the hole
• The pig was covered with dirt
• The pig cooked all day in the hole

By the time we came over it just needed to be pulled from the ground. It was good. We would definitely do it again.

Our attire

The hole with piggy inside

Chris eager for some pork

There it is

Paul with his souvenir... and yes there is an apple in its mouth

The crew

A Good Day

Happy Good Neighbor Day! Yesterday we celebrated Good Neighbor Day here in Kimberly. We rode our bikes down to the park for a pig roast complete with fresh Idaho potatoes and all the sides. After dinner we strolled on over to the book sale where we made quite a few purchases. It was fun picking out children's books for our little girl and finding old classics for ourselves. Twelve books for five bucks... felt like Christmas in July. Our only problem was trying to figure out how to get them back on bikes... we managed, or should I say Chris managed and is quite talented :)

30 Weeks and feeling good.

Strawberries

Beans


Banana Peppers

The rest

Our Book Purchases

Chris enjoying one of the finds.

Parents out for a Visit

Waterfalls along the Snake

Part of the 1000 Springs Area

Smile!

It looks like the water comes from nowhere

On the boat

Pure blue 58 degree water.

It comes from springs underneath the water

The river water doesn't look so blue

Shoshone Falls is as high as it has been in years

Powerful

A new highchair for our little girl. We found it at a garage sale where the seller had a hard time parting with it. She used it for all 7 of her children.

Camping With Our Lifegroup

We did some camping last weekend with our lifegroup. It rained the whole weekend but we stayed pretty warm and had a good time. We even saw a bear mosey on over to our campsite. It ran away fairly quickly when it saw everyone. Other than that we just saw the typical deer and elk we come to expect up there.

Our Lifegroup

Abby and Chael out for a walk.

Chris and Mike cooking breakfast.

Tyler and Paul making a campfire.

Chael and Mike

Our tent in the mountains (the bear was about 50 yards behind it).

Out for a little hike

Abby and Amanda chatting by the creek.

Baker Creek

The Baileys at the coffee shop after camping.

Chael

Amanda found this morel mushroom while look for Abby's wedding ring (which was left at home).

and that was a good mushroom.