The Owen Family!

Friday, August 22, 2014

Summer Camping Trips

We had a lot of fun camping this summer! Yellowstone was our big adventure! We had a great time! It was a long drive, but worth it!

On our way! We stopped in Coeur d' Alene to play at a really nice park and the Lake. We watched planes land and take off on the water.

We stayed at Henry's Lake which is about 15 miles outside of West Yellowstone.

We saw a lot of bison!

Ice Cream break! We had a lot of those. :)

We drove to Bar J Wranglers in Jackson Wyoming one evening. It is a chuckwagon and they serve a great meal and put on a great show!

People were so close to the bison. I wanted to see one get rammed so bad!

The mud volcanoes were so cool!

We went to the Johnny Sack Cabin in Island Park. So cool! Nate wants to build a cabin now.

Saying good-bye to Boppi and Nanni!

Storm rolling in. Time to go home. :)

Our next camping trip was to Clarkia. Clarkia is very close to us and we have never been. We got invited to go with some friends. It was super fun! Cooper was in Boise with grandparents for a couple weeks. We can't wait to take him back. He will love garnet hunting!

Yeager was in heaven!

One night there was a moose and a her baby.

We spent a lot of time down in the water.

These two! :)

Our third camping trip was to Kamiah to visit the Mayer family!

We saw probably over 40 deer, we think a bear, and spear fishing!

A fun afternoon at the river.

Thanks Mayer's for having us!

We went to Camp Lutherhaven last weekend for four days. The boys had fun in their cabin groups and I volunteered as the medic. That was a busy job! And the worst part was I got sick the second night of being there. It was awful! Nate came the next morning and spent two days with us.

One of the most beautiful views!

Charlie's cabin group!

Excited to go play on the beach!

Lots of games were played! Always something fun to do!

The rocket was a favorite! Cooper's cabin group is on there getting rocked off.

Lots of worship, praise and songs.

"I just want to be a sheep....."

"How Marvelous...."

The Amazing counselors and staff at Lutherhaven!

Our next camping trip will be to the Latah County fair to sell Coop's pig!

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Baseball has come to an end

We have been watching ball games since March! We are ready for a few weeks off. Cooper started Cal Ripken in March, Charlie started pitching machine in June and Emma started T-ball when Charlie started. They all did well and had a great time! Emma had a hard time at the beginning of each game, but after a pep talk from Coach Al she was good to go!

T-ball

Pitching Machine

Team photo since we forgot to get one!

And everyone else! Fun swim party while it lasted until the storm hit.

Cal Ripken

Very nice thank you gift for helping coach! Thank you friends!

The kiddos also took some swimming lessons this summer. Emma didn't enjoy it too much, but made it through and was more comfortable by the end.

A few weeks off until Cooper starts Club Soccer and Charlie begins another year of Parks & Rec Soccer.

4-H Adventures

We are having so much fun with Cooper's 4-H project. He wanted to take a pig, so we have two pigs! They are so much fun! They are just like dogs and wag their little tails, come right up to the fence and want you to pet them, they love to run under the water and roll in the mud, and race around in circles. They are growing very well! Here are a few pictures:

So cute, tiny and noisy!

Going in to pick out his pig.

Aren't they the cutest?

They loved going out that tiny side chicken door. We had to close it off shortly after we got them.

And sleeping there. :)

They love the water!

Working on their pig cutting boards.

Yeags used to have fun scaring them, but they aren't too scared of him anymore.

I was trying to catch her under the water and she caught me and started coming for me.

Today we had a great opportunity to go help make lentil bag samples for the USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council for their marketing program. Cooper, Emma, and I filled 221 bags!