A Lost Piece of History

I have been so stir crazy being in the house all the time,

 so Kira, the girls and I went for a little drive, to all places PAUL, Idaho.

These buildings are on East Idaho Rd. off of Main Street.  I loved seeing these neat old buildings
 and look at the the amazing 

Mason sign and the Order of the Eastern Stars sign.
I wonder how old they are.

I do not know what this building was, but what potential!

And the old grange hall.

I remember when there were dances on Saturday 

and some of the churches meeting on Sunday in  grange halls.

I guess in a way it is really sad that these buildings have fallen into such ... do I say disrepair?

Maybe because they are on a side road.

Maybe it is because old things don't matter anymore..

but it was really neat to see these lost pieces of history.

Josh and Ali

are celebrating their 2nd wedding anniversary today!

2 Years!!!

The funny part is that it seems that Ali has been part of our family "forever".

We love having her as a daughter and appreciate how she put ups with takes care of Josh.

I still can remember like it was yesterday when Josh and I went to Twin Falls and he shared his feelings for Ali and that he wanted to marry her. 

They were married in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple.

They had their reception the same night in Burley.

and with any good reception you can bet there will be a mess made on the couple's car.

I could not believe all the people that came to congratulate them and celebrate in their happiness.

You have to love it when you see your children happy.

Congrats Josh and Ali wishing you many more years to come.

We love you

I am not sure why my pictures look strange...I will blame it on Blogger.

How Can There Be...

ICE  crackling in the river...when it is 36* outside??

A very COLD Northern wind was blowing...

that is why.

What Did You Do This Weekend?

I wanted to go to the mountains and see if the leaves were starting to change colors.

So, when Kirk got off work we drove to the area of southern Idaho known as Rock Creek.

There was a little bit of color.

 But the further we went the more colors we could find.

 We found one of the many nice little camp grounds and roasted hot dogs

 Kira and I were both grateful that it came with a nice clean potty.

 It was nice just to hang out

 and it was a good thing we were not in to big of a hurry to get home...because we found our selves taking a few misguided dirt roads.

nothing to be worried about...

Kirk is really good at finding his way around.

It was a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon and evening.

IT IS TRUE...I AM REALLY HOME!

Leaving Utah was truly a bitter sweet moment

but I can not tell you how happy I am to be home.
It really hit me as we were driving home that I had missed part of Spring and all of the Summer on my beautiful Snake River.
Harvest has begun and the colors showed it.

Kira and Sergio have been my constant companions for the past 4 months. I do not know what I would have done without them.

There is a Hill that feels like a roller coster...so what else do you do...

and if Kira is driving you HANG on!I snapped pictures the whole way home.

The trip home was tons of fun and went

WAY FAST...

Maybe this would explain it and the TERRIBLE gas mileage we got!

Utah, thanks for the memories.

See you in a few days, but just for a visit!