Happy New Year 2007

Here's to you as good as you are

Here's to me as bad as I am

But as good as you are and as bad as I am

I am as good as you are as bad as I am

Or something like that!

Dreamgirls

After hearing that our nephew Riley helped in the making of the Dreamgirls music CD, Jim went out and bought it to surprise me. Yep, sure enough, Riley Mackin is on the back of the CD cover as well as listed on the credits at the end of the movie. What fun it is to watch him make his dreams come true. You can read more about Riley by linking on to "Paddys Spot" under my favorite blogs. Nice Job Riley!

Favorite Pics of 2006

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Mount St. Helens

One of my fondest memories:

July 29th, 1998, brothers Mike, Tom and I hiked, climbed, and crawled (with tongues hanging out) to the top of Mt. St. Helens. I am reminded of that wonderful adventure every time Mt. St. Helens is in the news like today (top) burping out some steam. It's hard to believe we actually sat on her rim looking down at that growing mound in the middle. I distinctly remember a guy next to me with binoculars who claimed she was burping out puffs of steam then. I was too tired to care. The trip down was a lot harder than any of us expected except maybe Tom. I managed to give both brothers a good scare with my butt slide down a glacier and I'll forever mourn the toe nails I lost on both my big toes. And I would do it all again...

Polar Hug

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. ~ Dr. Seuss

Man-Child

I’m not sure exactly how he did it. Jim managed to talk Gavin into getting his hair cut. I try to stay out of their “manly talks”. I do know as Gavin gets older we seem to be doing more negotiating with him rather than simply telling him how it’s going to be. I really like this stage he is in; caught between being a boy and a man.

One hundred and counting...

Well, after two sandwiches, one bowl of cereal, and a mountain dew, Gavin has finally reached 100 pounds. He has been weighing himself daily and was so excited to finally reach his goal. Oops, after a hearty belch and taking his shoes off, he is back down to 98.

Let's hike to the cross!

We've been to visit the huge cross overlooking Boise several times now. We've even taken a few visitors up there on nice days. There is a great view of the city from up there. There is also a trail that you can hike from the parking lot of the Old Penitentiary all the way to the cross in the sky. I've been wanting to hike this trail for a long time and today I was able to convince Gavin that he wanted to do it too. When we pulled into the parking lot and I pointed up to the cross, our destination, Gavin had serious doubts that we could make it. He was in charge of the dog, I was in charge of the backpack. Luckily it wasn't as hard as it looks. We got to the top in less than an hour and had a picnic before we headed down.

Tall, taller, tallest!

We had fun last night seeing who was the tallest. Gavin has finally passed me up (by three inches). I'm always surprised to see how I really look in pictures. Surely I'm not THAT short!