Monday, August 3, 2009

corndog hangover

Once again, it has been quite a while since my last post. Between crashing our cars, Rodeo Weekend, class reunions, and trying to write, blogging has definitely been on the back burner.

Many have asked about how we like Idaho Falls, and my best answer is "I'm not really sure, we haven't been there much, but I love the house." I think we've spent about 10 nights there this month. Anyway I thought I would post a picture of the house we're renting. They haven't laid sod yet but it is promised to come soon, so we are counting down the days for that. It is much bigger than our house in Logan and brand-new, so you can't beat that.
That beauty on the left in the driveway is my new mommy car. We ended up buying our silver truck back from salvage, and then we bought my dad's truck from him- which is a great deal for us. I have always loved this truck, and while it is slightly odd to be a 2-truck family, I really really enjoy "my" new truck.

This past weekend was one of my favorites of the whole year. RODEO TIME! It's "That Famous Preston Night Rodeo" (that's really what it's called!) All the carnies come and bring rides and delicious food, there's a parade and a fabulous rodeo. I eat as little as possible the days before the rodeo so I can stuff myself with hand dipped corndogs, rodeo-burgers, and fresh squeezed lemonade. I practically have to roll myself out of that place. This year we attended the festivities Thursday AND Friday. Brenner was dressed in his official cowboy outfit and we stayed up until the wee hours eating and screaming at the buckin' bulls. We again had the pleasure of having Aunt Jana, and cousins Blake, Tanner, and Hannah, although this year Jana failed to teach Brenner some amazing expletives like last year. Real expletives were replaced by the less offensive "FREAKIN-A!" which actually doesn't end up sounding less offensive when it comes from a three years old's speech impeded mouth. The teacher of said "new phrase" is still under investigation.


Brenner has a REALLY hard time keeping his eyes open in photos these days. It's annoying to try and take a million to get one with his eyes open so I've given up on that.
Clark slept through the whole thing, but he sprouted another tooth, which I'm sure was a result of all the excitement. He also learned how to crawl up and down the step under the chairs around Grandma's kitchen island.





As you can see, he is one of those kids who has their tongue out a lot. This is new since the teeth have sprouted. He has to feel up the new one for a few days and so the tongue stays out. After initiation of the new tooth, the tongue goes back in until another rookie tooth appears.

Saturday we attended Travis's 10 year high school reunion (I know, he's an old geezer) Following the reunion we drove to Grace and went through the flume at Last Chance Canal. For those of you who have never been "fluming" I will explain, but sadly, I have no pictures. Farmers have big metal flumes for irrigation purposes, and these flumes run above roads, through mountains, etc. The flume itself is a canal about 10 feet wide in a half circle of sorts. The bottom usually gets all mossy and slimy, making it easier for the "flumer" to float down without getting hung up on anything. The flume at Last Chance goes through a mountain about 5/8 of a mile. It's dark and quite frightening for the average ninny. (me) When we exited the mountain we had Trav's mom drop Brenner in and he clung to Travis the rest of the way. When you get to the end you usually have to walk on some boards that people have rigged up along the top of the flume, and at Last Chance, you're what seems like hundreds of feet in the air. I know I have made this out to be scary and dangerous but it really isn't, and we had a lot of fun.
We ended the spectacular weekend with fresh raspberry shakes at Big J's and a few extra pounds on our bodies.

See you next year rodeo. Until then, I'll be thinking of you.

5 comments:

Nicole said...

Wow, I'll be sure to go to next year's rodeo in Preston. How fun! I love the photos of Clark- you could make a flip-book out of them!

Jody said...

Awww, you post left me longing for cool mountain air, carnie food and metal bleachers - there really is nothing like the smells of a rodeo (in a good way, as odd as that sounds, it makes me homesick). You look fabulous by the way and I'm glad you're loving your new digs both house and truck, very nice!!

Stephanie H. said...

Look at you Idaho folk driving your trucks and going to the rodeo! :) No, I love the rodeo too, sounds fun. Your house looks so nice! And you look amazing also! I'm loving the tongue pics of Clark!

The Reimers Family said...

Who doesn't love a good rodeo? I personally love them. I'm glad you are out there enjoying them. I love your hair cut, so darling!

Unknown said...

I want in on the Fluming! Rodeo too! Guess I shouldn't invite myself, but I just did! Clark, Brenner and YOU>>>>>ADORABLE!