Dog Tales

I have some sad news. Our beloved Buddy has gone missing. He usually stays with Cahl's stepdad in Salmon and has no problems. Last year he jumped out of the yard a few times, but he always stayed right by the house. However, this year he jumped out on Monday June 29 and we haven't seen him since. While we were in Salmon we called the vet clinics, the police, the animal shelter, put an ad in the newspaper, and notices on the radio. We drove around for hours every single day hoping to spot him. But to no avail, we had to come home today without our Buddy. However, we did come home with a new friend:

meet Angus. He is an 8 week old black lab/ rottweiler mix. There was a family out at the fairgrounds with free pups, and we just couldn't resist. So far he is very well mannered and he gets along well with everyone. We are hoping and praying that he'll be Buddy's little brother.

Slip and Slide

Jasen got a slip and slide for his birthday, so we decided to break it out the other day when it was nice out. He and Tristan had a blast!

Jasen

Tristan

Scouts

Last night was another pack meeting for Tristan. He has worked really hard the last few months, and last night he received his Wolf Badge! He also earned another belt loop, and a bunch of arrow points. We are so proud of him for all of his hard work!

Soccer Game

Today was Jasen's last soccer game of the season. His team played well, but lost 2-1. Jasen made our team's only goal this week. After the game the whole team went to CiCi's Pizza for lunch and cake. He also got his pictures today, and they turned out cute. Trophies should be coming next week sometime, and he can't wait for that!

Football Party

Tristan's end of season football team party was this afternoon. It was at a huge nearby park. Tristan's team is enormous. They have 4 teams in all, one on each age level. So there were probably at least a hundred people there. The team had quite the setup- tons of food, a bounce house, music, and a trailer with snow cones and other treats. Since we had prepaid, we got wristbands that allowed the boys unlimited snow cones. I quit counting how many they ate after 2 or 3 each! It was a really nice time. The coaches all did the normal trophy/picture/speech ceremony for all the players, coaches, and team moms. At the very end, the kids and parents had a HUGE water balloon fight. There must have been a few hundred water balloons flying. One bunch of kids set up at the top of the hill and another set up at the bottom, and they just launched volley after volley of water balloons up and down the hill. It was so funny to watch.

I think this is round 2

Hunter went to check out the turtles...

and the water park

Tristan getting his trophy and plaque