Father's Day

This year for Father's Day, we decided to spend a week up in Salmon with Cahl's dad. We spent a lot of time visiting with my best friend's family and new baby, and other friends as well. The boys went on dirt bike rides everyday, and we took a few buggy rides too. Cahl also got quite a bit of work done on his truck, and everyone loved going to the car show Jim set up on Sunday. Tristan and his friend Ryan drove up that morning to surprise Jim, and it was awesome to have everyone together. We even took a quick trip over the hill to visit the Big Hole Battlefield.

Hot Tub

We've been keeping our eye out for a hot tub for several years, and Cahl finally found one. We had some friends help us get it home and situated, and everyone has loved soaking in it!

Happy Birthday

Today we were so happy to celebrate not only the last day of school, but Jasen's 17th birthday! We are so happy that he's in our family- he is our reserved kid, our quickest thinker, our hardest worker, and our biggest sweetheart. He spent the day at work, then we went to dinner followed by cherry pie and presents. We even came home from dinner to a big blow up birthday cake at the front door from our friends, which he loved!

Dance

Well, this dance season definitely didn't go how we had planned, but it's officially over and we can start focusing on the future. Brinley's studio did a virtual recital, combining videos of all the girls, which was fun for them to be able to watch everyone else. We also finished up with photos tonight. Brinley is bummed that she never got to compete with her team- we were out of town for the first competition and the other 2 got cancelled- but I am incredibly proud of her hard work and dedication. She practices her routines and stretches every day, and I can see the progress she is making. She tried out for next year's team, and although she was super nervous and felt like she had bombed it, she was accepted back onto the team and cannot wait for next season!

Nest

This spring we had a mama and papa robin set up their nest in our weeping pine tree. We all had so much fun watching them build the nest, lay and hatch their eggs, then feeding the little ones. Their journey here finally culminated today when the little chicks flew off and into the world- except for one chick that only made it into the yard before Tyson decided to play with it. It sat stunned in the yard for quite a while, then hopped over to the fence. Cahl managed to gently pick it up and carry it back to the nest with some lacrosse sticks, all while mama and papa screeched and called in all the neighborhood robins to come surround him and screech at him, then mama and papa sat nearby for the rest of the day watching over it. The baby was gone the next day, so hopefully it recovered enough to fly away safely!