Webb Family Vacation

I said that I would let Amie take over on the blogging thing but as hard as it is for me to admit, I enjoyed doing the last blog. There, I've said it, now let's move on.

So the entire Nick and Miriam Webb family minus Spencer, Brett, 

Daisy and Dixie went to Island Park, Idaho last week. We stayed in a sweet cabin that slept 25. Scott and Lacey brought a Rhino 660 that we rode around on. The kids loved riding around the cabins in the back. Scott also brought his archery bow and we tried to sight that in but I think we made it worse. Jarom and Adrien brought a boat that we wake boarded behind on the lake. I am a novice at it but did do a little jumping which was fun. Not bad for my third time wake boarding.

The kids had a good time in the boat and on the docks as you can see.

We went to see Old Faithful and had lunch at the lodge. Logan and Landon were not as impressed with Old Faithful as Amie and I were but I think they had fun. I took the boys to see 

the hot pots and left Amie in the shade at the lodge with her feet up, holding an ice cream cone. She made some friends (Marilynn and her daughter) while we were gone for an entire hour.  They got so close in that time that when they left they all hugged and Marilynn said she would pray for Amie and the baby.  They were from the south and I think that is how older people from the south are.  

So we get on the board walk to the hot pots and I tell the boys that it is illegal to step off the path and if they do and get caught they will be kicked out of the park. I said this to keep them

 from jumping into one of the hot pots. This comes back to bite me because I had to step off it to get a picture of them watching Old Faithful erupting. Of Course Logan says "Dad you're being illegal" and gets mad because he thinks "they" are going to come get us and kick us out of the park. He caught me. What was I to do? I told him that I was sorry and that I shouldn't have gone off the path and that if I saw a park ranger on the way back I would turn my self in. He said "No Dad, maybe we should keep this to ourselves so we can stay in the park." I thought to myself "What am I teaching my kids?" It was a bad parenting moment. Anyway we kept it to ourselves and continued to enjoy the park. We saw a buffalo, a Bald Eagle and I so wanted to go fly fishing but it wasn't meant to be. May be on another trip up there.

We went to the Playmill theater to see "Oklahoma" and I can't deny that I really enjoyed it. Hey I've already admitted to liking to blog so in comparison liking a play is really nothing. The actor's did a good job and made the play quite funny.

We took the kids to Bear world and watched these giant grizzlies pick up and move big logs and boulders to find their dinner. They also had a pack of wolves that were running around their cage too. I felt bad that they weren't out in the wild but they were fun to see close up which you can't get in the wild unless they are trying to eat you.

I think one of the funnest part of the trip was playing a card game called Nert's at night after the kids went to bed. We all get along and play well together. Ladder ball was a hit as we had some good clean competition with that.  I must say that I'm an incredible Ladder Baller!  

All in all it was a great trip and we all had a great time. It was nice to get home after a week of being gone. Both Amie and I agree that it is fun to go have adventures but it is equally as fun to get home. If that makes us home bodies then that is what we are. We love being home. Home is where the heart is.  As a famous song writer once wrote "Country roads take me home to the place I belong.  Saratoga, Lake Mountain, country roads take me home."  Or something like that. 

 

While we were gone the sunflowers bloomed, the weeds took over the sub par garden, and the 

spider decided to invite all of their spider friend's to the house.  As an update on that Terminix is coming the first of next week to take care of business.  So those of you who have been keeping your distance, feel free to come by after Wednesday.