Jennifer

Cody and Molly

Cody on a bike ride

Birthday Party

Miles

Dear Family,

Happy Fall!  I love this time of year!  Lucy and I drove out to Payette to pick grapes and spent the next two days juicing them.

A little about our summer vacations…

     In June we cruised with Rick and Reba on the Golden Princess to Alaska, up the Inland Passage, through the Tracy Arm Fjords, with stops in Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway, then returning to Seattle stopping in Victoria.  Beautiful scenery!

     We flew to visit Steve’s brother, who lives near Fresno.  Missed our connection and spent hours at the airport.  A great short visit. After seeing there were no return flights when we wanted to fly back, we rented a car and drove 11 hours to get home.

      A couple of weeks later Steve and I drove to Glacier National Park, up to Calgary, Canada, and Banff National Park.  All very beautiful.  On our return toward Idaho, we got a flat tire, were towed to a small town in Canada where we spent the weekend waiting for a new tire (no spares for a BMW).  After that four day detour, we drove 12 hours, half of which were on road construction, in the dark.

     It was SO great to be home and no more driving!!  The next day we got our puppy.  We love our puppy, Cody.  He is a Maltese/Shih Tsu/Yorkie mix…a little fluff ball.  At 4 and a half months he weighs about 6 pounds.  He has been so fun and is now fully house-trained!  I am also going to puppy training classes with him.  We have our daily routine of walking in the morning, then riding our bikes – he sits in the front basket, and loves it! Then he plays with his sister, Molly, who lives next door.

      Ammon and family spent a few days with us in early August.  It was fun having them here.  Emily and kids came up for the weekend and we got together with Lucy and enjoyed family time.  A few weeks later I flew to Seattle and helped Angela prepare for Miles’ first birthday party – a camping theme.  The party was a great success.  It was held at a park with lots of evergreen trees so you really felt like you were camping.  Miles loved playing in his dark chocolate cake and loved all the attention.

 Love to all,

Jennifer & Steve