Slushie Express?

Ummmm....

Excuse me?

What on earth is a copious amount of high fructose corn syrup doing on my kitchen counter?

I am the mother here; don't I get to vote on this?

..my vote is "NOOOOOO!"

I see nothing good that can come from large quantities of sticky, colored, diabetes-inducing liquid and cones that can't be put down without spilling over. Do you?

...oh, that's right

they ARE fun.

....but I still don't like it.

Singin' in the Rain

Wakin' up with the fallin' rain makes for a day of rain-singin', umbrella poppin', puddle-stompin' FUN!

...can you tell my kids absolutely LOVE Mary Poppins?

The girls covered their jammies with their rain gear so they could have some fun in the "muddy piles" (what they call muddy puddles)

Unfortunately, too much of a good thing is a REALLY, REALLY BAD thing. To see pictures of the ranch following the flash flood that claimed the life of George Reed and fatally injured our first cutting hay go here.

Airplane Fright

Jessa's reaction to the sound of an airplane overhead:

I think that about sums it up.

The audio would go something like this, "MOMMY, MOMMY! {crying}
AIRPANE!"

I decided to test-drive animoto today using some shots from our quick weekend of catching up with the Harris'. It was so wonderful to see LaDonne and Ian, wish MarLee the best on her upcoming mission, and watch Darin's bee sting swell his eye shut. The girls loved the Logan Temple and think it looks just like a castle. We saw 4 temples in 1 day: Twin Falls, Logan, Idaho Falls, Rexburg!!!!

My thoughts on animoto: A genius, easy-to-use idea. With the free trial version you get what you pay for--a 30 second clip with poor resolution--but I think it will increase in popularity as a means of displaying photos.

Niagara of the West

A waterfall begins with only one drop of water. Look what comes from that.
~The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

Waterfalls are so powerful, enchanting, and uplifting....
See the wonder. Feel the mist. Hear the roar.

And of course, I couldn't help but get distracted for a moment and wonder what it would possibly be like to raft or kayak something like that (completely insane).

Just over the rainbow.

My own little pot of gold: Thank you random stranger for taking this photo.


Factoid #1: The "Niagara of the West" is actually higher than Niagara Falls, which by the way are in New York on the Canadian border.
Factoid #2: Doug has lived in this state basically his whole life and had never been here before.
Factoid #3: I had been here, but only long before I lived in Idaho.

I love Idaho.
I always have.
I love waterfalls too, but not until reading The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay as an adolescent did they come to completely fascinate me.

Silly me..I forgot to mention this is Shoshone Falls located just outside of Twin Falls, IDAHO (thanks Caroline!).