mosquitos and rodeos.

we have spent the past couple of weekends in island park, idaho.  besides the mosquitos, i loved every minute of it.  we tubed, 4-wheeled, went shooting, lit fireworks, ate delicious food, and enjoyed time with family.  we truly love it up there.  and if we had any choice, we would ditch work and go spend the entire summer up there....

highlights of the trip:

on sunday evening, we went for a long atv ride through the mountains.  the trip could be easily described as a fine mess, because so many things were fine and lovely - while so many other aspects of it were a mess.  for instance:  we enjoyed the scenery, but at times i would duck my head behind john's to avoid the bugs flying at our faces.  {he would get the worst of it.}  we lusted after ranches along the way, but we went through treacherous trails off-roading. we found ourselves at a beautiful stream, and then got eaten alive by mosquitos.  we found a beautiful hike, but i had to pee along the way.  

we also went to a rodeo as a family.  it was such a cute small rodeo.  at times they would call for people in the crowd to participate in an activity in the arena.  john and his brothers went out of course, and i got it all on film.  the task was to take a ten dollar bill from a rubber-band around the calf's neck.  {see below}  we ate a delicious meal made by the good people of meadow view ranch.  and our nephew fell in the creek, getting soaking wet.  

happy tuesday!