Scenic drives, setting up camp, petting horsies, roasting mallows, nature hiking, building fires, exploring, road tripping, stream jumping, pool swimming... 

The Humphry's (Tommy's Mama's side) Family Reunion included just what a summertime, Idaho, family reunion should! 

We spent a day in Lava Hot Springs and two days in Grey's Lake camping.

Tommy and I went on a little exploration near our camp.

Some pretty findings.

Then it was time for ghostly stories.

Our scenic drive was very scenic.

And it had me longing to run wild on one of these ladies.

Our nature walk was full of nature. I'm fascinated by bees.

The kids loved it and Tommy gathered the most beautiful bouquet of wildflowers for me. 
My favorite! (Excuse my extreme roughness, I was the only lady here who was camping.)

Tommy is truly an animal whisperer. And I love it.

While the others were off shooting guns, I'm over here trying to pet and feed some horsies we found.

And wearing flowers in my hair.

Hooray for family reunions, horsies, and wildflowers.

Because changing your name is fun...

Let's play a game, shall we?

Step one:

Get a piece of paper and a pencil. Just do it. This is fun.

Step two:

Write down your favorite color. 

If your favorite color is blue write down what type of blue, like navy or sea.

If you can't decide between navy and sea write them both down.

My answers: Navy, gold, sea

Husband's answers: Sea, navy, forest, aqua, marine

Write down one or two adjectives that describe something you did a lot in your youth.

If you played basketball or soccer, you could say running.

Stick to basic adjectives like sitting, running, playing, etc.

My answers: Running, dancing

Husband's answers: Running, jumping

Write down your favorite animal.

If your favorite animal is a dog write down what type of dog, like husky or hound.

If you can't decide between a lion and a bear write them both down.

My answers: Husky, horsey, tiger, fawn, fox

Husband's answers: Tiger

Write down your favorite flower and/or element of nature.

If you can't decide between a star or a tree write them both down.

My answers: Wildflower, moon

Husband's answers: Tree, gold

Step three:

Now take your words and combine any two or three of them to find your Native American name.

My Native American name: Dancing Gold Moon

Husband's Native American name: Jumping Gold Tiger

pretty drawing by this girly.

What is your Native American name?!

I want to hear!

I'm glad that all dogs go to heaven because I love these two dogs. Shasta, the Oddou's dog, died earlier this month. A few days later Kit love died. I was really sad and home won't be the same without her. I always wanted Shasta and Kit to be friends. Now that they are in doggie Heaven they can be friends and maybe get married. My mother wrote a great post about Kit that can be read here.

Shasta

Kit love

I got STUNG!
by a STINGRAY! (one of these suckers!)

Ouch? Yes! It hurt. Here is the story...
I went to buccaneer (south Oceanside) beach to go boogie with some peeps (Zac, Adam, Will, Heather) from the ward. This was on Thursday July 30th. We ran out with our boards and had some fun in the water. I caught some white wash for a bit and then we went out a little farther to actually try and catch some waves. I haven't done that for a LONG time and it was tiring! Heather (cousin) and I got tired pretty fast so we decided to head in for a while. I rode some waves in and started walking up to the beach. As I was walking up to the beach I stepped on what felt like an arm. "Ew", was my first thought. "Did I just step on an arm? A small slippery arm? A child? Drowned? Ew." Keep in mind all of those thoughts went through my head in a nano-second. Instantly after I stepped on the slippery arm, something stabbed me in the front of my ankle. "OW! What the heck was that?! Maybe when I stepped on whatever it was, it flipped up and hit me... No way! That was WAY to forceful of a poke to be accidental.. Oh, I can't walk.. I'm limping." I call out to Heather to take my board for me as I keep walking up the beach. She takes it, notices I'm limping and tells me that I'm bleeding. I look down to confirm. Bleeding, yes, but I'm more concerned that it's getting harder to walk. I felt like my ankle was swelling. The feeling of venom. Painful swelling. I got to the beach and leaned on the rocks. Heather went and told the lifeguard and came back to help me to him. I told him what happened and he tells me that I've been stung by a stingray. Told me they hurt pretty bad. Started asking me all sorts of questions.. Where are you from? Are you allergic to bees? Do you have any allergies? How do you feel? I'm answering as best I can. Starting to feel light headed. I tell him. He has me sit down and wraps my ankle. Feel like I might throw up. I tell him. He says it's okay. Feeling REALLY light headed. My head is getting really heavy. I can barely hold it up. He continues to ask me questions. At this point he is just trying to keep me conscious. Taking my pulse. Still asking questions. I can see the feet of the people I came with surrounding me. I feel dumb and a little worried that I look ugly. He continues to be a dove while we wait for other lifeguards to show up. When they get there I start to feel better. The light-headedness slowly goes away and the heavy head as well. My ankle is still in pain though. They put a hot pack on it. That helped SO much. Dulled the pain. They tell me I need to go home immediately and get my ankle in nearly scalding hot water. So Zac (friend) drives up onto the beach with his Cherokee (I know he felt cool) and carries me to his car. They took to to his Gma's house and carried me to the tub.. Tears were streaming down my face by this time. The hot water pack was luke. We sat there for a while, but everybody still wanted to swim, so we went to Marc's condo. They swam and I sat in the hot tub. That's my stingray adventure! It hurt for the next few days and I got more than enough attention from those guys the rest of the weekend. The wound just looked like a nail hole. I don't know if it will scar. Next time I go to the beach I'll be sure to do the stingray shuffle!!! Good thing I'm not afraid of things in the ocean.. at least I wasn't before! I might be a little timid for a while. Here are some pictures of the adventure...

Heather, Gimp, Adam

Laughing it off. (Probably trying not to cry :)


Photos courtesy of Zac's waterproof camera.
(I'm glad he didn't get any of me when I was sitting down with the lifeguard. According to Will I was "green".)

Fair Time - Easter - Family Pictures 2009

Here are some pictures of my family at the fair. For more/better pictures go to my parent's or sisters' blogs.

The kids always really enjoy the animals at the fair.

Marce is pretty much obsessed with trains and Eden is pretty much obsessed with Marce. Cute.
This picture is really sweet.
Dad stayed pretty busy during the fair, but was able to sneak away for some family time every now and then. P.S. I didn't get a shower this day... at all.
Kira- being a nerd about something.
She was probably just really excited to sit with this guy. It was actually really hard to sit by this dummy long enough to take the picture. It was creepy.

I had the privilege of hiding the Easter eggs for our hunt on Saturday morning. The kids loved it.

Here are some of the family pictures.

Our HSM picture! Rad.

This was probably the most decent picture I got.

Dad and Mother

My face looks so fat in these. Haha... fair week.

Taking pictures of the kids was kind of a joke... and church with them was an even bigger joke.

It was really fun having everybody come! I already miss them!