Our McCall Trip

The 4 Big Boys

Chandler, Connor, Andrew, & Colton
Our Shy Girl. Yeah Right!!!!

The Cabin we stayed in Thanks to the Davis'

Poor Andrews swollen nose & black eye

Kenny & Baby Ryker

Dad & Bella

Gorgeous Mountains & Valleys

My Beautiful Baby Girl: Caitlyn Rose

Chandler's Picture of a Red Headed Woodpecker. Wow!!!

Caitlyn & I on the Four Wheeler

Chandler

As you can tell we all had a wonderful time. Thank you to my wonderful family for always making time for all of us when we come out here. You guys are the best.

We finally made it home today around 5:45 pm. It is about a 2 1/2 hour drive up there. No one got sick in my truck Thank God. Poor Bella was sick most of the time we were up there from getting carsick and then we think she must have got some kind of stomach virus because she kept throwing up even when she hadn't been riding in the car. Yessie and Bella had to leave to go home today back home to Charlotte/Harrisburg. Yessie was dreading it because even this morning 20 minutes before she left Bella was still pucking. Poor Baby. Aunt Carolyn went out to pray for her before Dad took her to the airport from McCall to Boise and 5 minutes down the road Bella fell asleep and slept the whole way & no pucking. Thank you Jesus. It might seem small but God answered our prayers and Yessie & Bella are on a plane home and should land within the hour.

We all had a blast at the Cabin. We arrived Thursday around 3:00pm at the Cabin we had rented. The cleaning lady was still there so the boys and I decided to explore, while Nikki fed Ryker & Yessie got Bella out of her carseat for a while, and find the lake which was said to be a "short walk out your back door". It was 1 mile away. Not good when you have 7 kids with you. We went in the back yard and it was knee high grass & mosquitoes like crazy. You could barely see. There were stagnant water all around the back yard so that was the biggest problem with the mosquitoes. Not good for someone who has a low immune system or the kids. Caitlyn's swell up like big knots. It is horrible. Anyway we called the rental place and they had nothing else available. Luckily, Kenny and Nikki have some friends, The Davies, who were leaving there cabin that day and said we could stay there. God Bless them. After being in the car with all the kids it had been a really long day.

One evening while the kids were outside playing, Connor decided to teach Andrew how to build a catapult. Connor is now 7 & Andrew is 5. Andrew built his catapult with fire wood, then placed a rock on the end of it and stepped on it. Apparently he didn't hit it hard enough to make it over his head. The rock hit him right in the face. He now has a pretty big bruiser under his eye and along the left side of his face and his poor little nose is swollen too. Granted Connor didn't actually to this to him but he wouldn't have made the catapult without some help. But it was pretty funny.

We arrived around 6:30 pm and unloaded. Kenny had met up with us by then and it was nice to have the help unloading everything. We ate around 7:30pm, played a game & then had a bon fire around the fire pit and made smores. Yummy!!!! Bedtime next. We were all exhausted. We all slept in till about 8:30 am. Not too bad. Jennifer, Aunt Gail & some of her kids came up to spend the day with us and brought dinner which was lasagna & garlic bread. It was delicious. We spent the day at a beachy area around the lake, rode the jet ski, swam & read books & magazines. It was a great day and the weather was perfect.

Saturday, we woke up and it was a little chilly. So we opted not to go out in the water. The water here is so cold. It is like ice water at first. On the East Coast we actually have warm ocean & lake water. The kids do not care though. Crazy kids!!!! So we played games, read books, the kids watched a movie & some of them went up to Tamarack just to look around. So I guess an overall lazy day. But so needed and we all enjoyed it. We were up till about midnight playing "Catch Phrase". It was a lot of fun and they all got to know Yessie a little better.

Today we got up made breakfast, which was Megas. It was pretty good if I do say so myself. After that it was cleaning time, we really would have rather paid someone to do it but that didn't work out so we had to do it ourselves. The biggest thing was washing all of the sheets and towels. That takes a lot of time with smaller appliances. So we didn't end up leaving till around 3:15 pm. It stormed a lot of the way but it was really pretty scenery. I love it out here. All the mountains, lakes, fir & pine trees, & then the beautiful valleys.

I hope you all have a blessed week,

Love,

Rachael