Yes. You totally read that right. I said it. Julaugust. Because that is totally how it has felt! July and August have just blurred together this Summer between all the fun trips and things we have had going on :) I looked at the last day that I had a chance to blog and realized it has been over a month! Gee Summer has flown by!!
First up is Glacier National Park at the end of July!
We drove 5.5 hours to Montana to go camping with some old friends Damon and Jessica and their 2 kids :) The car ride there was a bit interesting... Right after crossing the state line, we were suddenly being followed by TONS of prius cars. Weird huh?! Then after stopping at a gas station, Jordan was offered chicken gizzards. GROSS! Good thing we found some homemade huckleberry icecream. YUM! We swam, hiked, made smores, took tons of pictures, and snuggled up to the stars at night. Sound like a dream?! Well it was! No cell phones or computers or service way up there. Just good company and a gorgeous view! Welcome to the pic OVERLOAD...
Gorgeous huh? It really was the trip of a lifetime and the water was soooo clear!!!
We have pretty much lived out of duffel bags this Summer. SO much travel. SO many great trips!!
I was excited when an old friend from highschool contacted me that her and her husband were coming through Lewiston and wanted to stop and catch up. YES PUHLEASE!!!! Love miss Anna!! Due to her and her husband being stationed in California, we NEVER get to see each other, only just chat on facebook. I was SOOOOO excited!!! We went out for dinner and stayed up super late to chat and catch up! They stayed a short night with us and headed out the next morning. Too short of a visit, but SO glad to see her! Genuine friends are hard to come by these days!! Love ya Anna!
The weekend after Glacier, we headed down to Twin Falls for some photography sessions with my favorite Twin Falls clients! I love have loyal clients in Twin that wait for me to make a trip down there to have their sessions done! You can check out those sessions on the website faceexpressionsphotography.blogspot.com or on my facebook page!
Tons of editing when I was done!
Drove 7 hours to see my puppy and this is what he does.....
That weekend in Twin Falls also doubled the fun with my Dad's 54th birthday!! We celebrated with dinner and family fun :) 54 looks good on him and I will always be his little "peanut!"
After having a blast in Twin Falls for 3 days, we brought my little brother back up to Lewiston with us for a couple weeks! SO fun!! Jordan sure had a blast! They did EVERYTHING together. I barely saw either of them! Jordan went and helped Jordan at work a lot with installs and handy work, they went to the movies, played Frisbee, played PS3, wrestled, did magic tricks, and so much more!! He didn't want to go home back to Twin after being with us for a couple weeks!
The boys wanted dessert... they chose cheesy popcorn and snow cones?! Oh well... Just this once because Justin was visiting!! I was cracking up... They were so proud of their cooking!
A friend that I work with lives about an hour away in Grangeville which is close to Riggins! We spent all afternoon that Saturday rafting down the river in Riggins with a large group and had a blast! There is a lack of pictures for the simple fact of trying to keep my phone dry and alive, but I had to document SOME!
On the drive down :)
Everyone took turns pushing each other in and out of the raft. Justin didn't seem to mind AND return the favor!
Gah not even ONE picture with them BOTH looking?! ugghhh Boys!!
The weekend before Justin left, we drove to Spokane and stayed the night on the way to.... SILVERWOOD!!! It is a huge themepark and waterpark about 30 min outside of Spokane. We drove up and stayed at a hotel the night before. The boys did the weight room and swam while I enjoyed watching despicable me in the room. The next day we headed to the park and had a jam packed day of fun complete with roller coasters AND TONS of waterslides! Ended the awesome day we had with Olive Garden on the way home. YUM!!
We were sure sad to see Justin go after visiting and Jordan was sad to have his sidekick leaving! It was great that he had someone to wrestle with and do "guy" things with that I just can't do for him. We headed BACK to Twin Falls with Justin, but this time to go to our favorite place EVERRRR....... BEAR LAKE!!!! My mom always asks us multiple times if we are sure that we want to drive 7 hours to Twin and then another 4 hours to Bear Lake. Our answer is always BUT IT'S BEAR LAKE!!! Wouldn't miss it for the world! and next year will be the reunion at the Lake!! We headed down to the cabin, ate monster burgers, did some shopping, had fun at the lake, and enjoyed raspberry shakes! Seriously it is the best place on earth.... We LOVE Bear Lake with the Fam!!!
Flowers on Great Grandma's grave in Paris, Idaho :)
Work for me is still going good. It had slowed down for Summer, but is now picking back up with school being back in! I have almost been there a year! Crazy huh??!! There has been some rough spots and Jordan always finds a way to cheer me up! I was having a really bad day one day while Justin was visiting, and come the afternoon, I have 2 special visitors at work with a Dr. Pepper and a new Guess purse!! He knows how to make me smile. LOVE him!!
Jordan's job has been a bit rough lately.... Lost accounts in his territory that aren't his fault and are either a corporate switch OR places going out of business! Poor guy can't catch a break! First his Montana territory went to crap so he moved and now his territory now isn't far behind. He does his best and works his tail off though... ALL THE TIME! I swear that's all he does is work and LONG days! He is such a hard worker! Here is to a better luck and for some things to fall together for a change!
We have also made several trips to Spokane for Jordan being on call so again.... we basically live out of a duffel bad! I don't even get my bag unpacked before I need to be packing AGAIN! sheesh! Looking forward to Fall with cozy blankets and pumpkin scent EVERYTHING! My favorite! Excited to carve pumpkins too!
SO much fun and excitement coming up! Stay tuned!
Until next time! Love, Jordan & Elise
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