Last week I wrote all about the Hazard Family Reunion. To give a short recap of the event- it was pretty awesome. Enough said.
The drive home from the reunion was mostly uneventful. The kids travel well, and the miles passed quickly. We made one quick stop in Deer Lodge to say goodbye to our "all dead" van and to eat lunch at the local Pizza Hut (the only real restaurant in town). The mechanic said he could hang on to the car for a month for us until we figured out what to do with it. We haven't given it much thought since then, but I guess we need to come to a resolution sometime in the near future.
In the meantime, we arrived safely back at our house where Marissa, Wesley, and their cute little Oliver were waiting for our return. They had flown in the day before and would spend the entire week with us. Also, our house was apparently invaded by ants while we were gone (hot weather maybe?), and our house guests had been forced to wage a war in our absence for which we are very grateful. Stupid bugs. They had even managed to short out our air conditioning, which Wesley was able to fix while I was at work the next day.
On Friday night we got a sitter for all the kids (actually 3 sitters to help level the playing field a little) and went out on a great double date. After eating at one of our favorite restaurants we decided to exercise the artistic sides of our brains a little and paint some pictures at a local studio. I think we were all pretty happy with the outcome.
We also spent some time just getting out to explore the area.
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| We went to the annual Post Falls Days parade and the traditional hot dog lunch afterwards. |
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| Here's a hike we did in the area |
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| We accidentally stumbled into the middle of the coolest little community event- it was called the Kinetic Fest and was sort of just a celebration of creativity. How fun! |
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| Hanging out at the park |
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| His and Hers. Two new cars within a month of each other. That's just how this month has gone. We have also had to replace our microwave, our vacuum cleaner, and a part of our air conditioning. Weird. |
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And now for a really fun part- new family pictures! Most of them were taken by Mollie Costley in North Dakota. Unfortunately, Lindsey was not super cooperative on that day though, so my sister helped us out later on when things were a little more manageable.
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| Why does this look all stretched out? |
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| These three of Lindsey taken by Allison Kay Photography. I think we'll use this tongue pic, but we also really like the other two. |
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Have a good week!
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