Grandma and Grandpa Endsley come to Orofino!!!!

Grandma and Grandpa Endsley came to visit us out here in the wilderness of Orofino! Here are some little chicken egg collector's (just like little house on the prairie). We took a little hike along a railroad track to some cool falls. Tyler at the mouth of the falls...all that rain I complained about in the Spring sure makes for some beautiful Green! We had the opportunity to go on a 9 hour jet boat ride through Hells Canyon...it was so much fun!
We went throught some class 4 rapids, which got some of us a little wet.
Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for coming to visit us....you are our first family members (and maybe our last.... except Grandma Sue..she will brave Northern Idaho) to visit in our new wilderness wall paper home and we loved it!

The Palouse Falls...

On our way to Pasco, Washington last week we took a detour to see the "Palouse Falls"! Boy were they awesome! Gwen wanted to climb over the fence to get a closer look...YIKES...and stepped into a sticker patch! Tyler then sat with her and pulled all the spikes out...Yes there was crying and screaming (Tyler can be a bit squeamish) really Gwen was doing all the fussing and Tyler was as cool as a cucumber. Tyler later said that he felt like he should bring the tweezers...it's a good thing he listened to that still small voice!

Danger....

My dear husband likes to hike! Having three children with him will not keep him from hiking in a "Danger" area, holding Maggie Mae with one arm and holding onto Gwen with the other! I took these pictures from the other side of the ravine.

It looks like Will made it down OK, but I could hear Gwen screaming from the other side of the ravine...GO TYLER!

The Wicked Witch Of The East

Whenever family pictures comes around I turn into the WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST!! I don't know what it is, but I get all tense and stressed out and I loose all patience with my kids! One child is usually smiling and sitting still, one of the other kids is usually hitting the sitting still kid, and the baby just keeps trying to get away from it all (can you blame her?) I find myself bribing them with whatever they want if they will just sit still and smile. By the time the pictures have been taken I am worn out, stressed out, ready for some quiet time, and wondering if it is all worth it? So after all the rucus we are left with one pretty good picture, and two fairly good pictures...is it worth it? Whenever I look back on these pictures I think I will giggle as I remember the whole production and as the years go by I am sure that there will be many more fiasco picture taking adventures, but YES they are worth it!