.: THE CABIN--OUR TRIP TO IDAHO FALLS

Thursday, September 6, 2012

THE CABIN--OUR TRIP TO IDAHO FALLS

JULY 2012

Dave's dad's siblings and their mom, Great Grandma Collette, (did you get all that?:)) get together each summer for the 4th of July. It. Is. AMAZING. Times one hundred. We have bbcue's, go on hikes, ride 4-wheelers, swim down the canal, go tubing and boating, sit by the Snake river right underneath where the fireworks are being lit off, play games, catch snakes and butterflies, have boat races using homemade paper boats, eat square ice cream, play games, watch movies. Oh man, I could go on. It is like a dream. I love it. It's one of my most favorite times of the year.

Dave has the most amazing grandparents. They are kind and honorable. Two of his grandmother's are still alive. Grandma Christiansen and Grandma Collette. We love them both. This holiday we celebrated Great Grandma Collette's 85 birthday. She is like an anchor for her family. She lived in Austria during WWII and her life is full of faith-building stories. I admire her a lot.

Here are our fun times at Uncle Robert and Aunt Leslie's cabin...

PLAYING GAMES

CATCHING SNAKES

SEEING WHO CAN LEAVE THEIR FEET IN THE FREEZING COLD WATER THE LONGEST

CATCHING BUTTERFLIES

JUST CHILLIN'

THIRST QUENCHING

THE CABIN REALLY DOES MAKE YOU THIS HAPPY...

AT LEAST A FEW PEOPLE MANAGED TO SNEAK IN THE ELECTRONICS

FRONT ENTRANCE TO ROBERT AND LESLIE'S CABIN

THE ANNUAL PICTURE OF THE PET CHIPMUNK THAT LIVES ON THE PROPERTY

PING PONG AND OTHER GAMES

I LOVE THAT THE ADULTS INCLUDED TREVOR IN THEIR GAMES.

THE ROWS OF BUNK BEDS FOR COUSINS TO SLEEP ON

MORNING MOVIES

SNUGGLE/SLEEPY TIME WITH AUNT MICHELLE

BREAKFAST TIME

GRANDMA COLLETTE AND ASHLYN

AUNT ANGELINE TESTING OUT THE INDOOR SLIDE

THE SECRET ATTIC THAT THE KIDS LOVED TO PLAY IN

MORE GAMES WITH COUSINS

ROAD TRIPS

FISHING

GIRLIE TIME--I BROUGHT MY SHELLAC NAIL SYSTEM AND MAGNETIC NAIL POLISH

I PAINTED BROOKLYN AND ASHLYN'S NAILS 4TH OF JULY COLORS

MORE SNAKE CATCHING (THIS WENT ON THE WHOLE TIME...

CATCH AND RELEASE)

BOATING

THE OFFICIAL COLLETTE REGATTA

GREAT GRANDMA COLLETTE'S CABIN

MORE REGATTA IN THE CREEK NEXT TO GREAT GRANDMA COLLETTE'S CABIN

FIRESIDE WITH GREAT GRANDMA COLLETTE WHICH MADE ME CRY (OF COURSE)

DINNER WITH THE KIDDOS

LOTS OF HUGS FOR GRANDMA

OUTDOOR MOVIE ON THE DECK

MORE PING PONG

PUZZLES

MORE SNAKES

HUGS FOR GREAT GRANDMA

CUTE COUSINS

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NUMBER ONE SPEECH

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

"There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that's first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.

"Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

"Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization - an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win - to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don't think it is.

"It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they are there - to compete. To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win.

"And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.

"I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he's exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

--Vince Lombardi

In the Faith of Christ

Thursday, September 6, 2012