Up In Donnelly

It was so nice to be up North in the mountains.  I love the crystal clear night sky's and the beautiful bright stars.  I had the boys go outside during the full moon and they actually got to see their shadow.  There was too much light pollution where we used to live so they loved it and it was their first time they got to appreciate the milky way.  It was so Beautiful!!

Time was spent going through lots of storage we had up in Donnelly.  We loaded it up and brought it with us to Wyoming.

Heading out to find our horse to meet her for the first time......that is what happens when you buy a horse while in Germany

I love walks in the pasture.  That is one of my favorite things.

Here is our horse 'Haidas' Smart Chick.  She was really mellow and it was so fun to be around her.

The view from East mountain heading back to Paddy Flats

The next day Joseph and his brother Josh headed back into paddy Flat and helped round up some cattle on horse back.  Joseph was in heaven being on a horse again....the next day though he sure felt it.  It has been a long time since he has been in the saddle

While Joseph was playing cowboy I took the kids to one of my favorite spots back there...Kennelly Creek.

The creek is crystal clear with beautiful rock formations all around

Lots of exploring and fun to be had by all

Then there was the bouldering.  The boys enjoyed to be the king f the mountain.

We really enjoyed the pump water spicket.  I should have got a picture of it.  The boys got their hats wet and put them on and enjoyed the ice cold water.  That is another one of my favorite things :)

The beautiful moss on the rocks

Akina Girl

Back to the round up......

We later took some time to brush down our horse.  The boys and Arya all got a little ride bare back and she did really good for them.

Thinking if she liked it or not....She ended up loving it and wanted more. 

The Jones kiddos (the big kids)

Cousins and all

Bridger, Gideon, Samuel, Kayli, Thomas, Ashtyn, Caleb, Jessica, and Seth.  So fun being with cousins

the boys played with Samuel and Ashtyn most days after they got out of school

My cute girl!

Taking a walk back on the lake.

It was fun seeing the tracks in the mud and being able to see schools of catfish in the shallow water.

Another walk in the pasture

Grandpa Jones was re-doing a few things in the pasture for better irrigation.  We went out to join the fun for a while..... 

Running a muck...just like they should :)

Arya with her Grandma and Grandpa Jones

playing in the newly formed irrigation ditch

Joseph in his second heaven.... farming and irrigation

Gideon was excited that he got to take his shirt.....They usually where rash guards :)

Playing with the dogs

Loving the mud

WOW!!!

Bridger took pictures of them returning the horse to the pature

Picture from G&G Jones front porch

We loved being there and enjoying our time with family and seeing old friends and the amazing scenery.

Our trip home

Arya going down the gate to the Airplane...Her first plane ride and it was a long one :)

Boys so excited they have touchscreens and unlimited movies an games to keep them occupied on our 10 1/2 hour flight and it did the entire time :)

This is how I looked for most of the flight

Being attacked by my baby girl and holding her almost the whole time...she would freak out otherwise

We flew over Greenland and it was crystal clear and sunny so we were able to see a lot more

these are the start of the ice burgs  

Cool Ice burgs

The start of the many glaciers

The mountains

a huge glacier

and huge and a lot of crevasses

the boys rotting the brains out :)

Arya waking up from her very short one nap she took during the whole flight

pretty

our Airplane that brought us from Frankfurt to Denver

the Welcome we got when we arrived in Idaho at 9:30 pm....5:30 am our time

It was AWESOME!!!!  We love our Family and it is a big one adn we were still missing quite a few people

And finally a bed to rest in .....HHhhmmmmmm :)

Before heading to the states

We had to get a few pictures of our everyday in Germany....

The Cobblestone

Bridger nd Gideon playing at their favorite parks near our home on Base

This was just across the street from us and was one of the boys favorite parks 

The trees filtering sunulight

I love the trees

Our Friends

Picking blackberries on our walks in the woods

We love these swings and they were everywhere here

Arya learning and loving to swing!!

We will miss some of the things in Germany but will cherish the memories

Here we come!!!!

I'm awake, I am tired and know the next 24 hours will be long but the Joy I feel to be coming home is GREAT!  Love you all and can't wait to see your beautiful faces.  Love, Camille