Ready or not, here we come!

Although we planned our trip to Washington for a month, our plans changed when our friends and hosts, the Ogdens, came down with what appeared to be "the bug". Kim and Lanette Empey were so kind to be willing to house us for almost our entire stay.




Jake, Jana, Jack and Jess also made a spur of the moment decision and decided to drive up and surprise Kim and Lanette, and we're so glad they did! All the little boys had the time of their lives riding on motorcycles with the big boys.



It was great to have a nice vacation and relax with amazing family and friends. We must have had time on our hands to have painted this candy corn design on Jana's toenails. They look delicious enough to eat! :)

"The bug" turned out to be an abscessed tooth, so our dear friends, Jeremy, Esther, Zach, Owen and Avery, came to take a tour of the orchards with us. We picked BOXES of apples and found our new favorite, Pinata apples. WOW they were delicious! We also got to watch the bottling process for the Empey's amazing sparkling cider. It was really interesting to watch and REALLY delicious to taste!
We love you WASHINGTON'ITES! Thank you for having us!

Summer Peach Pickers

It's nearing the time when these two boys will turn pasty for the winter, but while the sun is still shining they will pick away!

You don't have to worry about where Cyrus is when you go picking. You're sure to find him at the top of the picking ladder. So dangerous and yet so cute!



If you look closely you can see the tears in Darius' eyes. He didn't have as much fun as Cyrus that day. Was it too much peach picking or too little sleep? Little Rachel Brown didn't seem to mind as much.

"Celebrate good times, COME ON!"

I endeavored in my first big Choffy show at the Women's Show 2010. It was two days straight of a whole bunch of standing and a whole bunch of fun! The best part was spending two days with my friends old and new; Esther Ogden, Andi Sherwood and Allie Burris. Thank you Mom and Dad for taking care of the boys and making those two days possible!


Stephanie, Cyrus, Katie (Edminster) Whitten, baby Lillian and I finished off the long weekend by walking the Women's Fitness Celebration race. I was so impressed that Cyrus walked nearly the entire way before he needed ride in the stroller, and I, at three months pregnant, didn't pass out half way through!


It was nice to participate in the race with Katie again, just like in grade school days!

We had a fun surprise at the end of the race when Uncle Race was there to cheer us on in a tuxedo coat and bright blue shorts! It was so much fun... I hope team Choffy, Stephanie, Cyrus and Katie will be up for doing this again next year!

All Aboard!

The Union Pacific Railroad Steam Locomotive came to Boise during its tour of the Northwest.
This was one huge train, and seeing this steam locomotive was a first for me.

Papaw was so excited to show his two boys this amazing train.
He even bought them their own train whistles, toy stacking train and t-shirt to remember it!



We met the train conductor. He was really nice and he told us all about the train.

Splish Splash and Summer Fun

~Lucky Peak Reservoir~with Micah and Liz Brown~
*August 2010
~McCall, Idaho~ with Jacob, Becca and Aiden McGinnis~
*August 2010

The Case Family Reunion 2010

AUGUST* The Case Family Reunion was in Ashton.

Despite my migraine headache that came on one hour
before family pictures, the photo session
went pretty smoothly with few tears,
lots of smiles and tons of fantastic pictures!