Winterizing Swan Valley

Me, Cruz, Shawn, and Grandma Raddon went up to Swan Valley from Thursday night until Sunday. It was so beautiful up there. We worked on getting the cabin winterized. We cleaned the yard up, took care of the boats, cleaned out the cupboards in the kitchen and cleaned out the fridge. I love to go up there...I don't know if it is because I have less responsibility or what, I just love it there! We played with our neighbors dogs Casey, Copper, and Todd. We jumped on the trampoline. We played on the swing set. We drove over to Victor/Driggs area for lunch one day. We floated down the Snake River (Cruz's first time on the Snake), we watched movies, I worked on another baby skirt, we talked, we ate good food, we went on long walks to feed the horses, overall just a good ol' time!

As you can tell it was a little chilly but once we got on the river, it really wasn't too bad!

My dad always used to take us down the river and I actually haven't been on the Snake without my dad, so I was missing him big time, but Shawn has done a great job of learning how to row the boat!
A great shot of Cruz with my parents house in the back round!


Cruz getting an early start on learning how to row the boat!
Cruz and Grandma Raddon. Cruz is like a Dr. Jeckell/Mr. Hyde. He can be sooooo sweet and give hugs and kisses but then he can be so naughty. If he doesn't have my undivided attention he likes to come up and bite me, hard....or destroy things while I am on the phone. We have been working on this but I bring this up because we spend time with Grandma Raddon. When he is with my mom without me he is as sweet as can be, but when it is the 3 of us hanging out and all the attention is not on Cruz, he can get very upset. He calls my mom Grams or Grammy but he can't say his "G's" that well. It usually sounds pretty close to a "G" but when Cruz is mad it comes out "D". He likes to say "NO DAM!" When he is mad at my mom. He yelled this very loud in church yesterday. Shawn took him out immediately but once he was out of our sight me and my mom busted up laughing. My moms new name is DAM! Luckily she can laugh about it! We are teaching Cruz that that is NOT o.k. but he seems to always pull that D out when he is mad!