Speed Fly

Awesome rainbow after a good flight of speedflying for Chuck.

The beginning of October-warm enough to wear a tank and shorts.

cold enough to double up the layers of clothes

The end of October-

Fall is Fun

Another fun weekend spent with Ally and Sierra. We enjoyed much of the outdoors on this fall day.  Walking along the greenbelt we fed the ducks, collected leaves for a craft, and rushed to the nearest restroom in sight, hand in hand hoping we'll make it in time.  Chuck and I giggled along the way as we watched those two running and skipping ahead of us full of energy we wished we still had. 

It's hard to tell in this photo but we were showing off our art project that involved the leaves we collected along the greenbelt . We had an awesome day!

A New Chapter

Life goes by fast! Years ago when anyone would ask me how old my little sister was, it was always an easy question to answer. "Maribeth is 10 years old!". By the time she reached the age of 16, I still wanted to give the same answer. "She's 10....years...ol...uh...um...well, actually, she's 16 years old. What!?" All that to say, this year I realized how grown up Beth is and how much fun it is for her to no longer be 10 years of age. We didn't get to spend as much time with her before she left for college but the time we did have with her was special. We've been able to share more openly the struggles in each of our lives but to also turn around and encourage each other. Here are a few of hundreds of memories captured of Beth as well as a glimpse of who she is. 

 Beth is about 10 in this pic and I'm not a morning person.

Beth loves animals.

She loves the fairground rides.

Maribeth plays the fiddle and guitar and sings beautifully. 

She loves frogs and likes to eat them too!

She loves family.

She loves fun.

She Loves her Brother-in-Law, Chuck.

I think she loves her sisters...

 Off to Eternity Bible College in Southern California. Have fun, Beth! We love you and miss you!

The Mouser Girlies

About once a month in the last 2 years, our nieces, Ally and Sierra, come over to stay the night with us. We always have a blast! It's our tradition to watch Wallace and Gromit while baking chocolate chip cookies, read and sing before bed time on the sleeper sofa or in a fort, and then wake up the next day for yummy breakfast at the Riverside Pantry down the road from where we live. We look forward for when Savannah Beck can join in with us someday soon!

Crafts

Sierra drew a picture of Chuck parachuting above her house.

Taste Testing Our Cookie Dough

Moore Taste Testing

Cookies and Milk

  

  Watching Movies

Popping corn for the Movie

Breakfast at the Pantry

Pizza at Guiddo's

Paddle Boating

Nature Walks

Forts by the river

  

Feeding Geese as big as Ally

Bedtime stories and songs

                            

There are dozen's of photos to share but this pretty much sums up what takes place nearly every time the girls come over. Can't imagine life without those girlies. 

Hangin' with Vainikanen

Bodacious!

Over the summer,  we were honored to have an old time friend from Finland visit us here in Idaho. We met Hanna in Israel a few years back while volunteering at Yad Hashmona. But it wasn't until last fall that we realized there was a stronger bond between us then what we realized when we met up in Seattle with her and a couple of others who were also former volunteers in Israel. We found ourselves reminiscing of those hard working and but fun days spent at the moshav, strolling through the quarters of Jerusalem, and trekking our way though the Jordanian desert. By the way, check out Chuckandmissy.com for more stories of our Israel days. We packed in all that we could in the 2 short weeks we had with Hanna to give her the Idaho experience she would never forget.  SKYDIVING was first on the list!

Chuck, Hanna, Guion the Pilot, and Missy

Hanna coming in for landing
on her very first skydive! Good
for you!

Missy-my first static-line jump!

After a super-fantastic day of skydiving on the 4th of July, we headed back to Boise for a family BBQ before watching the Boise firework show.

After a day or so, we packed up for a week long camping trip to the majestic Sawtooths.

The most popular spot for picture taking and you know why.

Games

  

We had a great time!

Hiking

During Hanna's stay, we introduced her to Boise, some good american food, Channel 7, and Twin Falls. Why Twin Falls? Don't you know? It's practically our second home! And you'll see why in a bit.

Boise River

TV Station KTVB
where Chuck works. We were
able to sneak in while
a news cast was taking place
for Hanna to check out.

8th Street

Table Rock

Our home off of the Boise River

 

Floating the Boise River

Bestest breakfast in town,
The Pantry.

Hooters                                                           

  

"Bodacious"
   The first time I heard that word was
    from Hanna while we were in Israel
      Ever since, I think of her every time.

Chuck taking a plunge off the Twin Falls bridge

Twin Sisters