Since we got back from Sandpoint last week, and its been a while since we posted, this one will be kind of long. The vacation was great, but we got off to kind of a rocky start. The day before we left, as soon as Owen woke up, he threw up all over in his bedroom. Fearing that he may have had a flu, or even the swine flu, he watched him pretty carefully the rest of the day. He acted just fine, no fever, no more complaints. We figured he had just gotten too warm in his room or something, or he ate something that didn't agree with him. We left the next day, and he seemed fine. We were doing good, making great time, and about an hour and a half away Tyson threw up in the car. We pulled over and cleaned him up, but it was obvious he still didn't feel well. As we were driving through Coeur d'Alene, in the middle of construction (it was bad, we were hardly moving) he threw up again (this time, mostly in a bowl we had prepared for any problems). When we got there, it began a pandemic. Tiffany got sick the next day, so did Gavin. Then Tricia, then ken, then Kaleb. All with vomiting, some with diarrhea. Paula had some naseua, and I (Clint) had some diarrhea a day or so after everyone else, but we fared far better than anyone else. The only good news is that everyone was only sick for about 12 hours or less when they got it, it hit hard and it hit fast. It was just a miserable 12 hours.
When Gavin threw up, it was so bad because we never knew when it would come. He would be happy and smiling, and then just drench you with puke. This is a picture of me after he threw up on me. Not only did he get on my shirt, but I tried to pull him away from me so he wouldn't get dirty, but as i pulled him, he grabbed my shirt, pulled it away from me, and vomited directly onto my chest. Thanks Gavin.
Well, even though I made it sound really bad, we actually did have a lot of fun. The fireworks are always good there, and we were able to see a lot of family and friends we don't see very often. The boys loved being able to run and frolic at Grandma and Grandpas house. Any time they get somewhere bigger than our tiny living room, they just run and run and run. Here are some pictures of them enjoying the outdoors.
Owen running in the front yard. He thought it was the best thing in the world.
Tyson in front of Grandmas flowers. They love running around.
Gavin in his stroller. He was getting some teeth in, but he still was pretty happy most of the time.
I was surprised how much Gavin enjoyed the grass. Tyson and Owen were not huge fans at this age.
Tyson playing indoors with the stencils. He was acting like he was taking pictures of me while i took pictures of him.
Owen saw Tyson doing that, and thought maybe he was missing out. He thought it was kind of funny himself.
I love this picture of Gavin. I know he has a great smile, but he looked so cute when he pulled this pose. I don't see this side of Gavin too often, but it looked pretty cute.
Grandpa took the boys on a walk out on some paths he made in his field. Tyson and Owen love to go and look at all the flowers, trees, grass, bugs, etc... While we were out on a walk, Tyson was pretending to be an airplane.
Owen and Tyson picked some flowers for Grandma on our walk. Owen wanted to hold them all, and he looked pretty cute.
During our stay, we took a few walks, there is just so much pretty stuff to see there. On our way towards Sandpoint, I saw this sign and it made me laugh. I guess this is either because of the bad economy, or an out of control cat population, or both.
This was pretty neat. As we were coming back from our walk, Tiffany heard something in the bushes, and we found this baby fawn. We approached it slowly, but we couldnt see the mother. We took a few more steps, then we saw the mom running away from it. Not wanting to cause too much of a disturbance, we took a few more steps, and got a somewhat decent picture. He was a cute little guy, just kind of sat there. Wish I could have gotten a better one, but he looked kind of scared.
These pictures are from Green Bay, one of the rocky beaches along the lake Ponderay. It is gorgeous there, even though the water is absolutely freezing. We try to go up at the warmest part of our trip so we can at least make it in up to our ankles. It also has a great collection of skipping rocks along the shore.
I love the view from some of the upper cliffs. it was a great day to be out and about. 
This is one of the cliffs that people jump off of. It is about 50 ft or so at the highest point, and the lower jumping area is about 25 ft. We saw a few people preparing to jump off, and I was able to catch the braver of the two doing a front flip on his way down. As he came up he yelled "i'll need another beer before I do that again!"
Kenny was the only brave one in our group that would jump. He opted not to do a front flip. I don't blame him.
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We had a great time in Sandpoint, and the best part was just being able to see everyone and enjoy good company. Now we are just trying to get back in the groove of everyday life. At least there is no school yet.
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