"the saga continues..."

been a bit stingy on our blogging this month...we do appologize! but most of you who i think follow this already know the happenings of charlie's abode! here's a snippet just to give you something to do! (mommy's just stalling work!) daddy's last day here (working) was last night. he starts his new job next week, in the opposite corner of the state!! we are SO very excited about this since it means-well, it means a job & insurance! AND!!! we'll be moving in with grandma & grandpa barge!!! it is very sad however that we have to leave grandma & grandpa edwards :( we are very distraught about this, but we won't be more than an hour's flight away!..besides, we're confident grandma mary will make the move within a couple years-mabye next summer? (grandma, the sun really does shine more days of the year there ;) )
only one problem here-one (only one opinion mind you!) real estate agent told us we owe more than the house is worth here. therefore she isn't even interested in visiting our property!
yeah, this is a bummer!!
awwww PICKLES!!!
huhm..no further (pg rated) comment on that issue at the moment ;)
mommy fully trusts that everything works out as it should and we'll all be okay! we have plenty of angels watching over us (earthbound and other!).
daddy leaves on tuesday to make his big move. so we have a full week to spend before i'll be missing his daily hugs & kisses & funny faces~there are lots of good times to be had :)
love you lots..ciao.

priest pics...sorry for the delay :)

i chose to take a short nap underneath the daybed before we hit the road to spokane! i was a pretty good boy for our car ride! "cheese"!

floating in grandma barge's tub~ jack & i discussing our first mission~ the lake house~ (not too shabby, eh?)

there was a custum horseshoe pit also! the otherside, unfortunatley sported the husky logo!! (oh my!) grandma in the boat maybe with charlie? & jack getting a golf lesson? ahoy! just call me "captain"~

annabelle pulling charlie~ daddy hunting huckleberries~apparently it was a bumper crop year, but they were pretty picked through by the time we got to the plants! grandpa & daddy :) annabelle & mommy on the floaty. kevin, patrick, & uncle eric golfing~did you ever come up with a name for the game (water put? liquid put?) daddy or eric? they had three rings made of noodles floating on the water for the holes! annabelle pulling aunt nancy!! such a hoot!annabelle in mommy's hat (from GG actually!) daddy giving me a putting lesson~ a little shot of a lot of people! who's on the tube behind the boat? daddy, jack, & i on the dock, uncle ryan fielding the balls~

that's a glowstick/necklace i'm wearing & a marshmellow for smores ;)

so..the bees were plentiful! this is a turkey carcass! properly rigged to attract the bees -away from us! it was incredibly successful..even though a few of us still got stung! i got one right in my temple!! OUCH! daddy got one behind the calf, annabelle stepped on one (it even got stuck in her foot!). grandpa was stung twice. (karma i guess? for rigging the bait!)

after an afternoon maybe? not sure how long this went before being emptied!

we came across an indian chief in the woods~

charlie is there behind jack..tried to get a good pic of the two of them in the sunset..maybe next year right?!

whew!! hard playing at the lake!

annabelle took this shot ~!! nice work cuz! the storms roll in!! mommy was granted a wee thunderstorm before having to leave early!! thanks for that! ;)two things here...I went around stealing everyone's M&M's from the trail mix!! (thank you very much for turning your backs ;) and..see my fancy drink? we got virgin drinks in fancy cups! (don't worry, they're plastic!) mommy even got to drink out of them !! (maybe next year mom you can consume a real drink!

daddy & i~ don't even consider me saying "cheese" here...i'm eating ribs!!! i get very serious & focused when the ribs come out! steam off the lake after the rains~ look how calm that water got pre - storms! olive hands!! cousins are the best! i miss you guys alreadyanother hard day's work!

thanks grandma barge for the week again! (and grandpa & everyone of you!) my awesome hop displayed here over the mini stream~

M&Ms aunt lynn?

i've decided to bribe charlie with m&m's for potty training thanks to aunt lynn! she had darby trained in one day with them!! worth a shot right? well, aunt lynn, it isn't working..I'm eating all the m&m's!!! and i've been trying to tell him he can watch his video (the DVD player that's stashed in the closet until our trip!) after he poops in the toilet too...this doesn't seem to be working either. stubborn little taurus!!