Our memorial day was extra special because my ‘pseudo-estranged’ brother, Mike, and his mistress, (..okay girlfriend) 😉 Jessica, hung out with us in Boulder for a few days after their whirlwind 2-week binge through the American Southwest. Just like anyone who visits, we always try to give a little taste of the ‘Jake and Jill’ experience.
We went back down to Moab for a short weekend of climbing, camping and a mini Challis’ family reunion. We arrived on friday around 5pm and planned to camp at the KOA since that’s where everyone else was planning to stay. It was packed! Plus it didn’t really feel like camping, as there were cabins, bathrooms, showers, a swimming pool, shopping area, even wireless internet! But we were not there for us, we were there to visit with Jake’s fam., so we sucked it up and settled in.
Get it?!?. It’s my hokey way of saying farewell to our furry friends who have been living under our deck for the past month. We had some suspicions about the large raccoon prowling around our neighborhood, but only recently discovered that it’s home was under our deck. We assumed it was male since it was so large, but later discovered that “he” is actually a “she” because she has been spotted with babies. We dubbed her “Mama-Coon”, as she is a mom as well as a raccoon; seemed a fitting name!
AHH Disney, the most magical place on earth. There is no other place like it in the world…that is true. We went to Disney with my parents and our niece, Lucy for 5 days. Oh so much to pack into one little blog post, but I figure I would touch on all the highlights from each day…and of course show all the super fantastic photos of our vacay. It was also the celebration of my birthday, so a double-whammy for me!
We just got back from FL yesterday (that blog post will come later this week as we still have tons of pictures to siphon through), so of course our food stores in-house were very low. At this point in our lives, we make just about everything from scratch and we had nothing. Clearly a gigantic grocery shopping trip was in order to both Whole Foods and COSTCO…and that’s when the day got out of control. While shopping, we decided that today was the day we would try pickling some of our freshly purchased produce items…we have been talking about wanting to do this for weeks, so it seemed like a perfect activity. We picked up several canning jars, vinegar, cucumbers, onions, beets and carrots (among many many many other items) for pickling.
Today is the day before we head to Florida for a 5-day trip to Disney World…but before we leave, I wanted to have a pseudo birthday & fun day for Jilly. The entire day was meant to be full of only fun things for Jilly (well for both of us, but mostly Jilly) to do. I woke up super early before her, around 6:00am, decorated the house in fun day/birthday attire and went to pick up a redbox Kung Fu movie and a half dozen ‘Dizzy Donuts’ (which we had never had but always talked about getting).
Thank you Sandy! You should check out our new blog www....August 22, 2014 - 2:39 pm by Jacob Challis
Love reading about your adventures. From: Sandy (friends...August 22, 2014 - 2:39 pm by Sandy TerrellLets do a big family trip next year (end'ish of summer ...October 2, 2014 - 2:33 pm by Jacob Challis
Looks amazing!!! We would love to visit with you!!!October 2, 2014 - 2:33 pm by Julieand so easy to make! we've made a couple batches just this...August 15, 2014 - 7:37 pm by Jacob Challis
