Piece of Crap

The evidence

Last Friday evening as I was driving to a friends house Britt called my cell to inform me that the microwave was on fire, (yes, flames literally spewing out of the control panel.) She seemed pretty upset and serious so I kept the smart-alec remarks to myself and drive home like I was, well…reporting to a house fire.

It's surprising how fast a Toyota Tundra can get up to 100 mph when it's told to.

When I arrived, Britt and the kids were outside and all I could smell was burnt plastic. I feared the worst, (kitchen ablaze, house burned down, us living in a van down by the river, etc.), but the mess wasn't as bad as I thought it to be. I'm not down playing the seriousness of it at all but I'm one to expect the worst when things like this happen.

In the end, everyone was all right – the house just smelled like burnt plastic for a few days, but the smell is now gone.

It's ironic though. We've been talking about getting an, "above the range microwave". We just didn't plan on doing so by nearly burning down the kitchen!

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Warm River Camping=Chillaxin' 1

Crazy kids!

Madi and Sophi having a serious one-on-one

Ethan, grandpa Jeff and a German Brown

Big brother lovin' little sis

Brittany and grandpa Lloyd

Last weekend was spent at Warm River Campground outside of Ashton, ID. The main goal was to float the Henry's Fork but, alas, the weather was too cool for any bodies to be dippin in the "Warm" River, (it's a misnomer).

It was a good opportunity to just relax and let the kids play at camp while the adults all sat around gossiping. Tamera made a kick ass dutch oven dinner that had me bloating to the gill as I laid in my tent trying to sleep. Then, Jeff and Tamara filled us up again the next morning with an awesome breakfast. Ahhh, car camping in Idaho.

Jeff took Ethan, Jaxon and Legend fishing. Ethan loves to fish. He tells me, "Dad, you climb so you don't know how to fish (he's right about that). I fish. I'll show you how to fish, o.k.?" He must know what he's doing because he caught 2 German Browns – way to go ET!

While the boys were fishing, Brittany and I took Madeline up to the lower Mesa Falls lookout. I forgot how beautiful the Mesa Falls area is. It's crazy to think that the whole area up there, including Island Park, is a caldera, an old volcano. You can tell by all the fractured basalt columns and boulders strewn along the steep hillsides that lava once flowed heavily up there. Idaho and hot lava – who'd a thunk?

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Warm River Camping=Chillaxin' 2

Ethan in the white shirt fishin'

Madi at Ross Park's swimming pool

Britt and Madeline at Lower Mesa Falls

Ahhhh, nothin' like dutch oven cooking.

Sophi with that glazed-over look and Madi high on Smores! Silly girls.

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