Here we go again

So when we came here in Sourh West Colorado we thought we would be here for four years. The job Craig got was supposed to be stable. 

But personalities can clash. And Heaven seems to move us where we should go. We are headed back to Idaho. There is a lot to do. We have to list the house. Boaz has finished school. I am on summer break. Craig left for Idaho yesterday. His first day is Wednesday. 

But we are headed back to family. We will be 2 1/2 hours from Craig’s mom. We will be same distance from SLC and my family. Boaz hasn’t found his people here. He’s looking forward to trying a new place to find them. Also the promise of release time seminary is intriguing. 

This summer I will be going back and forth, looking for a new house and trying to sell this one. 

I think the family has become a bit jaded about how we live. 

Dive bombed

I love hummingbirds. Part of the charm of this house is a long pourch to hang feeders. 

Today when we got home I was met by a dog frantic, thinking she had been abandoned while we went to work and school. I found a ball for her - she lives to chase balls. I had a thrower so I don’t have to throw a slobbery ball. 

As I stood on the deck, throwing tennis balls 🎾, I was dive bombed by at least 10 hummingbirds feeding on my four feeders. 

I thought they were shy birds, but they are aggressive and territorial. 

I still am amazed at how loud they are. We can hear at least one from inside the house. Whistling and humming, trying to defend all four feeders from the other birds. 

The other two are behind me. 

Avisha is territorial as well, but she ignores the swarming, buzzing tiny things and focuses only on the ball. 🎾 

Silverton and the remnants of an avalanche

I took pictures of the beautiful Colorado mountains, but didn’t post them. We are headed back up through Silverton today, and I remembered. 

Silverton sits above 9000 feet. It is still winter there. 

This is the building. Little tiny chapel. No pews, just chairs. 

The branch president told me about an old “slide” that looked like it took down a forest at Eureka. So we went up the road to see. 

To show how deep. 

You can see debris in the snow. 


 

The splintered trucks and scattered branches. 

A layer of green branches littering the snow. 

Old mining ruins at Eureka. 

The skeleton of a building that the mountain came down on. 

Our love affair with water continues. I was so excited to see a beaver damn in the real life, as opposed to pictures. 

Clear mountain stream. 

A picture to make Brad want to come visit us. 

I think this looks like moose country. But it was the wrong time of day to see any. 

I still love to take pictures of my kids sleeping.