Lewy's B-Day Camping Trip

This past weekend, we went on a camping trip to celebrate my hubby's 28th B-day. We camped on a spot on the W. Fork of the Clearwater River that runs between Lake Alva and Lake Inez. It was a weekend filled with good friends, good whiskey and mediocre fishing (could have had something to do with the whiskey!)

This was our first day on the trip. We took the boat downstream for a swim.
Eli was in the "river" every chance he could get. Here he is panning for gold (just kidding)! He really enjoyed picking up rocks, counting to three (actually he just says one, one, one) and then he throws the rock.

Bryan Mauws and Lewy in the boat doing some fishing.

Josh and Amanda Frank fishing in the jon boat. What a good looking boat...

Eli got a little seasick on the boat...actually he was just really sleepy. He passed out shortly after this in Dad's arms.

The happy couple...it was their 3rd anniversary over the weekend. They took a dip in the creek and this was proof they had their clothes on!

Are they playing soccer or making ice cream? The ice cream actually turned out really good :)

Eli attacking a piece of watermelon.

Lewy's b-day peach crisp on fire from so many birthday candles!

Base camp used for cooking, b.s'ing, and eating crawdads (after many beers and whiskey cokes!)

Eli cooking us breakfast...Grandpa Heil would be proud!

Eli and Issac Mauws playing (or tasting) the dirt. It was a dirty weekend for these little boys.

Mama Heil after a long weekend of camping!

This was a warning to all the bears in the area...

Josh and Amanda in Glacier.

Uncle Josh and Eli (who had something tasty on his hand).

New Boat!!

Well it's not a "new" boat, but it is a whole NEW jon boat. I've had a fun couple of days repainting Lewy's jon boat. Now it has several new coats of paint, cushioned seats and rubberized paint on the edges.

Here is Eli in his new lifejacket. In anticipation of the upcoming weekend at the lake, Eli insisted on wearing it around the house.

4th of July

Did you know that it is physically impossible to lick your elbow? Eli tried it out last week...he just had to have that spaghetti sauce on his elbow!

Eli is also on his way to becoming a great sous chef...except he eats everything he makes! We're going to have to work on that. Here he was chopping his tomato in half and then shoving both halves in his mouth at once.

We had a great 4th of July weekend in Chinook. It was an All-Class High School reunion so I got to see many people and party way too much. Next year will be our 10 year reunion...I can't believe we're that old already! We attended the parade in big downtown Chinook (it was surprisingly big!) Eli loved the tractors and the horses (surprise, surprise).

He even scored a frisbee thanks to his darn cute hat! All of the candy he got, he threw back in the street though...


And finally, Eli loved riding his little scooter everywhere on the ranch. It was a good (but tiring) weekend. We even stayed up with Eli for the fireworks, but he had fallen asleep by the time they started. Guess there's always next year!