Coeur d'Alene: Hikes

We went up to Coeur d'Alene last summer, of course.  'Twas grand, per the usual.  Having access to nature really, really, really feeds my soul.  Miles is such a city kid, it is sad.  I had to talk him in to going on hikes, but made him go on as many as possible and he finally came around!  As someone who spent just about every single day of their childhood hiking, it was sad to me that he wasn't jazzed about going at first, but I think we've made a believer out of him.  I hope!

Talk about a view!

Seven

Miles.  He's Seven.  Has been for about 6 months.  Jeez Louise!

I had a doctor appointment on his birthday.  We wound up parking on the 7th floor of the parking garage.  How lucky!

I can't remember now, but I'm, like, 99.9% sure he wanted donuts for breakfast on his birthday, Chipotle for lunch (which we got to have with Dave-- lucky again!) and homemade mac and cheese for dinner.  And a red velvet Nothing Bundt Cake for his birthday cake.

We let him open one gift in the morning before Dave went to work.  Lucky for him (all in all, a very lucky day), it was a Lego set and he built it right away:

He was pretty awesomely excited opening his presents that evening.  His joy was contagious:

Miles sure is a great kid and we love him like mad!

The contagious joy I was telling you about:

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Memorial Day Flood

Houston got hammered with rain and flooding over Memorial Day Weekend.  We were told to show up to church in work clothes to go help.

The Mayor of Houston came to church!

We ended up being split into groups and canvassed to see where the need was and what the needs were.  It wasn't a dirty job at all, but we saw some serious damage.

The streets were just piled with everything that needed to be thrown out.

And this guy's pool (it was empty) flooded right out of the ground!  Crazy!  We sure were thankful we didn't have any flooding!