The good the bad & the expensive

Wow has it ever been an up and down couple of days. You know the bike? Yeah the one a few blogs ago.....the one my husband worked so HARD for. Well Sunday morning we woke up to the beautiful sun and the first Sunday back to hear Paul preach. Well, it was even more special because Ryan had the day off and was going to get to come with us. He decided that he wanted to ride his bike to church. Yep, and it's not an easy trip. So Ryan made the extra hard trip to church and we got to listen to an awesome sermon on Grace. Well, after church we did our running around and went to the hospital to meet our new friend Reid Mathew Krahn and then off to Ryan's parents to pick up his truck. Then the girls and I headed for home with growling tummies. We pulled into the drive way and headed into the garage when we all heard this HORRIFIC sound. YUP, I forgot that Ryan's NEW bike was on the roof of my car. So, my beautiful new rain gutters have a big dent, our Yakima rack is toast and Ry's bike, well we think that will be about a $700.00 dollar fix. OUCH! But, I must say that the sermon on Grace was well taken by my husband and we was very graceful.

Okay, so fathers day was not off to the greatest start but we were beginning to find the humor in it all. So we took the girls out on the boat for an early dinner and some sand playing time. We then dropped the girls off and picked up our small group (church group). We floated on the river for an hour or so and ate awesome rice crispy treats and talked about fun things like kids and prayed and then dropped them off. So then Ryan and I headed back to the boat launch to head for home. Ryan docks the boat and I hold onto it while he goes to get the truck and trailer. He gives me a quick reminder lesson on the latch system and I gear up for the boat to load the trailer. Well, it doesn't start. Not only does it not start, that starter itself quit! So here we are with a really LONG boat that we have to pull onto the trailer by hand and ratchet it the rest of the way, by hand. UGGH! another season waiting on the darn marina to fix our boat, probably won't get it back until October! We are however QUITE grateful that God brought us safely back to the boat launch and we didn't get stranded in the middle of the river.

Okay, so we got through that day. And here we are today. Ryan's older brother and his wife Heidi had their first baby today! Her name is Sibley Caroline Margemarie Higgins. She was 2 weeks over due and weighed 9lbs 12oz and was 22 inches long! Amazing, because Heidi is VERY little. So we hurried up to CDA today so the girls could meet their new cousin. We are now home, it's 10pm and Lauryn is still in her room crying.......she is completely exhausted and fighting it tooth and nail!

Blessings to you~
Robyn

Rush-ing to Ski

So my husband is a Rush fan......Rush is a band, in fact they are a band from the late 60's early 70's. His brother Bill is also a fan. So, Rush came to the Gorge in George Washington last evening and Ryan "scored" tickets for cheap (according to him they were cheap, I didn't think so). A therefor, on the eve of Bill's first babies due date, they geared up their motorcycles (Ryan in Clarkston, Bill in CDA) and headed off to meet each other at the Gorge for an evening of music.

So, for the rest of my story.

As you know we have had a record year for snow fall in our mountains, THANKS BE TO GOD. What you may not know is that today is June 1st and people (mostly die hards) are still skiing at some of your northwest ski resorts. Well, Ryan and Bill figured that because it was June and Silver Mountain ski resort is still open, they may try to ski today, so they could say they did.

So here is the rub, how is Ryan going to get his ski gear to the Mountain on a motorcycle?

Do you think this dilemma plagued Ryan for long?

Nope.



Blessings to you,
Robyn