Serenity.....

Monday morning after we all had breakfast at Shari's, Matt and I loaded up the car and headed out to Crater Lake. The most beautiful place Ive ever been! We could have stayed there all day! Which we kind of did. We left hours after we anticipated!! But worth every minute!!!

Wizards Island

My faves!

Even the wildlife appreciate its beauty!

I actually went over the wall! It was so scary and vertigo set in the second I hit the dirt, but wow! The picture cant even begin to explain how awesome that view is!

Matt was so much braver than I was!

Maybe one day Matt and I will head back and take the trail down the water.....? Its a pretty vigorous hike (so Ive heard) so we couldnt have done it with the little people....

The ride home from Oregon

The ride home was pretty brutal, although very pretty for the most part, it was a very long drive! After we left Crater Lake we drove until we couldnt drive anymore, but by the time we realized that, we were in the middle of no where! A little town called Adel. And when I say little, Im not kidding!!! No rooms, ONE gas station that had already closed, and nothing but darkness. So we turned around and headed back to Lakeview, which luckily had a few things open so we fed the kiddies and got a room....the next morning we slept in way too late so there was no way we were getting home before dark, so we didnt even bother to try and rush. We took our time, stopped in Winnemucca for lunch and enjoyed the fact that we were still away from all that nasty reality :}~

We did get to stop and get some pretty cool pictures on the way also....

Peaceful little farm

Klamath Lake

I hope this picture is as cool to everyone else as it is to me. I waited forever for the sun to be right where I wanted it, and was eaten alive by mosquitos in the process....ugh!

Sophie....

Our little kitty Sophie ran away 2 weeks ago! We have all been very sad and very worried about her! Brady more so than any one I think! He loves the cats like theyre his babies! He was devastated!!!

And to make matters that much worse, it has rained so hard and so much every single night since shes been gone. Thunderstorms, lightning, heavy downpours, etc....for 2 weeks!!!!! So we were all very sadly starting to lose hope that we'd ever see her again :(

So yesterday, the rain lets up for a bit, its a little bit sunny and nice out so Matt decides to take Brady golfing. On a whim chooses to drive through the neighborhood rather than the main road and HOLY CRAP! There she was, right there in the middle of the road! Matt shouted "THERE SHE IS" And Brady just stared. He couldnt even believe they had found her!

Keep in mind that we had driven up and down every street we could for 2 weeks. Brady and his friends rode their scooters around for hours at a time, many times and nothing!

They brought her home and the first thing she did was eat. Of course. She is so skinny and shaky and understandably exhausted, but we are doing our best to nurse her back to health.

And funny enough, when I let the dogs out this morning, Sophie voluntarily went out with them. I was pretty surprised to see that she is still willing to go out. But of course it didnt last too long and she was back in the comfort of her own home within a few minutes :)

One other thing I wanted to share.....Brady told me that the night before she was found that he had prayed for her. Neither Brady or I are very religious people (even tho we are considering the options) but he was ready for her to be home, he had enough of missing her and wanted her back so he said he prayed to God they would find her. The very next day, they did.

It definitely got me thinking......