Musings on .... a dolphin and a labrador

I  just had to share this video.
I wonder if Bosco would ever swim with a dolphin?

Hmmmmm....I like to swim with the girls! 
Not sure about dolphins.

Musings on....what children say

Kids say the funniest things

As I mentioned in my last post, we have just come back from a wonderful wedding in British Columbia.

I wanted to write this down before I forget.

We were driving back from a barbecue at our cousin's place. They were staying at Kicking Horse up at the mountain.  My cousin who was getting married, was having dinner in town with the wedding party.  As we were driving through town, we saw everyone out on the deck of the restaurant.  We honked and hooted and hollered as we drove by.

It was at that moment, that my youngest daughter declared that we had "totally sabotaged their moment!"  This left us in a fit of laughter....I'm not sure why.

The rest of our time we chuckled about sabotaging moments!

Musings on.....a dance off

Golden, BC

Recently we came back from a wedding/family reunion in Golden, British Columbia.
What a wonderful time we had.  Definitely too short for all of us, but a most quality experience!

I had not seen my parents and brother and sister for an entire year!  Aunts and uncles and cousins had been even longer!  We were all excited to see one another!

Harvesting

We packed up the car and started our drive on Monday.  Along the way we passed through some incredible wheat fields in eastern Washington.  It was around 7:30 at night and so interesting to see the trucks coming from everywhere, filled with wheat for the grain elevators.  I of course made my my husband stop, so I could get some pictures.

Running through the fields

We arrived at my Uncle Red's cabin in Panorama.  There, we were able to spend some time with my parents and my brother.  We had a  swim and canoe in Lake Lillian.  My Dad pulled toes...a bit of a tradition!  We played competitive  Scrabble, and my uncle showed off his cool Kilt Coozie from Scotland!

Toe Pulling

Beer Coozie

Home Lodge, Golden, BC

Then it was off to Golden.  Home Lodge was wonderful place to stay.  The girls enjoyed the jacuzzi with their aunt and uncle.

Jacuzzi Time

The vista was fantastic!  The mountains are so close, and rise up so steeply.  We were even able to watch my cousin take off in the helicopter to get married at Table Rock.  Might have to save that for another blog!

Off to get married!

The reception was so much fun.  We danced and made wonderful fools of ourselves!  The band played everything from Abba to country!  The mosquitoes were fierce, but the dancing kept us moving!

Dancing Fun!

Now to get to the "Dance Off".  I'm not sure how it happened, but I know that Tom Jones "It's not unusual" was playing.  Someone "my husband?" wanted to know who was the better dancer.  Was it Dave or Timmy?  My brother decided to text his wife and ask her opinion.  All of the sudden a "Dance Off"  was declared!  My husband and brother in law in a "Dance Off!"  Too funny!  Problem was, that we had different opinions of who won.  The band had played their last song.  We had  plans of continuing inside, but it was just too late and we were were all too tired!

A very unique and funny moment.  We had a grand time and know that another "Dance Off"  will be in our future!

Michael Franti, FrantiV: Bend, OR (08.05.10)

Here is the video from the show!  I love how he gives Bend a plug!  A tiny bit of my girl singing.  You got to love the boy talking about tornadoes!

Musings on...Michael Franti and Spearhead

Michael Franti

On Thursday we went to see Michael Franti at the Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend.  I had seen him before in VT with my sister, and we were right at the stage.  Up close and awesome!  That was a great experience, and I wanted to have one again! 

The girls and I decided if we were going to see him...we were also going to be right at the stage.  My eleven year old wanted to be there at 3:00.  The doors open at 5:30.  We got there at 4:00.

When the gates opened, and they ran down to stake their claim at the front of the stage.

front stage

Flobots were the opening band.  They were great!  The one guy (not the lead singer)  was an amazing dancer.  He did all sorts of crazy robot moves!  Very impressive and very athletic!

Flobots

Then Michael hit the stage!  Barefoot as usual and full of energy!  We were doing okay in the front, but towards the end of the night I had to really fight for our space.  I took a step back and just acted as a barrier for my girls.  He went out into the crowd for "Yell Fire."  Check out the video!  Very cool!

 At the end of the night he invited all the kids up for the last song.  My daughter was up there and about five people away from him.  All of the sudden he called her over and asked her to sing a verse!  I was so shocked that I didn't get video or a photo!  I'm working on finding something!  What an experience for her!  I asked her about what happened up there.  She said that he asked her if she knew the words.  She said that she didn't think so.  He said that he was watching her sing and she knew them.  So...she sang!  In front of three or four thousand people!  Way to go!

He's looking at my kid!

After the show, he came down to the stage and shook hands and hugged everyone.  You don't leave early from a Franti concert early...because he always does that!  He gave me a hug and I thanked him for letting my daughter sing.

A top concert in my books!

The crowd

Dancing kids

Shake it like a tambourine!

Franti and his son

Awesome show!

Kids on stage

Musings on....Sunset Dinner

Sunset

Last night my husband and I had a date night!  We rode the chair up the mountain to enjoy the Sunset dinner.  The last time we did this, the weather was cold and cloudy and there was no sunset.  Tonight was different.

I had the most delicious trout dinner and my husband had the halibut.  We enjoyed a fine bottle of wine and watched the sun set.  It was beautiful!

Enjoying some fine wine.