It was a Lake Ki 4th of July!

We just got home from another fantastic trip to Lake Ki to visit the Foster side of the family. Unfortunately, the weather was down right uncooperative, but even with that, we had a great time. Luckily our crazy banshee children didn't mind the cold and rain and were so exhausted, Morgan had to be woken at 10:30 a.m. one morning (that would be 11:30 a.m. Boise time). Yep, we got a glimpse of the teenage years and it was awesome! (Minus the puberty, snottiness, know-it-all, my-parents-are-dumb, I'll-show-them stuff anyway!)


Grandma D and her girl (after we woke Morgan from her loooonnnggg slumber)

Papa J and his boy. These two are trouble. There was a lot of talks about racing cars and hunting trips. Seriously.

It's wonderful when your family can double as your friend. These four are something else.

Here's an idea. Go to Boom City, buy some fireworks, better yet, buy the ones packaged to be really cute and geared towards young kids and then STRAP IT TO A 3 YEAR OLD'S BACK. Again, I ask, where is this kid's mom?

Morgan has FINALLY realized that she and Cassie have A LOT in common. Trouble, trouble, trouble. But they sure will look cute while causing it.

The whole gang! The ever expanding Fosters! Please note the precious Max and adorable Evelyn. Aunt Sarah is a BIG fan of her new niece and nephew, love them....

Kayak Point. The kids have seen salt water, okay now what?

The Camping Kearney's

It was another successful camping trip for the Kearney/Bordner family (also known as the 'Bordneys' or even the 'Keardners' on occasion). We are so lucky that one of our favorite places to be (the outdoors) is completely free (minus the boat to get there, but hey, let's not be nit-picky). We are so lucky to have such wonderful friends to slum it with on the shores o' Lucky Peak.


Buddies on the tube. Oh the places these two will go...

Funny girl Payton. And I mean funny, this kid cracks me up.... She's my kind of girl, has a little mind of her own.

These two are developing quite the little friendship. Aidan tries to talk 'baby talk' to Payton and the 'huh' look she gives him is priceless!

Morgan recently gave her cousin a BFF necklace, you know the kind where there's a heart broken down the middle and each person has one side of it. I think these two might need one of those.

Sorry Jeremy, I had to steal him for a second... Nothing better than the kids snug as a bug in the tent, some adult beverages and lots of laughter with J and K. Now if we could only get the Cleveland Browns to relocate to Boise... hmmmm. I wonder what I need to do to make that happen?

What Not To Wear...

I apologize to all of you Huskies out there, but it WAS Father's Day....

Happy Father's Day!!!

I can't even begin to describe what a fantastic father Ryan is to our kids, so I won't even try to... But I will say, his love for his children is evident in everything he does and in return, they are WILD about him. For Morgan's first year, I had a hard time doing anything for her, because she much preferred her father... I can't say I blame her, he really is pretty fantastic. (Especially in the middle of the night when the kids are up to their usual hi-jinks!)Ryan makes this whole mothering thing a lot easier!


A little football fun in the neighborhood park...

The McFadden Invasion!

My wonderful grandparents came for a visit, I'm not sure who is going to be more tired when they leave, the kids or them? They even watched the kids while I worked on Friday, it was quite the sight of wildly fun madness going on....

I keep catching Aidan snuggling up to Grandma. He kept telling them, "I really lub (love) you guys." Pretty sweet.

A lot of education going on here. Aidan loves his great-grandparents. Morgan does too, however, she managed to elude the photographer this weekend.

Another year down... And another year of a lot to be thankful for...

33 years old... So the question is, when am I going to feel like an adult? Luckily for me, I don't mind getting older. I think it's an insult to all of those whose life has ended too early to worry about the sagging skin and wrinkles that are finding their way onto my ole' bod. So I celebrate it! Wahoo for getting old and maybe wise?




And with sweet babes such as these, I have a lot to celebrate!!

The Situation is... Sawtooth Relay 2010

I have been horrible about posting lately, mostly because we've just been too busy having fun! Last weekend, I celebrated turning 33 (eek!) by running the Sawtooth Relay with a FANTASTIC group of ladies. Seriously, this event is just one of my favorite things to do... Competition, mountain air, beautiful scenery, lot's of laughs... need I say more? If you aren't in the know about the Sawtooth Relay, it's a relay from Stanley, Idaho to Sun Valley, Idaho. Two of my favorite places to be... so you just can't lose!


The Relay starts bright and early so we have to spend the night in Stanley. We could stay in a hotel, but what's the fun in that? For the second year in a row, we've stayed in the "Red Rooster." Also known as a former brothel (seriously) and a landing place for guides running the river all summer. It's supposedly haunted, so there's not usually a lot of sleep occurring before race day.

This picture CRACKS me up. Don't we look tough? We were playing with the camera's self timer and for some reason we look like we are trying to psych out a group of hooligans. Our team was "The Situation," hence the t-shirts. If you don't understand what that means, then that means you have a life and don't watch the Jersey Shore on MTV.

There we are being happy! Do you like the mattress? We thought that was a nice touch for the pictures.

Race morning at the Stanley School! I love coffee!

Our team! Please note the beautiful Sawtooth mountain range in the background. Love it!!!

Start line, go McCale!!

I love to run and I am a nerd. This guy was my arch-nemesis.

Whoo-hooo. Again with the nerdiness.

At the summit of Galena Pass waiting for our road-warrior Laura. We didn't have to wait long because Laura sprints up that thing. A 1300 elevation gain is nothing for that girl!

And I'm done, whoop!

Enjoying the after-party in Sun Valley. Ah... some of my favorite things, life is good!