Oakley Home

Our summer vacation this year included a stop in Oakley, Idaho. We love this little town! There is so much of our family history there and fun things to do, we just totally enjoyed ourselves!

 

As soon as we arrived on a balmy Saturday afternoon, the kids played in the sprinklers on Nana's front lawn. (What posers!)

 

We were all so excited to see our Nana at her home. And she was so happy to see us too!

 

I love the old Haight family home. It is so beautiful, all the way down to the fine details. I love the way the windows are framed and how Nana has hung the lacy curtains. The stained glass at the top of the windows is exquisite! Abby looked angelic as she played the piano in the front room on Sunday morning.

 

We got a nice family shot before everyone started squirming. Ok, maybe David had already started to squirm a bit...

 

Mark is the bbq-man! He only singed off part the hair on his arms.

 

Not even 24 hours into our visit I got to perform surgery on the kitty cat, Princess. Luckily it was just a ball of matted fur and not some giant tumor like I had feared. Really, that hair ball was the size of a lemon. Good thing I showed up. Oh, good thing Kim had dish gloves to wear too.

 

Monopoly was a big hit. Lucky for James and David, they have an uncle and cousins who are up for any game of competition. At any time. And, they'll play till all hours of the night. It's like a dream come true for my boys! (Mark included!)

 

Mark and Chris managed to roll out of bed, with Monopoly hangovers, and go for a nice ride.

 

 

 

This picture of Nana and Abby is one of my favorites. I love seeing my Abby following Nana up the path. It makes me smile!

 

We filled our days with playing in the creek, bocce ball, croquet, trips to Searle's for treats, gun shooting and fishing.

 

We also went to the pool, met friends from church, went to a car derby smash-up and stalked the carnival that was coming to town. (It was the talk of the town that week!)

 

We also did a little work around the yard. Abby and David worked down in the root cellar, sprucing it up a bit with Febreeze. David loves any opportunity to spray the Febreeze.

 

Of course, we rewarded ourselves with cheeseburgers at Searle's. We just walked over. (I love that!) While there we met Cherie, the local photographer who agreed to come over and take our family picture. (More on that to come...)

 

 

We just about didn't come home! If it weren't for our own little Oakley back home, we might have just ditched our city folk gear and become real Idahoans. These kids make country gear look pretty darn good~

 

And that's the end of the story!