We spent a week in this beautiful house on Lake Pend O'Rielle in Sandpoint, Idaho with our friends, the Parry's and the Johnson's.
Idaho....... Yes Idaho. Who would have thought! Sandpoint is north of Coeur d'Alene and about 60 miles away from the Canadian border. It is WAY up there in the panhandle of Idaho. You have to fly into Spokane to get there.
The house was amazingly beautiful with the most gorgeous views all the way around!
The owner had her brother make this canoe for the light above the kitchen bar.
My favorite room in the house was the breezeway. It had a glass garage type door that we would close down at night and during the day it stayed open so we could enjoy the fresh air.
It had a zip line in the trees.
We had our own private dock that the kids lived on.
There was a beach spot that the kids could build sandcastles in.
The Johnson's made the 13 hour drive up and hauled their boat. It made the week so fun to just be able to go out any time of the day and just have fun in the boat.
Sidney is knee boarding in this picture.
Sidney and Jens on the tube
Jack, Reed, and Cade rafting in the little raft.
We all had a fun time in the kayak and the canoe. Even little Caden took the kayak out.
On July 4th, we BBQ'ed hamburgers, went boating all day and that night we had the kids put on a talent show for us. They had all been working on what to perform for a month and it was really good! We were totally entertained! The 2 top winners got and iPod Shuffle!
Some of the talents were:
Sidney danced
Reed did a magic trick
Jens, Tyus, Garrett and Isaac did an impersonation of us mom's at Zumba! It was too funny!
Hannah did a gymnastics routine
Molly did the splits......... And Gracie sang and Brayden did an impersonation of Jeff.
At the end of the night the city of Sandpoint shot fireworks off from City Beach, which was across the lake from us so the fireworks came at us. They were really pretty to watch over the water.
The kids spent their time fishing from the dock.......
and from the water.......
from the grass and from the boat.
We drove over to Trestle Creek. It was so pretty there. I loved all the tall pine trees.
I felt like I was in FORKS!
(all Twilight fans will know what I mean)
My cute family!
My kiddo's with the Parry's kids.
(You should see people's faces whenever we walk into a restaurant with all the kids.)
On our flight home, the captain said, "hi" to Cade and asked if he wanted to sit up in the cockpit with him. Cade thought he was awesome!
This was the most fun trip in the most beautiful place!
7 comments:
That looks like paradise!
I just might have to make miah take me there!!
You guys are BRATS!!! Where was my invite. Your family vacation looks like it was ssssooooo fun. What a beautiful place. How did you ever think to go there? How many family trips is this for you guys this summer? Who is home dusting? ME! Boo Hoo.
How FUN is that?!? I am so jealous, I am with Suzzy where was our invite! I am just laughing thinking that this trip had to have been just like the Great Outdoors. Did Jeff fall asleep in the sun..hehe? Look like you all had a BLAST and I loved the trees it is just what I pictured Forks to look like.
Shasta came across it in a Country Living magazine and thought it looked beautiful so she took her family there last year. They fell in love with the place so they took us with them this year. And yes...... It was totally like watching The Great Outdoors! Jeff filled the role of Chet (John candy) and Ryan was the role of Uncle Roman (Dan akroyd) we actually laughed about it while we were there, that we were just like the movie!
I forgot to say that there were even bats flying all around at night. No Mosquitos, just BATS! We would have to close down the breezeway door at sunset or they would fly inside!
That looks amazing. You'll have to share the info. I'd love to take a family trip up there sometime. So beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
I can't believe this is Idaho! Who knew? Hey I left the carmel popcorn recipe in the canyon. Can I get it from you again please?
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