Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rae: June 2006

You know you live out west when the big 11 O'clock headline is -

This just in: Idaho state police report that there has been an accident on I-90 involving a car and a moose. Details coming right up.

Thankfully, the passengers escaped without serious injury. The moose, unfortunately, is dead.

After a hard night of moving.

Thank you to all our fabulous and ridiculously crazy movers! You guys are great!

Bathroom (if you were confused at all)

Living Room

My bedroom (Jo's looks exactly like this, just opposite)

New Home!

Some apartment pictures for you - I learned that it's difficult to take pictures of an empty apartment. We also learned that you should not pull really hard on cabinet doors. They pull right off. At least ours do. Don't get jealous. These are all kitchen pictures. And a shot of our washing machine, which I'm sure has been entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as THE SMALLEST WASHER EVER MADE. We are proud.

Some News. And Some Other News.

The kitten has a new name: Chicken. Chicken Dumpling, to be exact. I think I suggested it, but in the greatest pursuit of humbleness, I don't want to take all the credit. Donkey was my first choice. It was shot down.

We just found out that our apartment is "clean and ready", or so the lady told us. BUT, no internet there + no time off work = no official moving in until after the 20th. That's ok, we've got plenty to keep us busy! Lots of boxes to move from the storage unit and lots of packing to do in our room here. I even have a desk to paint. And we're taking our favorite visitors, the Amos boys, camping this weekend. So exciting. I'll post apartment pictures soon. Excited everyone?

Amoses new kitten. Yet to be named.

Langston, as a cartoon, catching peanut butter M&M's.

This is when the party got really crazy. Taylor decided that his noseblowing strength was greater than the more typical blow from the mouth. We were amused and he was amused at our amusement.

Christian, Taylor, Hampton

Jo's 23rd birthday party. A couple days late. We were camping during her real birthday, but decided to have a wild and crazy party the next week. To avoid any undue praise, I didn't make the cake. Just so you know.

This is gross. I stepped in my Jetta the other day only to find my foot in a river. I am pretty sure that I have a leak. No, the windows were not left open. I've noticed some slight leakage problems recently, but after torrential rains on Friday, I realize that this might just be a problem that I should look into.

The next day it was pouring rain. We were hoping to rent a canoe and go out on the lake, but decided against after packing up camp in the rain. Instead we decided to drive around trying to find the bears that we were so warned against. But, rather than a Grizzly, we found Mountain Goats.

Hiking on Saturday. We walked through the woods, Cedar mostly, until the trail opened out to Avalanche Lake - a very pretty sight, the pictures do it no justice. We left the trail for a while and walked on the rocky beach by the freezing water - it is Glacier Park afterall. We were soaked and mosquito bitten by the time we made it back to the trail, but refreshed by the beauty of water, moutains, snow, waterfalls...

This was the only type of wildlife we saw at Glacier. They were all over the place, and so unafraid of the park's guest that people were literally running away from them. We were amused and laughing about how dumb people can look...until they started walking up to us. FYI, deer do not respond to "GO AWAY!"

The views that greeted us in the morning. Bright and early. Suddenly the drive seemed worth it.
We snooped around trying to find firewood, but were so distracted by the lake, mountains, and rainless sky. There was no fire that morning.