Camping 08

So I was looking though some of the camping pictures for the year and just had to post some. Our last camping trip was in Stanley, although I am not sure if you can call it camping. We stayed in the Stanley Lodge, so there was not fire and no tent. We did do some fishing and a short hike. I am very thankful that we decided to stay in the hotel, not only because of the weather. The drive to Stanley was rather interesting. We decided to take the path that takes you over the mountain, very pretty but rather slow going with all the twists and turns. Needless to say we learned that Casey gets a little car sick when he eats Goldfish and has to much to drink. With about and hour left in the drive he threw up in his car seat. We stopped on the side of the road, got him cleaned up and cleaned up the car. Sadly it had to be done with baby wipes and they only do so much. The rest of the drive was with the windows down and taking only small shallow breaths. Once in Stanley we did a better job of cleaning the car and the child. After that we headed out for some fishing. Casey loves to fish and loves to eat what he catches.

I was very glad for the hotel room and the shower after Casey decided to play with this old fire pit while waiting for daddy to clean the fish.

The second day we were there we went to the fish hatchery, its never a complete trip to Stanley with out at least one stop there. We were to late to see them working the fish but we did go down stream and see this...

Its hard to see the fish but there were a lot of salmon out spawning. You can see the black back of one of the fish in this picture. It was amazing to see the size of the fish and to see so many just hanging out doing their thing. Our little fisherman wanted to go back and get his fishing pole and bring a few home. Boy that made his daddy proud.

Before he headed home we did a short hike. Casey is very good about hiking, as long as we don't go to far.

Getting started...

Enjoying some juice and the mountains.

All in all it was a great weekend...minus coming home and having to clean the car up. Boy its hard to get the smell out but I think the white vinegar has done its job. Hopefully next year we will be able to get a few more camping trips in. I don't think we will do anymore this year, with the weather changing and hunting season starting I would say they are pretty much done.

Long Time

So I think we can all see that I am awful at keeping up with this during the summer. The really sad thing is I don't know what kept me so busy. We didn't spend every weekend camping like we wanted, we didn't really have a lot to do during the day...so why I was so bad is a mystery. Maybe it was just the nice weather and never spending more than a few minutes in the house at a time. Who knows...

It is very nice to get back into a routine. Casey started school last Monday and has been loving it. He is going two days a week for two hours a day. It is a class to help with his delay in speech. Here is the best thing, its helping. He is talking up a storm and best yet we are starting to understand him. Then we also started going to BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) every Wednesday. I love having that time to study the bible and knowing that I will have questions everyday that need to get answered is great. It seems to make the day better to start off in the word. I tried to do it over the summer but without the questions I found myself putting it off.

As far as our running...We did the Pocatello Half Marathon a couple weeks ago. Brent took third place in his age group. I finished in 1 hour 56 minutes. We are going to run the Portland full marathon on Oct. 5. It will be my first full and I am very nervous/excited about it. I did 22 miles on the greenbelt last weekend and was able to walk the next day so there is hope that I can finish the full and walk afterwards. It will be a nice to get out of Boise for a day. We are leaving Casey here with Brent's parents which will be fun for him.

Other than the training for the marathon things have been very low key in our lives. Brent it working like mad at HP which makes for long days for us. Tomorrow I think I am going to brave the women's fitness fair with Casey. He hates to stay in a stroller but I am hoping with all the people he will be willing to walk with me.

Here are a couple pictures from this summer. We went to the fair in Blackfoot and Casey decided he likes the goats the best.

We also got him in a pool at a birthday party. He was not to sure about it and then when we were getting ready to leave he did not want to get out...funny how that works.

Food and Fun in the Sun

This last weekend was a fun one for the Crumley family. It started Friday night when we dropped Casey off at my brother’s house. My parents came over from Aberdeen for a cooking demonstration put on by their bank and got us tickets as well. An Australian chef named Jason Roberts cooked and danced and entertained us for the evening. Very very good food and all of it was locally grown. Since I love to cook it made it all the more fun to see how he seasoned different things and he has the best personality. Our table for the event was also a lot of fun, listening to the stories they had about my dad and brother were very entertaining. Then Saturday the folks had to go home and see their newest granddaughter. Robb and Hailey had a baby girl, Italy Rae, at 4:30 on Saturday. She is 7 lbs 1 oz and 20 inches long. I will get to see here in a couple weeks when Casey and I go over for a wedding. That will be another fun weekend. My dad will be stuck with all his girls for a few days, poor guy. :) Then on Sunday, Brent left at 5 a.m. to go and scout for deer with a buddy. Since it was such a nice day Casey and I spent about three hours at the local park. Its so much fun to take him there and see how much fun he has. Even with all that playing he did not take a nap, went to bed at 9:00 which is early for him but still I wanted a nap. So now its back to doing the things that keep the weeks going by in a blur. I just hope we can find a free weekend for camping. The summer is going by to fast.

4th of July and more

O.K. So I am not doing so good at keeping this blog up to date but with this nice weather its been hard to keep anything up to date. So I will take some time now to let everyone know whats been going on with the Crumley's.

Over the 4th of July we went to Eastern Idaho. Both sets of grandparents live on that side of the state which makes it nice but hard. It always seems like the time goes by in a flash. But Casey gets to spend time with them. He talks about both papa's nonstop anymore. Brent's parents have a farm with cows and sheep so that papa is the one with the moo's and baa's. My parents have a farm as well but with crops, so when he talkes about my dad its papa with two dogs because they have two black labs, Jack and Earl.

Brent and I are trying to make a tradition of going on a hike over the 4th. Last year it was Table Rock and this year was Palisades Lake. We leave Casey at the grandparents and head out early in the morning for the hike. Its nice to have the time to spend together doing something we both love and just being able to get away from everything. This year we had to make it an easy, fast hike because my sister from New Jersey was in town with her family. Here is a few from the lake ...

After the hike we headed to Aberdeen for a BBQ with my family, well part of my family. My oldest sister and her husband and two boys were here for the week and my youngest brother, his wife and two kids were there. Also my Uncle and Aunt came over for the meal and our own private fireworks show after. I love having large family get together. The craziness of it all just makes me feel so at home.

Sunday after attending church in Aberdeen with the family we headed back to Boise. Spent the week doing the normal daily chores of life. Friday night we had another family get together over at my brothers place with my sister and her family.

Then Saturday morning Brent and I ran the Fit for Life Half Marathon. Brent got a 1:38 which was a PR and I got a 1:52 which was a PR for me. Very pretty course along the greenbelt, we started at the Hawkes Stadium and ran down to the Broadway Bridge and then back and finished at the home plate in the stadium. It was a wonderful morning for a run, the weather was perfect and we had a nice amount of shade on the course. I did not start the morning out the best however, Mr. Casey sure knows how to make me feel bad. I was truly in tears because of this crying for us to not leave. My sister stay with him and when we got back she said he cried for a little while and then was fine and did his best at ignoring up when we got back. Why is it kids are so good at doing that to their parents.

So thats been our life up to now...busy but so much fun.

5 Years

Its hard to believe how much can change in five little years. As of about 2 o'clock this afternoon, Brent and I will have been married for five years. Very hard to believe considering my past history with relationships. Its been a good five years, with ups and downs but that is very normal, right!? We have a babysitter for Casey and are planning on going out to eat and then to the Shakespeare Festival. All's Well that Ends Well is playing, which sounds like a good play but more than that the experience of the place is so much fun.
Then as of this morning I am going to run my first marathon. I just signed up for the Portland Marathon in October. Before I met Brent I did not run a day in my life. Infact, I was certain the only reason to run was to get away from someone chasing you but now...I pay people so I can run. Crazy if you ask me. But it should be a good race and a good vacation to Portland.
Another shocking thing to me is Casey, I have a three year old. I have always been around babies and kids but never thought I would be a mother. I guess that just goes to show that our plan for our life is invalid if it does not follow what God has for us. And I would not change his plan because in the end its always better.

New Bike

Casey enjoying a bike ride the old way








The new way to enjoy a short bike ride.









Working hard to get up the hill.

Ogden Race

What a great weekend we had. It all started on Thursday when we took Casey to Idaho Falls. He stayed with Brents parents for the Ogden race. They have sheep and cows and stay busy with the small farm they live on. That meant Casey was loving life, going out to help feed the animals and ride with papa on the four wheeler. So we left on Friday morning to head to Ogden for the marathon/half marathon. I was not looking forward to this race in the least. I didn't have enough training runs in and for some reason the motivation just was not there. But since I paid for my number I was not going to bow out of the race. After getting out race packets and checking out the expo we went to Roosters to eat. Very good place if you ever make it to Ogden. Then Saturday morning at about 4:00 the alarm went off and our day started. Brent had to catch a bus to get to the start of the marathon. Thankfully one of the other couples that came to run was staying at a friends place and they came over to pickup the girls for the half marathon. The bad thing was I was still just not looking forward to this race and could not shake the nerves. But once the race started and I realized the shivers I had was truly just nerves and not the weather that seemed to help a little. Then about mile five or six some guy, later found out his name was John, started to run with me and that really made me forget about the nerves and just run. Needless to say I owe my personal record to him. I ended up doing this race in 1 hour and 53 minutes. I truly thought my eyes were going bad then I saw that on the clock as I came to the finish line. One great thing is I am still able to walk, right after the race nothing hurt, the next day my calf was a little sore but nothing to bad. Brent also did his personal best in this race, however, if you check the website it would show a no run for him. Reason being he forgot to wear his time chip. He left it in his bag at the room. So after everyone in our group finished and some got massages and we refuelled at the finish, we headed back to the rooms for a nice long shower and whatever. Sunday Brent and I left early to hit Butterburs in Pocatello for brunch and to get our son. He loved to see his daddy, me on the other hand took about 1/2 an hour to get warmed up to. If you every make it to Pocatello go to Butterburs and get their cinnamon twists...so warm and sticky good. Now its back to real life. Get to take Casey to the dentist today for the first time. He knows that if he is good we will get a toy/movie, just something to reward him. Then if this weather stays nice hoping to hit the Zoo sometime. So it was a good weekend for us.