I guess I should explain a few things, in this montage. Richard posted this while I was out of town, and I thought I would just let it speak for itself, but it needs details.
So we moved to Jackson, and coming from Boise it was a bit of a shock. It was green and blooming with 70 degree weather in Boise, and Jackson is about a month and a half behind. There were no leaves on the trees, there was frost on the car, and then it snowed a few times. The boys made the most of it, and made a snowman, but I have to admit I didn't really think I'd need snow clothes for the summer, and came unprepared. I guess I thought we'd be getting the best of both worlds this summer by retreating from the heat. HA! It's finally getting nice now and we'll be going back to Boise soon to experience the hottest time of the year. Oh well. In addition to the unusually cold and rainy weather, we were sick a lot in that first month here, and I have to admit it was miserable. Richard had a hard time of it since he was out in the cold having to chop and pull weeds by hand because it was too wet to spray the herbicides. That wasn't fun, but he had a few exciting run ins with some Moose, and that kept things interesting at least. Luckily by the time our family reunion came around we were healthy and the weather was great in Rexburg. Richard didn't include any pictures of that because one, there are too many to fit on this post, and two, he will be making a large montage for all the family and doesn't want to spoil any surprises. At least I think that's his reasoning.
I also have to explain the little critter you'll see on the montage. My sister does gardening up here in Jackson and one cold rainy day near where she was working she heard a little squeaking sound, and went over near a river to find a little baby mink. It was so tiny, it hadn't even opened its eyes yet, and it was all alone and cold and wet and crying. She looked around for its home and mother but didn't see anything. She decided to leave it alone in case the mother came back, but would return to check on it later. The whole day while she was working at that property the little animal stayed there, and by the end of the day, it was barely moving and the ants were starting to attack. She figured that a fox had raided its den and dropped this one, probably killing its mother. She took the baby mink to a vet, who thought it probably wouldn't last after getting so cold, but they fed it some warm broth and wrapped it up with a warm water bottle and sent her home. Suddenly she was a mink momma. She had to feed the thing warm kitten formula every four hours, even taking it to work with her. This was difficult, not to mention it's illegal to keep a wild animal like a mink, so eventually she found a wildlife rehabilitation center that would reintroduce it into the wild and gave it to them. I was so glad she came by to show the boys, they loved it. It was really cute. Hopefully it is now healthy and thriving in the wild.
The second half of the video is Ethan's birthday, which we got to share with Richard's parents and Grandmother. I stole the froggy cupcake idea from my sister-in-law. He had fun playing with his new toys, and doing the money jar which is a tradition in Richard's family. The next day, (which was his actual birthday) my sister came to visit and he got more candy and toys to play with, and then we had a pool party in the back yard that evening. It was a little too cold (that's Jackson for you) so we made it into a hot tub by connecting the hose to the hot water tap in the laundry room and filling it with warm water. The kids liked it as long as they stayed completely in the water. Sorry, no pictures. We forgot.
Well, enjoy the movie!
