Sayonara September
Now that it is mid-October it is probably time to wrap up September. What a wild ride it has been...all the back to school and accompanying hoopla. Finally we are settled into a nice routine and it feels good. So...back to September.
Let's start with Labor Day weekend. I participated in The Funky Junk Antiques show in Sandpoint, Idaho. This is a fun show put on by my friend, Jennifer, every Labor Day weekend. This is one of our bigger shows and one of our favorites. It is always crazy scrambling to get things done for this show while doing all the back-to-school shopping and trying to squeeze in the last bit of summer fun. But...we did it!!
A few pictures:
All done setting up. It was a beautiful night out in the country.
Sisters Creed Day One...all ready to go!!
We had a fantastic first day!! We sold a lot and had a great time visiting with customers and friends.
After our first day of the show we had dinner at The Dish on Dover Bay on Lake Pend Oreille. It is my new favorite restaurant. It is fantastic. We had a truly epic culinary experience...second only to eating at Decarli in Portland where my cousin Paul is a chef. It was fabulous.
Seriously!! How gorgeous is that?
Tyler was there helping us with our show and Kelley came up to shop and hangout. All of our kids were at my mom's playing with my her new darling dog...Maggie Mae. More on her later.
It was a fantastic night and a wonderful way to relax after our busy day at Funky Junk. It was such a gorgeous night on Lake Pend Oreille.
Day Two at Funky Junk was just as fun and profitable. Here I am hanging out with my friend Rebecca.
She has the most fabulous apparel line called Peace Within. My family LIVES in her clothes. They are wonderful. Here we are in her booth dressing up to be twinners. I ended up buying both the scarf and the sweater. You can buy her stuff online too. Here's the link:
peacewithincda.com
Loading up post show is never fun. Luckily Reilly was there for some comic relief.
After the show was over we headed to our lake for some much needed R&R. The weather was gorgeous. Sunny and hot. Just how I like things. Why can't summer stay forever?
Does it get better than this?? The answer is no.
You may notice from our selfies that I have finally figured out where to look for pictures. Tyler not so much.
Me in my happy place
They were in their happy place too!!
Now onto Maggie Mae... the newest member of the McClellan family. Over the summer, once my mom's divorce from Ken was final...Hallelujah...no one was sad about that happening...she got a dog. The cutest dog ever. Maggie Mae is a Newfypoo. Half Newfoundland and half Poodle. She is adorable and adored by the entire family.
She has pretty much tripled in size since these pictures were taken. She will be a big dog.
These kids have been having the greatest time with her especially since we won't let them get a dog of their own right now. I feel like I live in a house full of puppies as it is!!
Here is a picture of Maggie Mae a little bigger...from Reilly's Instagram:
We also went to the fair as a family...including Reilly's boyfriend Justin. It was a memorable experience as usual. Love the fair: the food, the people, the weird stuff. It is an all around good time.
Kameron slurping the melted ice cream off of his deep fried peach pie. It took some serious strong arming of Tyler (stent boy) to stay away from the deep fried lasagna but he did it!!
Waiting in line for the flying ride
Ailey and Reilly on the flying ride...just getting started. Our little Ailey has come so far. She has a huge fear of heights so we were very proud that she braved this ride and ...liked it!!
Justin and Kam waiting for the ride to start
The BF was off at the ATM. The fair is an expensive date!! Luckily he thought Reilly was worth it. They then ditched us to do their own thing. Oh well.
Here's what I did:
Ate enormous corn dogs!! Why have I NEVER thought to smear mustard all over the corn dog before? Genius fair food people! Genius. I will never dip my dog again!!
Moving on to Asian Stir fry...that's health food at the fair!!
Now we are onto cotton candy. I ate two bags all by myself...hence my crazy eyes. I couldn't help it. It is my all time favorite treat!!
Just helped the kids polish off a brick of fries and Mt. Dews. It was getting late and we still weren't done so it was caffeine for everyone!
The kids rode more rides and went down the big slide. We saw sinister looking vegetables. So large. So creepy. Don't even get me started on the giant sunflowers. SPOOKY. We saw all the animals. Bryn was fascinated. We do not get up close and personal to farm animals much...which is sad...but she did learn a lot. Mainly that farm animals stink and that she does not want to get up close and personal to them. But she can now tell a goat from a sheep. Success!! We also paid to see the world's smallest horse...rip off...and to see the world's largest and clearly angriest pig...worth every cent!! I paid twice just to go back and get another look at that crazy beast. Oh the fair was glorious!! Can't wait for next year.
Tyler and I also managed to sneak off to Lake Coeur d' Alene one day and it was fabulous. Every time I say to Tyler to get me the heck out of Fargo... which is all winter, spring, and most of fall... I remember days like this and living here is worth it.
This was a beautiful ending to a beautiful day. My very favorite coconut cake and huckleberry sorbet at the Coeur d' Alene resort.
So while I have had to look at an awful lot of this...
September has been pretty grand!!
Oh yeah...
Kameron made jazz band, has been running cross country, and earned a bunch of stuff in scouts.
Kam's XC cheerleaders!!
Ailey was nominated as an ASB representative (student council) for the 5th grade and decided to do choir instead of play an instrument. (No tears were shed on my part.) She is really following in Reilly's elementary school footsteps at least activity wise.
Reilly got a new job. What up, Shopko?
Action shot!!
We also get to spend more time with this cutie who gets to hang out with us for a little bit before and after school. Elle and Bryn are loving Kindergarten and all the fun that comes with it. I am doing another fitness challenge with my friends and you can see from the above photos that I am clearly losing...the contest.
September I miss you already!!
