Productive day and Playing with Kyle on the Friendly River!

So at the beging of the summer I brought home this enormous bag of stuff to do! I had the best of ententions going into the school year completely prepared in my history class and many other things! Well now that summer is officially over in 4 days I figured that I should get on it! I really put it off forever but since I wanted to paint less (another unfinished summer goal along with remembering to put the garbage out- the recycling is over flowing I keep missing its week)! I actually planed about 3 days worth of history including 2 powerpoints! I also did an outline of a project for my ISAT kids and a lesson planish for the first day with them!

The problem is that I didn't have a very good excusses when I talked to Kyle to not play with him! The original plan was to go to grace and play in the flune but because our thrid party Robbie couldn't come we decided to go with Kim (old room mate) and Jana floating the river! We had a great time floating down the River going on the waterfalls and Trying to stay together! We also saw the invention of the taco tube because Kim's tube deflated so much that she wasn't really floating any more! After they were done Kyle and I decided to take one last trip!

Now for the friendly river part (not like you don't met people on the river- you know the weird I am so sorry that my tube is bumbing into you thing so I will make polite conversation just to make it less awkward- I am talking acutal friendliness!) When we get up to the top of the hill I hear "Excuse me, how do we get down?" A lovely lady in a black bikini with a different accent comes up to us! She also had a man with her that she spoke to in a different languae that wasn't Spanish (I am pretty proud I could tell because Kyle couldn't)! So we decided that we would show them how to float the river! The Portneuf is really quite easy once you have done it but it can be scary if you have never done it before especially as you are getting into the water and they ask you how to get into the tube! So after some demenstrations we were off.

Well we went off the firstwaterfall the big one and then there is a lull in the action! Here I learn that they are from Italy. She came here on a study abroad program for a month 3 years ago and they were back for a visit! They were staying with friend in Pocatello! Then we go to go down the second waterfall and the poor guy goes to the right when he needed to be to the right! he comes out with so pretty nice scrapes on his back! I asked him about His feet because they didn't have any shoes because I told them to hold on to their flip flops because they would lose them! (Ok the good thing is that I didn't yell at him in English but I still tried to talk to him! I also asked them if they had any tenna shoes but apartly they didn't get what I was saying and I couldn't think of anything else to say) He did pick up his feet when I talked to him so He probably understood a little bit. When we were all back on the tubes safely. We taught them to hold the handles so that they could stay together! It was great until we told them to get off! We should have showed them how to do it! They took to long and got off in the shallower swifter part! Well she fell off the tube lost her shoe and he did her best to help her and to fell off! Well Kyle and I caught the tube and shoe but we were now faced with some problems! Well first because she had no shoes she couldn't get acrossed the river to the other side of the bank where she needed to get out! I made Kyle get up there and help her! It was pretty funny because was trying to explain to the guy that if he kept the tubes out of the water then it wouldn't pull him as much! I just sit there holding Kyle and my tube waiting making funny face at the guy (not creepy ones just funny)! So finally kyle get her to walk down to where her tube is to get into it and paddle across. While he is up with her she tells him that she is glad that she didn't get hurt because she thinks she might be pregnant! AHHHH Kyle thinks in his mind I wouldn't have let her go on the river at all if I had know that! But needless to say it was their only trip down the river and Kyle thinks that she said God bless to him!

Then as Kyle and I were floating more we went to get out some older people that were getting out of the mineral pools in the hotels asked us to if the water was cold were we were swimming! Well if you have ever talked to me you would find that I can't just tell simple stories like this post it is forever long! So didn't just say yes or no like a normal person I decide to have a little conversation! I said well normally it isn't that bad but last week we were at Mackay. Do you know where Mackay is? Oh your from San Fanisco wow your far away from home. Mackay is in the northern part of south earstern Idaho where mount Borah is. And that water is freezing there! I mean cold because they keep the water in a Resivor and it is 90% full and that is very unual for this time of year so the water hasn't had time to heat up! Then they asked us where you get in and I asked them if they knew where the Thai food restraunt was and hald said yes and half said no! Then we found out that that was were they were eating dinner and they wanted to know if they could walk there. So we said yes they could if you just kept walking up the hill you would run right into it it used to be a gas staytion but the food was really good there, I don't like food like that and I like it there!

So we finally got out of the river and then while Kyle ran and went to go get the car I stayed and told the tube lady about our friendly trip down the river!

Totally awesome!

So I don't know how many off you know, but Spencer, Idaho is the opal capital of the world! (well at least that is what the sign says) I have driven passed this said sign and have wanted to stop but I don't do things I have never done before very well by myself and I am usually by myself while passing this lovely place! Well My Little sister and her new husband (who's family just so happens to have a cabin in Spencer) on their honeymoon purchase this for me from the Opal capital of the world! Sorry the picture is horrible but for somereason my camera will not work (really turn on and it is not a dead battery ) so the picture is from my phone! That I emailed to myself through text because I have a stupid phone (non smart phone as we found out when I lost my phone for 24 hours on silcent)! The dead camera though is the reason that i have not posted what i ahve decided will be called Melissa's gems of the gem state! Yup, Folks I know you will be sitting on the edge of your seats waiting in the anticipation for this next few post! I have made two spots on my historical spots journey but first I have to get the pictures from Kimberly (sister in law) because she was with me when we took them!

Kenna's Wedding

So I am sure that you all have been waiting for these with antisipation!

The group picture!

Kenna and I! I feel like I should defend that we are smashing our faces together and are not that chubby! And I may or may not have broke down in tears after this hug!

The Kids!

The Siblings!

We are so proud of her! It was a beautiful day! We are really excited to add Andy to our family and wish them luck!

Oh It is Finally here!!!!!

I am supposed to be doing things for Kenna's Wedding but I really don't want to there are pictures to be picked up, cupcakes to bake, and people to call but I am not doing anything! I am going to be in a lot of Trouble! But I need to take a moment in the fact that in about 72 hours it will all be over! Then I will have to do all the things I have been putting off because of the wedding Yard work and cleaning (although Michael Kimberly and Natalie got me caught up on that, they are such good people)! Now I have to go back to reality and do my job!

Hey can you bring me some clothes and shoes!

Kenna had her interview with the Bishop for her really temple recomend last Wednesday! She was going to get off in time so I got the text! Hey can you bring me up some clothes and shoes to wear for my interview! So like I amazing sister that I am I get her a dress with some super cute yellow shoes and a blue shaul! Later on in the day I get this text

Kenna: Melissa what color is my dress?

Me: White? What dress? (In my defence it had been about three hours since I had dropped off the dress and I wasn't sure if we were dicussing wedding stuff!)

Kenna: The one you brought me is see through....

Me: I brought a shell

Kenna: I have yellow underwear on!

(Once again in my defense it has been two years since I have worn color underwear and it didn't even cross my mind that it could be a problem!)

Me: Well why didn't you tell me that!

Kenna: I thought you would grab me a black skirt!

(Note to Kenna I am not a mind reader I am bearly a good listener)

So the poor girl had to be resourceful and ened up wearing her work clothes under her dress so that she would be decent to talk to the Bishop!

I would like to mention that her shirt is also on because she had on a pink bra!

Smuin ReUnion and Dreams that Come true!

So for the first time in a while we had a Smuin Reunion! We went to Birch Creek which is on the Salmon Highway! It was a ton of fun seeing and hanging out with people we haven't seen in a while! One of the days we ventured to the Kilns where they made charco for the mine and for asphalt and other we went to Indian paintings and then we went to something that is almost an Indain later but ended up just being a nosiy archelologiest latter but as Grandma Wilding said it is still history! It was a ton of fun! Here are some super fun pictures!

This was at the kilns! I had to at least try the water that me pumped up but it tasted like poo! (those are all cousins in the back part of Emily Kaylyn Heidi and Tammy and then that is Braydon next to me!)

This is super Cute Kade as the water came out of the foset thingy!

Kaylyn pumping and parts of Jeremy and Colton and Braydon!

Kade needed some help Kenna Colton and part of Daxton!

For those of you that know me I have a sercet dissirer to be a tour guide! I think it would be like the best summer jog ever for me! I have grand plans for it that will be explained later in this blog!

Look how excidited I am that my dream has come true and that I will be able to lead myself as a tour guide! Dream do come true and not just at Disneyland!

One of the kilns! I believe that is Kenna and Kaylyn. I just think that are super cool! They used about 150,000 cords of wood before they stopped.

Other view of the beauties all together! There used to be 16 but there are only 4 lefts

My Uncle Dewey brought his horses so I decided take a ride! I do love horse!

If you look real close you will see that Dewey and my Dad are almost twins! They are about two years apart! At night by the campfire they (including my Uncle Darin) would tell us stories about their childhood growing up on the farm and cray things they did like bring home a black fox! They told stories that we had never heard about our Grandpa Smuin, like how he bore his testimony every Sunday and other awesome things!

So while we were driving around this gourgus land I was remembered how I just love Idaho! Really I have a great love for this crazy state!
This brings me to the most awesome summer job ever! I really love talking about the settlement of Idaho and how it developed as a state and why people seattled here and what the people where looking for! And one day I will take a road trip in which we will stop at very historical site along the way to were every I am going! I will call it my Idaho Historical Journey!
Once I am done with this journey I will have collected enough knowledge to start Melissa's Idaho! A tour group that will visit all the amazing hidden gems of the Gem State! (ovisouly I will come up with a catchyer catch pharse)
That way all of the people around the world will be able to share the love of this land that I have!

P.S. I feel like the spelling is worst them normal but that could be because the spell check is coming up automaticly and I am to tired to fix them or I can't figure out how to spell it when I try to fix it! So I will stay true to the blog promise from the beginning at let you sound it out!

Bugs!

So I have been working out in the yard! I feel like this house is a bug magnet! Michael says it is because I didn't work in my parents yard! Well I am not sure if it is true! But Wednesday when I was mowing the back yard there were 25!!!!!!! daddy long legges on the the foundation of my house! (if they were any other spider I might be moving but I know that they are the better of the spider family!) I swear when I was wedding I would put in my spade and galizions of bugs would come out! So after I was done I came in and layed down for a nap and then I could feel something crawling and then biting! Don't worry it wasn't a spider just a stupid ant that bit me twice! I really hate bugs!