The Daily Dawson: Labor Day Weekend

For Labor Day weekend, we went up to Idaho. It was our usual trip to Idaho. We talked with Grandmom and Pop Pop and they told us their stories about the good ol' days. Aunt Jan cooked delicious meals (my favorite was homemade margherita pizza with basil and tomatoes from her own garden). We went to Twin Falls to do some shopping and run some errands with Aunt Jan and Uncle Lynn. Uncle Lynn didn't fail to make us laugh, as always. We played with Mekhi, Aiden and Cage. We rode around on four-wheelers and the Rhino.

I've never see Pop Pop that close to a dog.

The only difference was that we had Rue and Aunt Jan has Rusty. The first day, Rusty was terrified of Rue. This is strange since Rusty is very playful and energetic. But I guess he met his match. The second day, he was warming up to her and they started playing. Well the playing never stopped. We had to monitor them constantly because our dog just loves other dogs. They would play non-stop. We're working on getting her used to dogs and not be so overly excited. Regardless, it was cute. I'm glad they got along.

On Saturday, Blaine helped Pop Pop fix a lawn mower. Right when they finished, we got a call from Aunt Jan saying that we were under a tornado warning. We hurried inside and it got bad quickly. We were planning on running over to Aunt Jan's but that was impossible. By the time we settled Grandmom and Pop Pop in, it started hailing really hard. The worst part was that our car was outside. Thankfully, nothing happened to it. The windows were rattling pretty hard and we saw the funnel of a tornado not to far away. It was kinda scary. Aunt Jan lost power for a couple of minutes. But thankfully, it all went by pretty fast and we didn't get directly hit by the tornado.

On Sunday afternoon after church, we went on a drive to Lake Cleveland. We had a good time skipping rocks. I am horrible at skipping rocks and I hadn't tried in like forever. Blaine is pretty good and so was Mekhi. Aiden was picking up large rocks and just throwing them. It was so funny. And, surprise surprise - it's getting cold. I was kinda dying. Hoodie season in the west has begun. I can't go anywhere without one because you never know when the temperature is going to drop!