We spent the weekend at Thatch and Jill's cabin on the Pend Oreille River. Grandpa did the Long Bridge swim and we were there to cheer him on. He's an American hero. A Frogman. No wonder he's such a good swimmer, even after all these years.
Grandpa Pete and Grandma MaryJane raised six children. And I was lucky enough to marry one of them. Turns out this hero is a great grandpa too. Badminton games? He's there to play.
Fishing? Yes, he loves to teach the grandkids.
We're all here thanks to grandma and grandpa. They raised children who love each other and want to be together and now the grandkids do too.
We waterskied
Even Annie learned how!
I got to play beauty shop on my nieces.
The cousins fished
and played
and all was good on Pend Oreille.
You know, there's really nothing more special than family.
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The Pend Oreille River, Lake Pond Oreille, and Sandpoint, Idaho are favorites of ours. You can read the story I did for Country Living Magazine about the area here.
Pend Oreille is pronounced Pond-o-ray.
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Sounds like a wonderful weekend!!!
Posted by: Mona | August 08, 2011 at 09:08 AM
Thank you for sharing your family weekend. You're right... there's nothing better!
Posted by: Mary Jo Vick | August 08, 2011 at 09:25 AM
Looks fun!
My aunt and uncle have a house on the lake up there. Someday I would love to make the roadtrip from Portland with the family and play!!
Posted by: stephany | August 08, 2011 at 09:30 AM
This looks like a perfect Summer weekend. and go grandpa! :)
Posted by: Maria @ A Platter of Figs | August 08, 2011 at 09:42 AM
You lucky girl! Life is good, isn't it?
Posted by: Sandy Jones | August 08, 2011 at 10:25 AM
You got that right...there is nothing more important than family! Looks like a super wonderful time! :D
Posted by: Julie Harward | August 08, 2011 at 10:41 AM
That look like a very special time!!
Posted by: LoriD | August 08, 2011 at 11:28 AM
Beautiful pictures!
We are counting down the days for our Pend O'Reille trip to visit our family there: 14 days! Yaaa hoo! Two visit family and friends for 2 whole weeks!
Life doesn't get any better.
Posted by: Whit | August 08, 2011 at 02:02 PM
Looks like a great trip! I lived in Boise during my highschool years & northern Idaho was known to be white supremasist country. Is there none of that in Sandpoint now?
Posted by: Sara | August 08, 2011 at 05:39 PM
Wow. That was really a wonderful place. It could be an ideal to spend time for vacations and family bondings.
Posted by: Plumbing Fittings | August 09, 2011 at 07:33 AM
The perfect way to spend a weekend...with family! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Bethany | August 10, 2011 at 11:40 AM
I didn't know about the Farm Chicks when I read that article. We went to Sandpoint for our 4th anniversary and did a bunch of the things listed in the article! That's really neat to find out who wrote it! Such a cool town!
Posted by: Renae Kim | August 11, 2011 at 07:57 PM
You really are lucky to have such a great, together, loving family!
Posted by: Wendy P | August 23, 2011 at 07:10 AM
This looks fun for summer
Posted by: Hawi Moore | May 10, 2017 at 05:24 AM
That was a good place for a vacation.
Posted by: Evelyn Wangari | June 12, 2017 at 05:01 AM
What an amazing time we had at this event . I would love to see more pictures being posted.
Posted by: nick anderson | September 04, 2017 at 10:23 AM