The Cabinet Gorge Dam......

Dam that's allot of water!

Hey check it out..... the sun finally came out!

Well, well, well...Look what she went and did. Meet Oscar....

Oscar Mayer Weiner! He is 5 months old, and he is a Choclate Dachshund or Doxie or Weiner Dog.

Jen's Birthday update....

So sad.....due to inclement weather on February 26, 2009 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho Jen's birthday surprise had to be canceled...so sad......however when the weather permits in Northern Idaho Jen will get her surprise.

Celebrating Jen's Birthday all week long!

Celebrating Matt's 47th birthday.......

The most comfortable bed you will EVER sleep in!

More celebrating for Matt...And now the........

In Concert.........

Thursday February 19th David Byrne formally of the Talking Heads in concert at the Fox theater in Spokane, WA. Great concert the man really knows how to put on a "performance".

Interesting history at the Fox theater....

The Fox Theater in Spokane Washington is a 1931 art deco movie theater that was recently almost torn down and turned into a parking lot. An extensive fund raising campaign began to help raise money to restore the theater. The renovations were complete at a cost of over $31 million and in November 2007 was reopened and renamed the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox after a donor's father who donated $3 million towards the renovations. It was designed by architect Robert C. Reamer, notable for his design of the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park. Notable performances at the theatre include: Katherine Hepburn, in As You Like It, as well as Marian Anderson, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra. First Lady Michelle Obama, held a rally for Barack during his presidential campaign bid for President. Also,Tony Bennett sang during the Grand Opening on November 19, 2007.

There's a Moose on the Loose........

Happy Valentine's Day

Saturday breakfast walk......

REALLY are we REALLY doing this?

well ok then

Wedding dance September 14, 2007

Having a grand time! Matt, Jen and sister in-law Sharon.

Bad Winter Once Again in North Idaho.....

61.5 inches of snow for the month of December

We are not horsing around...........

Learning to Drive.......

Sunny So.Cal........

Visting Universal Studios day after Christmas....

Jen having access to Hollywood, oh brother!

Desperate Housewives set...........

Christmas Day in California

We arrived in Burbank, CA. on Christmas Day around 12:30. Rented a car and drove directly to The Staples Center in Los Angeles. We knew the Lakers were playing the Boston Celtics who were on a roll winning 19 games in a row. We did not have tickets and the game was completely sold out. Scalping tickets in California is illegal. Were we going to break the law and scalp tickets? Well yeah. We tried to look incognito about it. As we looked around we kinda noticed that we were the only 2 white people around for probably miles, and so we basically stuck out in the crowd...so to speak. I guess it looked like we were looking for tickets, so we ended up walking with a few African American men, kinda like a nice Sunday stroll catching up on old times.....Yeah OK. So yes the typical story of scalping tickets paying $120.00 a piece for $10.00 a piece tickets. SUCKERS!

Cheers to you all......

View from our hotel room

We stayed at Fuego Del Sol in Playa Hermosa. This was the view from our room. See that blue dot sitting on the lounge chair? Well that's Jen, and she is sipping on a Pina Colada, doing a whole lot of nada!

One Day.........

our future part time home will sit right here. Located in the Central part of Costa Rica. A town called La Tigra. Situated next to the Children's Eternal Rain Forest. We hope that our family and friends will come and visit. Pura Vida! (Pure Life!)

This is the back view of the property.

Pacific Costa Rician Sunset

ahhhhhhh..................

Something must be going on.....

Matt and Jen were driving through Atenas a small town in Central Costa Rica. We noticed a large crowd gathered on the local bridge on the highway. Jen thought they were just taking pictures of the beautiful view. Matt figured it was something much more than that. With MUCH instance from Matt, Jen gets out of the car and looks down over the bridge and first sees this view.........

Nothing much going on here "just as I figured" Jen thought to herself until she took a look to her right. Standing there speechless (takes allot to make that happen) Jen could not believe what she was looking at.....

January trip to Costa Rica

Matt and Jen are on their way down to Central America. We at the moment are in Phoenix Arizona awaiting to board our plane. We are taking 4 students down to Costa Rica which they will have about a 4 month program.