The Idaho Spud: March 2009

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Flat Oakley Adventures!

Here is MO the python who lives at the Palmer's. . .he had just eaten two mice of which I could feel being moved through his stomach! oooohhhhhh.

Flat Oakley went to the Oakland temple to lookout over the bay and could see the Golden Gate Bridgen and the Bay Bridge. It was a little hazy but you can see the bridges!!!

Flat Oakley went for a 3 mile hike at Lafayette Reservoir

I didn't find any
wax in his ears
and he has
normal hearing
sensitivity bilaterally!
Way to go Flat Oakley!!!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Special Assignment--Flat Stanley!

If any of you know Flat Stanley, you know he was flattened by a bulletin board while he was sleeping. He wasn't hurt, just flattened. Well he came to California for a visit on Friday afternoon. Stay tuned for what sites he was able to visit while he was here. He must go back to Idaho to Oakley Spencer's 2nd Grade class by April 30th! Stay tuned. . . .

The train says, "Whoo Whoo!"

I rode Amtrak to see Todd and Erynn Nina Nelson and family in Fresno, CA last weekend, I had a wonderful visit--they have been my happy thoughts all week.

We had a delicious picnic at Hillcrest Farms and there just happened to be a miniature steam-engine train you could ride. Of course there were several men (kids in disguise) walking around in those conductor overalls and hats. Dave, the conductor, let me pull the whistle and ring the bell, that . . .was a treat!!!

This is serious stuff for these guys! I asked them where you buy something like this, catalog? specialty shop? Nope, some guy down in LA built it in his garage, it was the 3rd one he had built himself. Cool!!

Here we are snuggled in our boxcar: Tanner, Erynn Nina, Cannon and Laurynn, Tosha and Ellie. Todd of course is doing all of the camera work and sad to say--there are no photos of him to document the weekend. . .so how do we know you were even there!! What were we thinking:)