We made some rounds with the Michigan visitors yesterday, including a stop at Tibbs Arabians in Colburn.
When my sister Laurie took Tom and Colleen on a brief tour of the barn and indoor arena, Pache joined the group and enjoyed giving out and taking in some love.
We stopped at my sisters' place because Tom loves horses and Colleen loves old barns. The place provided the right combination, including a massive hay loft in the old barn which once served the Tucker dairy.
My sisters and our dad spent a summer in the early 1990s converting the innards of the barn from a milking area into a stable with box stalls.
The charm of the rural past still resonates throughout the barn, so it was fun for all involved to stand in that huge hay loft and feel a bit nostalgic.
We also stopped at the Bonner Community Food Bank where Debbie and the staff welcomed us. Tom and Colleen love food banks. After each took a tour with Debbie, they both agreed that the Sandpoint area has a nice facility.
With help from Bill, Tom also fixed a situation with his camper. As they worked in the shop, Colleen and I took a spin around the place with the UTV and then moved on up the road for a fun visit with our neighbor Janice in the adorable "she" cave that her husband Mark built for her.
Janice has decorated the inside with family mementos. She also has taken up painting and the place offers her a perfect setting for doing her artwork.
When evening meal time rolled around, we did the usual Friday-night dinner at Sweet Lou's with Willie and Debbie.
Willie had just returned from a basketball camp at Eastern Washington University with his high school boys team. He has today off and then tomorrow will take his players to Gonzaga University for another camp.
Twas a busy and fun day with lots of projects and lots of good times sharing stories among peeps.
While we were doing our thing, our daughter Annie and her friends headed north to Vancouver, British Columbia, where they and a "few" other soccer fans watched the Belgium-New Zealand World Cup Soccer game.
Annie even wore her University of Waikato sweatshirt. She attended the college in Hamilton, New Zealand, for a semester as a Boise State University exchange student.
The final score of 5-1 favoring Belgium over the Kiwi's was probably disappointing, but judging from some of the photos Annie sent us, I'm fairly confident that a good time was had by all.
Looks like we have some rather blah, cool and maybe wet weather coming for the next few days.
My phone tells me, however, that the days leading up to and on the Fourth of July will be rather pleasant with sun and temps in the 70s.
I'll put in my order for that kind of weather throughout the summer.
For now, the cool days and rain will be okay.
Happy Saturday.
Colleen and Janice Rainey Johnson talk about painting.
Neat to see a Michigan license plate at the Lovestead.
A portion of our family roots are in Michigan.
Colleen, a kitty cat and a big barn with history
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