October Fest, a River, a Slumber Party, &French Toast

Friday started at 4:45am. I sluggishly crawled out of bed and put on my workout clothes, the entire time wondering why I do this to myself. I made it through spin class and got to work about 20 minutes early, and it was a good thing I did. Things were CRAZY and anything that could “hit the fan” did. It was a long and exciting 12 hours of work, but I had the opportunity to learn some new things so it was still a good day. After work Mike and I went over to Theron & Christina’s house for dinner. We had a great time eating, drinking, and conversing. Christina made a great stoup and the most amazing dessert. She took 4 Granny Smith Apples, cored them, and then filled them with a ghram cracker, cinnamon, butter mixture. She baked them for about 30 minutes and then served them with whipped cream. They were so good, it was like having your own little apple pie.
Saturday morning we both slept in, well sort of, if you consider 7:30 sleeping in. We had a paper and were trying to find something fun to do. There was an ad for an October Fest at South Fork Landing (a new development in Garden Valley Idaho). We thought it might be fun so we loaded up the dogs and headed up for the day. We made it to the festival only to be severely disappointed. It was the first year the event has been put on and has a lot of potential, but definitely needs more of a turn out. We were getting hungry so we got back in the car and drove to the Banks Café for some lunch. After lunch we found a nice secluded beach and let the dogs run off some energy. Beck was launching right into the cold water and Cassius even made an attempt to swim.

I think this is by far one of my favorite pictures of Beck! She is actually looking at the camera and her little tongue is sticking out.

Mike almost had to ditch his cell phone out of his pocket to go in after the doof, but Cassius was able to make it back to shore, barely. I am sure it was another near death experience for him.

Cassius, AKA Doofy, among other things

After the dogs played for a while we headed back to town. This is what they looked like on the way home.

We spent the rest of Saturday going from bike shop to bike shop in search of a new mountain bike for Mike. He got a couple of ideas and decided to do some more research before he put his money down. Later in the evening I went over and picked up Nikkia, my friend Stephanie’s dog for a trial run of dog sitting. Everything went well. Cassius spent the whole time standing about six feet from Nikkia wagging his entire butt trying to get her to play with him. Nikkia let him wag on, but was utterly uninterested in him. Beck and Nikkia really didn’t interact, but the main thing is everyone got along!
Beck and Cassius really enjoyed Nikkia’s bed and Nikkia really enjoyed keeping my feet warm while I studied.

Nikkia AKA Demon Dog, sitting under the desk while I was doing homework

The dogs all did great on our walks and it should be fun to have Nikkia for 4 days next month. If anyone has any good ideas on how to tire out a husky, let me know!
On Sunday morning Mike and I met up with Theron, Christina, Josh, Sarah, Rayleen, and Ben for brunch at Bardenay on Sunday. If you haven’t been there for brunch I HIGHLY recommend it. I had the best French Toast ever. Mike’s eggs Benedict looked delicious as well. I spent the rest of the day with my nose in my books, and tomorrow the cycle starts again. I better go set my alarm for 4:45.