Way to Go Idaho

I took Kayla to Spokane, Washington for a soccer camp/college visit last week. She is really interested in going to Eastern Washington University to play soccer next year. Not sure what attracted her to the school. Maybe the fact that they are in the same conference as NAU which means she will get to play against her sister! She had a great camp and really liked the soccer coaches. The campus is beautiful and especially this time of year when the leaves are changing colors. EWU  is in Cheney, a small town just a few miles outside of Spokane. One of her teammates, Maria,  also went to the camp and flew back with us on Saturday!  When Kayla found out that Idaho was only 30 minutes from Spokane, she made me drive her there to get a potato.  Apparently "Get a potato from Idaho" is on her bucket list.  What we didn't know is that most of the potato farms are on the east side of Idaho, not the west. We tried to find a farmer's market, but they were closed so we went to an organic food store. First time for that too, but at least Kayla can check that off her bucket list.  No telling what else is on that list!

SANTA!!!!

And in the off season, Santa apparently drives a bus in Idaho.  No joke! 

Anna and her team traveled to Idaho last weekend for soccer and were picked up at the airport by the jolly old man himself.

Anna made him show her his driver's license and his legal name really is Santa Claus.

He even has a tattoo of Rudolph on his arm.

I told her to tell him that I've been extra good this year.  Hope he believes it!

That Ain't Mickey- Part II

Out of the corner of my eye I saw something run around the corner and into the pantry. That something was a mouse!  (Pause for a  MAJOR FREAKOUT MOMENT!)

I quickly put something over the crack at the bottom of the pantry so it wouldn't escape and then waited patiently for Kayla to come home. Ok....so I wasn't very patient...I was pacing back and forth on top of the couch as I looked up the number for our realtor.  TIME TO MOVE! No way I'm living in the house with a mouse.

FINALLY Kayla got home and after she had her own FREAKOUT MOMENT we came up with a plan. Not sure how good it was, but I've got too much crap to move so the only other option was to get the mouse out. Using the kitchen table, couch cushions and cardboard we built a pathway to the back door which we left open. I got on a chair on one side of the pantry with the broom and Kayla stood on a chair with the Swiffer on the other side. The first try was an epic fail!  When the mouse stuck his head out we screamed so loud I'm surprised the neighbors didn't call the police.  It seriously sounded like someone was getting murdered.

We regrouped and tried again. This time it actually worked! The mouse ran down our little pathway and out the back door....which I quickly shut behind him!

Kayla and I begin jumping up and down high fiveing each other. What a rush! We were so pumped up we decided to go out and celebrate. When we went outside all of the neighbors were standing at the end of our driveway. We thought for sure they had heard us screaming and called the police. Luckily they hadn't. They were looking for a lost dog and asked us to help. Kayla and I were like no problem...we got this. We got rid of a mouse, we can find a dog. We are awesome.  Well....we are awesome, but we didn't find the dog. 

update: The dog was found safe and sound and returned to his owner!