And then life changes

So it is going to be hard to go from this:


To This:


But that is our reality and blessing. Erich got an awesome job offer in Twin Falls as the helitack foreman. It is a good promotion and opportunity for Erich to run his own fire crew. The helicopter there is one of the busiest (in terms of flight time) in the nation and it should be a pretty neat experience for him. Considering the economy and the struggles of so many, we feel very fortunate to have this privilege, though it is heartbreaking to have to leave Grangeville.

So that is the true reason I have been blogging MIA. We are officially moving this Tuesday :( Life has been incredibly hectic trying to sell our house, buy a house, oh and finish our house so it is sellable!

As stressful as the past few weeks have been I mainly feel incredibly blessed at the generosity of our friends and family who have gone above and beyond to help our little family in this transition. From friends that house and feed us en route to Twin Falls, to friends that spend their Saturdays roofing our garage and mowing our yard (even cleaning up our dog's poop--now that is a real sign of friendship!) to parents who drop everything so they can come scrub our tile clean to parents who have lent us their trailer for temporary housing arrangements, we certainly feel overwhelming blessed by the kindness and generosity of friends/family.

It took me awhile to realize what a gem of a place it is here, but I LOVE Grangeville and will certainly miss it.

Back to the blogging world at last

Hey sorry I have been blog lazy for so long. Life has been pretty hectic around here. Erich went on a detail down to New Mexico for some burning/sawing assignments. Being the nice guy that he is, he sent me to Georgia and California to visit my sisters (and my mom came too). Us ladies got in a lot of shopping, eating, six flags, hiking and of course late nights of game playing and gabbing! The only rough part was having to say goodbye. Some highlights from the trip were taking Jake to the ocean for the first time, losing the Wii tournament to my 8 year old nephew, hiking to the top of Stone Mountain and overlooking the skyline of Atlanta (my 4 year old niece hiked the entire 3 miles by herself making her aunt quite proud!).....I could go on and on as the whole trip was amazing. Jake even spoiled me as usual and did a fabulous job riding the plane. He only got fussy for one of the flights, which is pretty impressive considering that I left my house at 7:30 a.m. and did not get to Atlanta until 3:30 a.m....yep that's right with the time change that is almost 18 hours of traveling. What a trooper I have. Here's some pics from the trip.

Family...if only we lived closer!

Unfortunately my family is spread out enough that we don't get to see each other often. So last week I was really excited that I got to get together for a short visit with my dad, and my brother and his very cute boys. Leyton (chuck's youngest son) is exactly one year older than Jake, and Aiden (Chuck's oldest son) is 3 years than Jake so it's fun to see what fun we are in for! Anyhow we had a great time swimming and getting spoiled by my dad who treated us to McKenzie River pizza, which for the record is the BEST pizza joint ever! The other excitement of the week was trying desperately to get Jake to eat food. It has turned into quite the battle, the kid just does NOT want anything to do with baby food. At least he's darn cute as he spits all his food out!

Shed Hunting

Erich and I thought we would take advantage of the warm streak of weather and switch from snow sports to good ol' hiking. We took a couple of days last week and hiked up the riverbreaks in search of elk/deer sheds. The terrain here is so crazy, it is insanely steep right off the river and then you break out on top and hit these big basins and gently sloping ridges. It's so beautiful on top with lots of great views. We only found one 5 point deer antler but we sure had a good time ...UNTIL I saw a tick on Erich. I am petrified of ticks so that took a little, no make that a LOT of the fun out of it but thankfully there were none on Jacob and we caught all of the ones on us before they had time to burrow in. Anyone else feeling itchy right now?!?

Adventures with Flat Stanley

So my nephew sent us "Flat Stanley" and asked us to take him on adventures around Idaho. So that was our weekend fun---toting Flat Stanley around to visit the beauty of Grangeville. We went skiing to our favorite little Rustic Cabin and snowshoeing to a great vista point overlooking Whitebird pass. It was a gorgeous weekend and a great reminder of just how lucky we are to live in such a cool place.
We also hung out with our friends who were thinking of buying a puppy...hence the pic of the adorable lil' lab/retriever pup.

Random Winter Happenings

Things have been relatively mellow here in the Gleckler household. We are having lots of fun playing with Jake who's requiring more and more attention these days :) He's definitely perfecting the sitting up thing andmbecoming more inquisitive. The days of enjoying a nice peaceful dinner or holding Jake while playing cards are definitely gone.







We've also been cross country skiing quite a bit. Last weekend we skiied up to a little cabin and had hot chocolate up there. Jake was completely mesmerized by the fire...lights and motion what more could a little boy ask for?





I am not back at work but I did take a pro bono (volunteer) case for a woman involved in a custody dispute. Anyhow it was my first official court appearance.



My favorite part of the day is waking up to this!

Like Father Like Son!

So we finally found Erich's baby pictures and were quite shocked at just how much Jake looks like his dad.
Definitely some differences but definitely some similarities as well. Speaking of Jake he's sick for the first time. It's so sad to hear his cough and hear him struggle to breath with all that gunk. And with a lttle guy not feeling great we've had to put our outdoor excursions on a hold. Hopefully he'll get feeling well soon so we can enjoy all that snow while it lasts :)