Downtown Boise

This weekend we took the kids to the Boise Art Museum and then spent the day in down town Boise. It was so beautiful. The trees are changing colors! I really want to thank Abigail for this day. It was her idea. She had seen the Boise Art Museum when we were in town on a different day and asked if we could go. So we planned it and it was such a great museum. They had all different types of art and the current display was of all local artists. We had a great time looking at all the different pieces and it really got the creative juices flowing. They have a really fun exhibit their for kids. A room where you can explore and touch everything. They had a big magnetic wall where you could move magnet pieces around and make designs. A giant chalk board for drawing art. Puzzles and computer design programs to make art. The kids really got into it.

Wyatt's Art on the chalk board

the big magnetic wall

After the museum we walked over to the capitol building and took some pics. It's a beautiful building and the kids loved climbing the stairs.



Then on our way back to the car we walked through a really pretty courtyard, not sure what it's called, but it's right in front of the Quest Arena and the Boise Center. There was a great fountain to play in and some little iron boys that Wyatt just had to wrestle with! It was a great day as a family!

One Last Boating Trip

I think it's official...we went on our last boating trip of the season tonight. I can't believe it's October 1st and we were still able to get out in the water. What a late summer we are having! When Jeff got off work we packed up and took the kids, and the dog, up to Black Canyon Reservoir for a few hours of fun in the warm sunshine. It was 90 degrees today but cooled down to about 80 degrees when we went out tonight. We had so much fun riding on the tube. Nothing but smiles!

Lainey is a little dare devil with her arms up!
(And just so you don't think I'm a bad mom, Abby was holding on tight to her life jacket the whole time!)

Oscar loved the boat. It was his first time on the boat since he was a puppy. He did great.

After a long and bumpy ride on the tube Wyatt decided to do some reading!

Lainey found the big orange buoys and pointed them all out to us.

We had a great summer of boating and we are looking forward to exploring the other lakes in the Boise area next summer. Now...bring on some fun winter snow to play in!!