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!!

Never ending sunshine!!

I don't mean to boast or brag but well, I'm going to! We are LOVING the weather here in Idaho. It is 1 day away from October 1st and it was 85 degrees and sunny today. Lainey is still wearing her sundresses and we are all in shorts. We are soaking in the vitamin D for sure! The only thing stopping us from playing out side is the sun going down!

Here's the forecast for the next 5 days in Star! Love it!

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
88° F | 50° F	90° F | 47° F	88° F | 49° F	83° F | 45° F	70° F | 40° F
Clear	Clear	Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy	Clear

What goes around comes around!

Wyatt's been into trying to scare everyone in the family lately. He walks around the house all quiet hoping to surprise someone and yells, "Ahhh" as he jumps out from behind a corner. He thinks he's so funny but not everyone in the house likes it, namely Shane. So Jeff thought he'd give Wyatt a taste of his own medicine this morning. Wyatt was downstairs brushing his teeth and Jeff snuck down the stairs stealth like and jumped out, yelled "Ahhh" and scared the pants off of Wyatt! Jeff scared him so bad that he was shaking and screaming and crying. Judge us if you like but Jeff and I thought it was so funny! We couldn't stop laughing and after a few minutes when Wyatt finally calmed down he was laughing about it too! I wish so badly that we had gotten his reaction on camera but I would venture to say that we will have another opportunity since Wyatt hasn't seemed to learn his lesson. This afternoon I heard him several times jumping out and yelling "Ahhh" at some unsuspecting family member somewhere in the house. I think he's getting our whole family in the spooky spirit of Halloween!

Boys and their toys!

Jeff's been talking about getting the kids started on riding dirt bikes for a while now. So...here we go! We sure are having fun on this new little XR50.

It's amazing how quickly the kids pick up riding something new. Way to go Abby and Wyatt!

Goofballs!

And, so that the kids don't have to ride their dirt bike alone...here's Jeff's new toy.

Tractor Time

Our home here in Star was vacant for about a year and the back part of the property hadn't been mowed in a long time. The weeds and grass were so tall and the tumble weeds were out of control! Can you say fire hazard!! :) So last week we had someone come in and mow it down. Shane and Lainey LOVED watching the tractor mow the "field", as we call it.





Now the kids have the whole field to ride their quads on and plans are in the works for a wicked fun quad track! :)

First day of school

I took some pictures of the kids on their first day of school here in Idaho. I am so proud of them and they way they are handling all this change. They are so brave and upbeat. They are my hero's and I love them so much!!

Wyatt and Abby in our backyard on the first day of school

Abby and Wyatt out in front of their new school, Mill Creek Elementary