Summer Time

It's that time again...summer!  Braison and Lilian started their two weeks of swim lessons.  They are much more comfortable this year than they have been previously.

Dog Days of Summer

Today marked the last day of summer vacation.  We celebrated by hanging out with Grandpa.  First we went to lunch at Messengers, then we decided to go to the Warhawk Museum.   What kind of museum is closed on Mondays??  Apparently, that one.  So, instead we wound up at Jabbers.

Playing a little Foosball 

Braison put on a puppet show

Building a hotel

Thanks for hanging out with us Grandpa, we sure do love you!

On another, completely unrelated note, our chickens are now laying "regular" sized eggs!  After a few half sized ones, we are happy to say that we can now have eggs for breakfast!

Braison checked the nesting box at least 10 times today, all of their hard work is finally paying off!

Bad. Bad. Blogger.

I have not had a chance to blog lately.  It is because we have been having so much fun around here.  And, our internet has been on the fritz for almost a month now.  So, here is an update on our family.

We have been enjoying the beautiful weather outside as much as possible.  We went to the Emmett Cruise and saw a lot of fun cars, got rained on, and ate some great pizza.

And, we have got in as much water time as possible too.

Sweet little Coppertone bum :o)

The kids' preschool had a "Buckaroo Day" where they wore their cowboy get-ups and had a big cowboy breakfast for lunch.  The kids LOVED it.

We also got the roller skates out...this might be a better activity for next year!

We spent a day at the zoo.  We hadn't been in a year or so and it was nice to have a family day out.  The weather was wonderful, which made it that much more enjoyable.  We went to the Idaho Historical Museum afterward and the kids really enjoyed that as well, but I didn't get any photos there.

Getting ready to feed the giraffes 

Daddy helping Lilian feed the "baby"

Lilian's favorite penguin called the Little Fairy

Next to an Emperor Penguin 

Braison's favorite penguin called a King

Braison next to the Emperor Penguin

Braison was the only one brave enough to feed the goats.

Watching the butterflies. 

Last weekend Lilian went camping with Grandpa and Grandma, so Braison had a whole weekend with Mommy and Daddy to himself.  We gave him options and he wanted to go to the fair...boy did he have a wonderful time.

Looking at all the fancy farm machinery 

Baa says Braison

What?

Braison the farmer

Braison and mommy riding in the "jits"

Getting ready to go - all by himself (on the far left)

Way up in the air!

"I'm not too sure"

"Ok, I LOVE it!"

Braison's scared face.

Showing off their matching scared faces.

Swings! (Braison wasn't tall enough to ride alone)

He had a blast.

In the fun house

And, last, but certainly not least; Braison has taken to drinking salsa.

 

Summer...Finally!

It has finally warmed up enough that we could set up our little pool and play outside all day long.  The kids, and parents, are loving it!

Being a ham, of course

They love picnics :o)