The Great Idaho Outdoors

I don't think it's a secret...I LOVE LOVE LOVE the outdoors. I love the breathtaking sights, the smell of sagebrush and the quickened pulse of trying to get a bunch of fire ants off your butt. I love being outside and hearing the sounds and breathing the crisp morning air. Papa Heward took us on a hike in the mountains just South of Burley. There wasn't any more than a cow trail (and sometimes not even that), but it was great to be out in the mountains. Made me miss my Boise Foothills though...sigh.
Cray was yelling and having a good time. It started with him yelling at the cows we saw...then he just kept going.
Family shot
The view from the top...we didn't really hike to the top of the mountain...so i guess the view from where we ate.
There was a portion of the hike where we had no trail, so it was spent bounding over sagebrush. Somehow, Cray slept for half an hour of this part of the hike...amazing if you ask me. The last stretch of the hike, I decided to give Shay's shoulders a break and get some practice with the backpack on.

Boise Trip

We recently spend a few days in Boise. I always love these trips, but there is always so much we want to accomplish while we are there and this time was no different. It was an action packed trip. We visited family and saw some old friends, went to the lake for an awesome day of water skiing. You know how people say they need retail therapy...my special therapy is water skiing. I just LOVE the feel of flying over the water and the burn in your muscles. We also went to the Hidden Springs Garage sale (which was why the trip started in the first place. We scored some great stuff this year nice high chair for $15, a pop up toy for .50 and some baby einstien movies for 2.00. Best of all we bought a Kelty Kids Hiking back pack/stroller. I was so excited! Another highlight of the trip was our visit to the zoo. Cray has always loved the horses, chickens, dogs, cows and cats he sees around home, so we thought we would go to the zoo. We chose a bad time of day because all the animals were sleeping! Yes we went early afternoon so I can't blame them for all wanting a snooze at the same time. We had fun though. We got pretty close to the giraffe and Cray got to feed the goats. The highlight of the trip was when Shay bought some Dippin Dots. Oh...Cray loved sticking his face in there to get as many as he could. He loves them as much as his Dad I guess. It was great trip...there were a lot of people that I still wanted to see, but I guess we can do that next time.

Shay turned 30...like a month ago

Yes my honey is 30 years old. I thru a big surprise party for him at Thousand Springs in Hagerman. All the family and some friends showed up and we waited while he arrived with his dad (who took him on a motorcycle ride). THe day was PERFECT, the weather was fantastic, Shay was super surprised, the foor was yummy, and the swimming was good fun...although Cray wasn't a big fan. It really was more than I could have hoped for. Thanks for all that came and made it a special day for Shay.