Happy Birthday to ME!

So I turned the big 30, yuck! Now I feel so old. I woke up that morning and my body ached, that's when I knew I just got older. I wanted to go away fro my birthday, but as you can tell we have been having a lot of fun this summer so I decided we should probably not spend the money and stay home. Richard volunteered to watch Brooklyn for us so we took him up on that and had a date night. It has been over 9 months since we have just gone out to dinner only the 2 of us. It was so nice to enjoy a nice dinner at PF Chang's without a little one to deal with. Then we went to the fair and for the cost of admission ($7) we got to see Blake Shelton Live in Concert. Blake Shelton rocking it in Boise, it was a great show!
Marin, Matt, Danny and I having a great time at the concert. Thanks for celebrating with us guys and saving us a spot.

Then to our surprise Miranda Lambert came out signing a song with her boyfriend Blake. So Fun!
These are for you dad some of the animals at the petting zoo. Check out them long horns!
This is an Indu Brazilian Zebu named Joe, it had a huge hump on it's back like a camel. Then to top the night off we had a dipped ice cream cone at Dairy Queen on our way home. All in all not to eventful, but a great evening relaxing and good fun. Thank you to everyone for your birthday wishes, cards, gifts, and flowers. It was a fabulous birthday I felt so loved by all.

Tour De What?

The annual tour de fat was on Saturday, Aug. 22 at Ann Morrison Park, encouraging everyone to leave their cars at home and honor everything bike, sponsored by the New Belgium Brewing Company. The party gets started with the costumed bike parade, which sends riders into the streets of downtown for what organizers call a " rolling carnival of creativity." Danny and I said it is a hippy fest, but fun to people watch. Danny said we should be part of the parade next year, I said only if he wears a dress! At the end of the day they have a funeral procession for the car that someone donates and agrees to give up driving for 1 year. All proceeds are donated to the local bike organization in Boise. B is amazed at all the crazy people walking around!
A song about the environment and recycling, pretty funny! Keeping with Tour de Fat’s environmentally friendly message, performances were done on a solar-powered stage that's decorated with recycled materials and brought to Boise on trucks fueled by biofuel.
Hippie Band #1
Crazy BSU fan just one of the many intersting costumes people wear.
It's a circus alright!
This kid is saying dad it's hard to take you serious when you look like that!
The Incredible family
Some other random goofballs walking around, they were nice enough to pose for us! Someone must not have read the weather report it was in the 90's and people still wore long sleeves and pants. Just adds to the craziness.
Just some of the bikes at the festival
Boise River
Resting on our bike ride back from the park along the river.
As we finished this bike ride, I told DannyI am so glad we live here. Where else can be drive 15 minutes from home, take a nice bike ride along the river and hang out at the park for the day for FREE. We are glad we decided to coem here and have enjoyed palying in the outdoors.

Happy 1st Birthday, Garrett!

Sunday, August 16th Garrett turned 1, wow where has the time gone. It has been great to have such fun neighbors that have a baby close in age with Brooklyn. It has been fun watching them grow. Now that they are both mobile they follow each other around the room, so cute!
Mom I think I feel sick no more sticky frosting for me. He was not really a fan of the cake and yucky frosting stuck in between his fingers.
Pool time

Brooklyn had a great time playing in Garrett's new birthday car. Thanks for sharing G!

Surprise Dinner!

This restaurant is in Eagle, along a little pond. We have always wanted to go here and Kristian surprised us for an early birthday dinner for me! This was our last dinner before they left after 2 weeks of fun. We had such a great time with you guys here and miss you tons. It brought back memories of when we used to hang out all the time in Pico and Whittier. Thank you for coming to visit we had a great time and are so glad for your friendship.
Yummy Smores Ice Cream!
Yummy dinner, Fabulous company!
Twin Cousins, they had fun being dressed like each other! Too Cute


Aw, miss you guys. Love you!
Pretty good pic considering we set the timer and put the cameras on the posts. Good Job, Danny!
The girls!
Best Buddies

Stanley Part 2

Our view from the cute little hotel we stayed at, since it was just over night we figured it was a bit much to pack all the camping gear up so we got to stay in a room. It was nice, we had the suite for all of us to stay in and outside our door was the breakfast dining room so we put Dani and Brooklyn to bed and left the door open to play games outside the room. It was a fun night.
Our view from the hotel
Me taking a picture of myself at Stanley Lake. Brooklyn was asleep in the car so Danny and I took turns staying with her.
So beautiful doesn't get much better than that. The water was like glass!
Love it!
Kayaking at Red Fish Lake, believe it or not they said these were more sturdy than a canoe. I had no idea it didn't feel that way when we all got on it.
Before Dani freaked out and made her parents drop her off a the dock
B just chilled, we were getting wet in the front of the boat by the waves and she just sat there. She loves the water.
Paddle Danny Paddle, we only got stuck out in the middle of the lake once. Kinda hard to guide the with only one paddle.
After Dani got off.
Beach time
Always kicking in the water


View of the beach and the lodge
Yummy, Ice Cream! Spoiled already
View on our way up to Sun Valley, Idaho. We drove up for dinner and looked around the town then headed home. It was a great trip, should have stayed one more day. Love the mountains and valleys so pretty!