world's largest....

 The guys, Marcus, Tyler, Andon and Joaquin

Our weekend was fun filled to say the least.  It stared out with us going down to the Boise river to have a good float.  This happens to me one of our favorite summer time past times.  The boys can't get into much trouble in a raft on a river!  Plus they are entertained for a full two hours.  We are thinking about buying our very own raft.  Otherwise to rent a 4 man raft, it's $45 dollars a pop. 

After our adventure on the river, we heard about the "Worlds Largest Rocky Mountain Oyster Feed."  Oh man, this was a lot of fun....can't say it's going to be a tradition or anything but at least now we can all say we did it.  If you have ever watched funny farm, there is a scene where Chevy Chase is eating them and makes a new record for the little town the movie takes place in.  In the end of the scene, the waitress tells him he's eating sheep balls and he spits the last one he has in his mouth out .  Anyway- because of that movie, I was always a little curious what it would be like to eat them....but I found out that these rocky mt oysters were actually of cattle instead of sheep.  Either way, it's still pretty gross to think about.  Not one of us, in our group, went back for seconds.  Luckily all the money they raised went to the local volunteer fire department. 

nampa, idaho

Our new home.

This is what our house looked like for a while.  Still haven't unpacked everything because I'm waiting for the okay for when I can rip off wall paper and start painting.

Neighborhood kiddos.

When the weather isn't too hot, it's nice to sit outside and watch the kids play.

This is a picture at my kitchen window.  I love standing at my kitchen sink.  It feels very country.

Layla and Brock on a bike ride.

4th of July fun...and sleepiness.

Cousin's

BFF's. Love this lady.

Here we are, back in the world of blogging.  We recently moved from our rental house in Meridian to a home we bought in Nampa Idaho.  Obviously that's a huge event so that what most of my pictures are all about here.  We moved in last month at the beginning of June.  Our new home is on about an acre lot.  The back yard has some work that needs to be done but our boys are loving all the freedom they have here.  And so are Joaquin and I.

Since our summer has begun we've already been camping, had our beautiful sister and niece come for a quick visit and traveled down to Salt Lake.  We love our summer time and we take full advantage of it.  We have lots more things planned for the summer and since I have early signs of Alzheimers already, I'll try to blog/journal about it, otherwise it gets lost in my brain and I can't ever remember anything.  ;)

time to get with the prog..

It's time for me to get myself back on track with this family blog.  I have recently dropped a few other internet obessions and so now that I have some free time, I might be able to update our blog every now and again.  So this post is a "To be continued..." post.  I will be back because a lot has happened since March and it needs to be noted.