Fair Time

We love fair time around here! The kids love to go look at all the animals and dream and ponder on all the animals they want to have around the house (even though, that will probably never happen...sorry bunnies)...We spent 3 or 4 hours down at the fair watching Tanner and Shelby show their sheep. I am so proud of Tanner and Shelby. This was Tanner's first year and he did wonderful! Poor Shelby, her sheep got sick and died the day before she was supposed to sell hers.

Here are a few pics of the kids sharing their sheep!

Summer is almost over as I know it!

I hope Cailey can always love summer and think of her summer like this!!!

I have a week left until summer break is over and school starts. It is always hard for me to say goodbye to summer and hello to fall/school starting! Even though I am looking forward to routine again in my life and bedtimes that are actually early. I love being home with the kids all day and going to the swimming pool, dam, or whatever else life may bring us! I am dreading getting up at the same time everyday, the consent rush and chaos that every morning brings us, the extra cost of daycare and preschool. But for this week I am going to take it for what it is worth.

Monday: Roaring Springs...LOVE IT!!! If I lived closer I would have season passes and go probably everyday! I love following the kids around and getting a great tan! When they are older, I can see myself laying out in a chair (reading a trashy novel) while they check back in with me every so often.

Cailey loved the water slides! Her favorite slide is the yellow fast slide.

Cayden was not sure about the slides...he was much happier just hanging out!

More to come for the rest of week...

What is on my list?

The Boise Zoo, the Discover Center, the Dam, the city pool, and I would like to do the paddle boats too...

all in a weeeks time! Ugh

life is so unpredictable!!!

This is a little old, but in July we had a scare with my nephew James. He was with the babysitter for the day and she had thought he choked on a pretzel. He went completely limp, eyes rolled back into his head, and foamed at the mouth. She thought he was dead at the arrival of the Emmett hospital. The hospital (good ol' Emmett hospital) did X-rays and could not find the pretzel in him and were not too sure what was going on so they life-flighted him. SCARY...I was so amazed at how brave my sister was. I would have been a total mess!

At the pediatric ICU of St. Lukes they came to the conclusion of a temperature induced seizure. They are not sure if he will ever have one again or if it was a one time deal.

I am so thankful that the babysitter had him and not me. I would have freaked out! She is the best babysitter ever and I am so thankful that she is our babysitter too!

As for James, he is fine! He almost seemed fine before they life flighted him. But what do you do? Take the risk and drive him yourself to Boise and then have something horrible happen and you never forgive yourself again? Or take the blow and life flight him? I would have done the same for my kids.

Like I said, life is so unpredictable you think finally when they are pass 1 year that they are fine! But so untrue! I think it is probably just the beginning.

Oh me, Oh my, I have turned 29!!!

It is official, I am in my last ending stretch of my 20s. As of now I am not too upset or nervous or whatever else one might be. I am kind of amazed that I am getting older though  because I still feel at times that I am still the little tag along snot nosed sister! Oh wait, I still kind of am!

While I was at the fair this year I was looking around and thinking about all the little tweens running around and chasing after the boys and thought "Wow I remember doing that and passing by the beer booth and thinking how old those people were!" Guess what I am one of those old people now!" Funny to think.

Anymore age really is not that important.

                                                                            

             I am pass the age to get "good rates" for insurance

                    

                                I can actually rent a car now...that is if we ever went anywhere to rent one!

I can drink and gamble...once again, if we went anywhere to do that

                              What else is there to be looking forward to???? Any thoughts?