Fun in Idaho

Since I finally finished editing July's photos I've got a bunch to share and catch you all up with our busy summer!  Today I'm sharing some more photos from our trip to Idaho.  I shared the rodeo photos but this time I'm sharing the other fun stuff we did during rodeo week.  We packed a lot into our week trip!

 We visited the Boise Zoo with everyone in tow (including Jim!) though David had to dash out early to meet someone at HP so he missed the butterfly exhibit.  That was honestly the best part of the zoo trip, the butterflies were beautiful!  We stood in there for a long time and all of us had a butterfly land on us at one time or another.  Oma seemed to be the most popular with the butterflies!  Grace sat so patiently holding her fingers out in hopes that a butterfly would deem her attractive enough to land on, but to no avail.  Just before we were ready to leave the butterfly exhibit one landed on her hat which made her happy.  She was a little miffed she couldn't see it though!

We spent an hour one afternoon visiting David's grandparents and brought along some entertainment.  The adults all sat on the front porch in the shade and watched the kids (and Daddy!) squirt each other with water guns.  It was pretty entertaining and we all cooled off so it was a good idea.  Grace really loved getting wet, although Ethan was a little less enthused about getting squirted.

 

 We always enjoy rodeo week but it's always a very tiring week and a quiet trip home.  This year David flew from San Diego to Boise (work trip) and the kids and I drove by ourselves to meet him there.  We left the house at 8am, dropped the cat off at my mom's house is Sherwood (the dog came along for the whole trip), and made it to Nampa at dinner time.  We stopped in Portland at the Ferrari dealership for a photo for my scavenger hunt and also took the scenic route to stop at Multnomah Falls for fun.  It was a long drive but our kids are awesome travellers.  We didn't even pop in a movie, instead we rocked out to Mommy chosen tunes (wahoo!) and chit chatted.  I haven't done that long of a trip by myself in a long time and it really wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.