Super Boomer turns four

On Sunday Boomer turned four! We celebrated with Grandma and Grandpa, The Jensen family (Aunt,Uncle,cousins) and Uncle Mark who was in town from Utah. Boomer kept asking where the rest of his presents were. He only asked for a sword (and a dog but that wasn't going to happen) so we really didn't know what to get him. Grandma and Grandpa got him the sword he wanted. Dad got him a football that he looked at unexcitedly and moved on to other presents.

Mom got him some shoes he didn't like, a new shirt that he gave to Jackson because he said it was too big and a Spiderman action figure.

Monday we had a friends Superhero Birthday party. Since Boomer was turning four we decided to invite just four friends. We started planning on Friday so lucky for us his friends were all able to come.

My experimentaton with fondant:
The kids colored supervillians which we taped to ballons. Then we put on our super capes, got out our spidey spray, and cast a net of silly string all over those villians.
Next we searched for the kryptonite so we could protect superman.
We got super sugared up with our pinata, ate super sugary cake, Boomer opened his presents and just as the sugar was starting to set in we sent the children home to their parents.

That evening we went to Bullwinkles (Family Fun Center). When we got there we were surprised to see cousin Clint working there. He gave us a few tips on the games and Jackson and I both hit the jackpot on one of the games and got 200 tickets each. So many tickets, in fact, that we weren't able to use them all. Jackson couldn't believe he got the jackpot and talked about it all the way home.

Happy Birthday little Boomer. It's been a great four years.

Sadies 18 month Pictures

Technically these are closer to 20 months pictures. She was super tired, getting over being sick, and has a scratch on her nose (fell on her face just before pictures) so not many smiles but they still are pretty cute

One Less Tooth

After several weeks of a loose tooth Jackson finally lost his first tooth (with a little help from Mom). He decided not to put his tooth under his pillow but to save it and get a device to catch the tooth fairy. The next day Jackson was excited to find a "gold dollar" that the tooth fairy had dropped when she came searching for the tooth.

The gold coin was motivation for Jackson to give up the tooth. However, he didn't want the Tooth Fairy to take her first coin back so he wrote a note saying "No tooth fairy allowed! Jackson's" He put the tooth in a cup of water and when he woke up the tooth was gone and it's place was another shiny Gold Dollar. Jackson's already talking about how he's going to catch the tooth fairy the next time.

Water Park

The boys had been asking to go to Roaring Spring water park since we got to Boise. We finally went and it was so much fun. I went off to ride some rides that the kids were too short to ride and Jon watched the kids. When I got back he told me he sent Sadie down this slide:



She did great and only cried when she was leaving. Jon wasn't sure if she was crying because she got scared or if she wanted to do it again.

Aaron (Jon's Nephew's Son) came with us.

Jon and I highly recommend this place. We took a wonderful babysitter (Maddy)with us which made it even better. Two thumbs up for Roaring Springs!!!

Aug 2: We went to visit Angie, my friend and classmate from hygiene school,and her beautiful family. She lives on a huge farm in Idaho and her husband Tim is a farmer. As if she isn't busy enough, Angie also has a greenhouse business where she grows beautiful hanging flower planters. She shared her brand new pool with us and Jackson and Boomer had a great time on the diving board.

Aug 4 We went to the world center for Birds of Prey. We saw a dinosaur egg fossil, California Condors, Harpy Eagles, an Elephant bird egg and got to compare our wing span with birds. We learned a lot about birds of prey. The center has the primary purpose of breeding Perigrine Falcons and California Condors and releasing them back to the wild. In 1982 there were only 22 California condors now there are more than 350! They are amazing birds.

Aug 5 We got invited by Jenny to a great swim park called IvyWild. It only cost 2.50 a person. Jackson passed the swim test and was able to go down the waterslides. It was so much fun.

August 6 We took a tour of the Capitol building. It is a beautiful building. It's the only Capitol building heated by Geothermal energy and the state seal is the only one designed by a woman. We learned that the state flower is syringa (also called mock orange), the state horse is the apaloosa, the state insect is the monarch butterfly and the state vegetable is, of course, the potato.

Here's the future leaders of America:

August 7 We took a trip to check out Bogus Basin. (Local Ski resort area). It was a beautiful day. Jackson found some cool granite rocks that shimmered and he was sure he had struck gold.




August 8 My Sister and her family and my mom and regular grandpa were in town. Just one more week in Boise. It's been a great working vacation!

Biking, Baptism, Boys with Jewels

Today we've been in Boise for 4 weeks!

I was invited by Jenny Williamson (our babysitters Mom) to do a thirty mile bike ride with some ladies in the area. I haven't biked in almost a month but why not? Not surprising that I was the slowest. The ride was beautiful but a killer with 4 or 5 hills that just about did me in. Mornings are beautiful here. (Who knew?)

My nephew Jake was baptized on Saturday. Grandma and Grandpa Evans came from Oregon and Grandparoo and Grandma Ginny from Utah. The kids were so excited to see them. Boomer is so funny he told us "I have three Grandpas: Grandparoo, Grandpa Bubs and my regular Grandpa." I guess our regular Grandpa needs a nick name too.

We brought home some costume jewelry from the Maids office. "Why did the office have costume jewelry?" you may ask. The previous owners used the jewelry if they thought someone was stealing. None of it looks real so I don't know why someone would want to steal it so I brought it home for Sadie to play with. Guess who ended up playing with it? Mr. Jackson, of course. He says they are his spy jewels and that he's going to be so rich he will rule the earth. He keeps asking if we can take it to be appraised and find out if the jewels are real.