Well the break is finally here and I'm so in need of some down time. Ready for Christmas and all of the shopping is finished as of today! Getting my self all set up for the great bake-a-thon this week, time for many different cookies! Thinking tomorrow will be the day...yummy!

Well the Baby shower was great fun and so exciting to see Ally all smiles! She looked adorable... and was just so cute! Thanks to all who came and helped us celebrate. The theme was bootie-ful baby boy Lucas! I had a blast decorating with Anna! We did a clothesline across the kitchen and the cake matched. Eveything was done in green,yellow, and blue. She received a lot of wonderful gifts but Kaydee cleaned house on the games! The baby will be such a joy...can't wait to meet the little guy in person.

Halloween Party theme this year...countries around the world!

Another great Halloween party this year, the turnout was great and so much fun! Everyone came dressed to the hilt and represented their countries well! Dave and I waited until the last minute and ended up with decent costumes. I was Spain and Dave was Rome...always good times getting to see old friends and making new ones! We had food from each country and just good old fashioned FUN! What will we do next year hmmmmmm?????

Have the running fever!

Dave and I ran our second 5K race today...Barber to Boise! It was great, we both beat our times and achieved the goals we set for the day! Dave got 5th in in overall age group, it was awesome. I wasn't sure how the race was going to go because I had my shin splint problem going on, but I wrapped it and NO PAIN! Whoohoo! We are now getting ready for the next event in Overton, Nevada...it will be a 10K!

Gotta love football season! It has been a long time since we had the whole gang together...great family times! Hard to believe everyone is so grown up! The Broncos won making the day just perfect!

Hmmmm Chocolate

So this week we had great fun with the family from California, we hiked, swam, had a spaghetti feed, drank wine/visited many local wineries, and discovered the The Chocolate Bar ( Yes it does exist). What an adventurous week, sadly they left today to continue their journey home.

Hiking with Family

Well it has been a week...spent most of the week being sick with a wonderful summer cold. At the end of the week though feeling a bit better, we decided to venture up to Jump Creek and take a baby hike. It was great to spend time with family from California. The guys were of course crazy and decided to cliff jump the falls. It was about a 30 ft drop but they did it and it was a great site to see. There was an amazing sunset as we headed back to town.

Gearing up for the week!

Well the week has just flown by...summer seems to have arrived. The kids got a full taste of the sun today and look like lobsters ouch!!! They say "this is how you get a tan Mom", that was a blast from the past! Hmmmm I remember saying something along those lines.

I finished my first week of couch to 5k and am excited to start week two. I'm gearing up for the race in October, I can do it! I am also going to go out this week to hike Hulls Gulch with Bogee, that last hike was an eye opener. Dave and I are heading into our week four of our life changing diet plan and it is going well. I feel so much better eating all the healthy food.

We are so excited to be planning our vacation to the Oregon Coast this summer with the kids. It will be a much needed break away from everyday life!

First real hike of the year!

So we set out for Duck Lake this morning but found that the road was washed out...back up plan "Let's try the trail we saw back there". Well we did and soon realized we would be going strait up 1000 ft. We were Mt. goats today! So tired! But the view was amazing and it made me realize just how out of shape I am! It was great family time and we all enjoyed ourselves ( even Bogee was a real trooper)...we stopped and had dinner at a great little place in McCall. Couldn't ask for a better day!

Summer Hiking

So Anna and I started out with an easy hike today up at Camels Back Park. The sun was shining and people were out and about everywhere. We took Bogeee with us and he actually did very well. It was great to be outside and enjoy the fresh air. We finished up the day with the dog crawling into the front seat to be near the AC. After our adventure we headed over to Booster Juice for some healthy refreshment. It was a great day :)

Summer Plans

Well summer is off to a great start...our goal this summer is family time and getting on track to become healthy. Looking forward to the many good times and just feeling better both physically and mentally. We are planning some wonderful hiking trips throughout Idaho and planning on taking tons of pictures ( my new hobby). I am also working with our newest addition Bogee (our beautiful new boxer) at obedience training! It's gearing up to be a great summer!