1st on the agenda: RIDES!
Ashley & Daddy in the Haunted House!
Peyton on the Flying Swings!
Ashley brushes the cow's butt...
Peyton (wisely) brushes the cow's shoulder.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Idaho State Fair 2008
Ashley & Daddy in the Haunted House! Peyton on the Flying Swings! Ashley brushes the cow's butt... Peyton (wisely) brushes the cow's shoulder. 
Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!
It rarely gets over 100 degrees in Boise, but it's been pretty hot lately. This is a picture of some candles in our backyard. : (
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
DINKs
DINK = Double Income No Kids
Jeff and I had the opportunity to remember what it was like before we had kids when we sent them to Utah for two weeks (one week with Grandma Judy and one week with Grandma Chewy). I won't lie, it was nice. On Saturday we met my mom half way in Burley and turned over control of the kids to her. Then we spent the afternoon driving through Sun Valley and Stanley. On Sunday we rode our bikes downtown and had a nice dinner at Asiago's. I think we ate out every night that week--at least, I don't remember cooking--it was either eat out or eat cereal.
Our good friends from Salt Lake, Kim & Dan, came up the next weekend for some Boise fun. We did a restaurant tour downtown on Friday night stopping at Piazza di Vino for appetizers, Pair for drinks, and Berryhill & Co. for an extremely delicious dinner. We even did some shopping along the way! On Saturday Jeff took the guys hiking in the Boise foothills while Jen slept in (another benefit of not having kids around). After breakfast we took the raft down the Boise river--it's much more mellow when Peyton and Ashley aren't there to douse us with water! Saturday afternoon we took an excursion to the Idaho wine country - yes, we have quite a collection of vineyards only 30 minutes from Boise. We capped off Saturday night with dinner at Barbacoa--Dan tells us there's a cheap taco place in Salt Lake called Barbacoa--fortunately, the Boise Barbacoa is fine dining at it's best (somewhere we couldn't go with kids!). It was a great weekend - I felt like a real adult - and it was great catching up and visiting with Kim and Dan. Thank you for coming!
While the kids were gone our friend Carolyn asked me what we would do with our time; "watch R-rated movies!" I said. Hey, not X-rated, just R-rated. Well, we did go to see Batman / The Dark Knight and it was rated PG-13 (although it should be rated R). Very good! Man, that Heath Ledger was scary. And Christian Bale can be my Batman any day.
After our guests left and we ate out at all the "grown-up" restaurants we could think of, we started missing the kids. A lot. We're used to having Peyton crawl in bed with us every night and snuggle so there was an obvious void every morning. And it was eerily quiet when Jeff and I ran out of conversation and there was no Ashley there to laugh/scream/cry. I left work early on Friday and sped to Kaysville to pick them up (Jeff had to work 'til 5:00 and I didn't want to wait for him!) I cried when I saw the kids and I think I made Peyton cry, too! We three were pretty mushy and clingy those first few days. By Sunday both of the kids just wanted to see Daddy and by Sunday night we were a family of four again. I think even Charley was glad to have them home (Figaro couldn't care less).
Moral of the Story: Absence Make the Heart Grow Fonder!
Jeff and I had the opportunity to remember what it was like before we had kids when we sent them to Utah for two weeks (one week with Grandma Judy and one week with Grandma Chewy). I won't lie, it was nice. On Saturday we met my mom half way in Burley and turned over control of the kids to her. Then we spent the afternoon driving through Sun Valley and Stanley. On Sunday we rode our bikes downtown and had a nice dinner at Asiago's. I think we ate out every night that week--at least, I don't remember cooking--it was either eat out or eat cereal.
Our good friends from Salt Lake, Kim & Dan, came up the next weekend for some Boise fun. We did a restaurant tour downtown on Friday night stopping at Piazza di Vino for appetizers, Pair for drinks, and Berryhill & Co. for an extremely delicious dinner. We even did some shopping along the way! On Saturday Jeff took the guys hiking in the Boise foothills while Jen slept in (another benefit of not having kids around). After breakfast we took the raft down the Boise river--it's much more mellow when Peyton and Ashley aren't there to douse us with water! Saturday afternoon we took an excursion to the Idaho wine country - yes, we have quite a collection of vineyards only 30 minutes from Boise. We capped off Saturday night with dinner at Barbacoa--Dan tells us there's a cheap taco place in Salt Lake called Barbacoa--fortunately, the Boise Barbacoa is fine dining at it's best (somewhere we couldn't go with kids!). It was a great weekend - I felt like a real adult - and it was great catching up and visiting with Kim and Dan. Thank you for coming!
While the kids were gone our friend Carolyn asked me what we would do with our time; "watch R-rated movies!" I said. Hey, not X-rated, just R-rated. Well, we did go to see Batman / The Dark Knight and it was rated PG-13 (although it should be rated R). Very good! Man, that Heath Ledger was scary. And Christian Bale can be my Batman any day.
After our guests left and we ate out at all the "grown-up" restaurants we could think of, we started missing the kids. A lot. We're used to having Peyton crawl in bed with us every night and snuggle so there was an obvious void every morning. And it was eerily quiet when Jeff and I ran out of conversation and there was no Ashley there to laugh/scream/cry. I left work early on Friday and sped to Kaysville to pick them up (Jeff had to work 'til 5:00 and I didn't want to wait for him!) I cried when I saw the kids and I think I made Peyton cry, too! We three were pretty mushy and clingy those first few days. By Sunday both of the kids just wanted to see Daddy and by Sunday night we were a family of four again. I think even Charley was glad to have them home (Figaro couldn't care less).
Moral of the Story: Absence Make the Heart Grow Fonder!
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