California Fun

Fun on the carousel, sort of. He ended up not being too big of a fan once it got moving.


Andrews first trip to the ocean, I love this adorable, sweet boy.


Oh how I wish Connor could have seen the fruit trees. Ed and Kim had an orange tree, fig tree, and lemon tree. Connor constantly wants to plant seeds so we can grow our own fruit trees in the backyard. This darn Boise weather.


Ahh the amount of lemonade we could make with these....


With my brother Ed on the boardwalk

Surprise Visit

A couple weeks ago Daddy came home for a surprise visit. The boys were able to wake up to Rich being home. They were very excited, as was I. It was great having dad home for 4 days. So hard to say goodbye. We love you Daddy!!! (It's a little difficult to get 3 boys to cooperate and sit still for a picture these days)

Funny Things They Say

The other night Braden (3 1/2) asked my mom what her favorite color was. She replied "red." He said, "Red is a boy color, you need to choose a girl color." He was not happy when I told him red could be a boy or girl color.
He has really come up with some funny things lately.

Park Fun!

My new favorite park is DeMeyer Park. It is super close to the house, has swings, fun toys, lots of grass, sand volleyball, a walking path, and best of all a pond to feed the ducks. How come no one ever told me about this park before, I love it!

We took my friends little boy. All the boys had fun and you can tell Andrew loved his first ride in this swing. His smiling face is pretty much his demeanor all the time. I have been lucky to have 3 easy going babies. Too bad that smiling face doesn't continue once they get older and independent. I love my boys, little and big!

Game Day

Rich and his dad got to go to the Georgia VS Boise State football game. Lucky guys!

1st Grade and Collage

This is what Connor had to say about the first day of school as we walked home, "First day of school, one drink of water and too much sun." He was exhausted and it was only a half day. He is growing up so quickly. He has a bike lock with a combination that he does by himself. He asks for a half a sandwich because "its faster that way," I am guessing that is so he can go outside to play.

While Connor embarks on all day school, Rich has embarked on an all day M-F and then studying all day Sat. and Sun. nursing program in Birmingham, Alabama. He was accepted to an accelerated nursing program that will have him out with his bachelors in nursing in 15 months. Yikes, what was I thinking by agreeing to this! A hard sacrifice on both ends, but it will be worth it in the end. He is living with his parents (Masayo packs a lunch and snacks for him), who live just outside of Birmingham. Everything worked out perfectly in the end so he could go.

We talk daily and skype so he can see the boys, who dance around and appear in front of the camera from time to time. We already can't wait to see dad just before Christmas.

Lucky Girl

I am a very lucky girl to have such a great husband. I have had a lot of girl time lately and owe it all to my lovely husband. Saturday afternoon I went skiing with a friend and he watched all the kids, Saturday night I had a freezer cooking party until 12:30 a.m. with friends and he watched all the kids, Monday afternoon I spent time with the horse and he watched the kids, Monday night I was invited to relax in the hot tub with a few friends and he watched all the kids. Needless to say I felt a little guilty for all the "me" time, but enjoyed it thoroughly......thanks my dear!