For Peyton and Riley

Thought I would post a few pictures of our dog Toby and the dog we are watching Barkley for our niece and nephew Peyton and Riley. We are bringing Barkley back to them when we go to Utah for Thanksgiving. Toby has loved having another dog to play with. They chase each other around the apartment, wrestle, and play tug of war with a rope all day long. By the time 8:00 hits both dogs are completely worn out. Yesterday was really nice here in Meridian so Brooke and I went to a park for a picnic lunch and to let the dogs run. Here are a few pics we got.




When we got home they both crashed and slept the afternoon away.

UTAH

I was in Utah over the past week watching my 2 nieces and nephew. We had a great time. It is so fun to have such cute nieces and nephews. A few fun things from the trip were:

1. Making Homemade Chicken Nuggets and Pizza with the kids

2. Watching Kung Fu Panda and giving McKenna a manicure

3.Game Night - Consisted of Cherades and Uno Attack

4. Having lunch with old friends and family

5. Spending time talking to my nieces and nephew as I tucked them into bed

6. Seeing how big my new nephew is getting - "Oh Isaaaac"

7. Visiting with my in-laws. Brooke and I are very lucky that we both really love each others parents.

8.Shopping at Tai Pan with Tandra

9. Waking up and sleeping on the couch at 3 in the morning, because I had 2 kids and 2 dogs sleeping in bed with me while the other kid slept on the floor groaning. Needless to say everyone slept in their own beds for the rest of the week.

10. Trying to make Marshmellow puffs and having all the marshmellow leak out into the fryer.

All in all it was a good trip. I am happy to be home with Brooke and will try and take some pictures of the apartment this weekend for everyone to see.

What's in IDAHO?

This was the question asked by my extended family when we told them our plans had changed and we were moving not to Utah but, Idaho. I can honestly say at the time I was not sure what was in Idaho. I knew potatoes and knew a little bit about Boise. Having been here two weeks now I am finding all the neat things that are in Idaho. We are starting a blog because for the first time in our married life we do not live close (within a 60 mile driving radius) to any of our family. We hope by creating a blog we will be able to keep our family and friends up to date on what's in IDAHO?


p.s. If anyone wants to come visit, they do give free taters for out of staters!