Summer Fun

What can I say? I'm a lazy blogger. Mostly because I never take pictures and really that's the best part about a blog. So, since it's October, I figured I better catch up on the summer stuff. We mostly worked this summer but there were a few fun things mixed in. We went boating a few times with our good friends Tyler and Natalie (no pictures, of course) and I got to go rafting on the Payette with the Mia Maids which was super fun (again, no pictures). But I did take a few photos so here's a short recap.

My sister, Marcia, and her boys, Ayden and Brady, came to visit my parents. So, Ben and I drove down to spend a day with them.

This is one of the few times I could get them to both face the camera at the same time. Ayden was not too happy about having his picture taken and Brady was in his own happy world.

We went to Shoshone Falls and it was amazing this year. Ayden kept calling the mist "fire" and somewhere he picked up the phrase, "Oh my goodness, this is terrible!" so the whole drive down the canyon he was saying that.

The 4th of July was fun as usual. We went to good old Middleton and got to sit right under the fireworks. The best part was that halfway through the sprinklers came on! At first, all we heard was the noise. It was a familiar sound but we couldn't quite place it and even after we started feeling little drops of water hitting us it still took a second to register. It was funny to see 30 people scrambling to get off their blankets and save their belongings. I've never seen Ben's dad move so fast!

This picture was when it was all over. We were still glistening a little.

Ben's sister, Tiffany, and her family visited this summer from South Carolina and to start their vacation off right we all went camping at Baumgartner Campground.

We were right on the Boise River and it was freezing!!! We jumped in but it was the kind of cold that hurts so we had to jump right back out. It was fun though!

We took a little walk on the nature trail they had near our camp. It was beautiful and this tree was my favorite part. It was really old and really leaning.

There were a few more undocumented (by me) adventures:

My friends Tiffany and Chris came to visit on their Temple Tour.

We went camping for Labor Day with Ben's family.

I got a new job - not really a picture taking moment but definitely worth a mention.

And my parents went to the Azores for 3 weeks! (OK, so that one has nothing to do with me but I did get a postcard so, I feel like I have the right to mention it).