camping in mccall

we took olive camping in mccall for the first time last weekend.

she LOVED it!

the dirt, the rocks, hiking, the lake, tanner's scooter.

AND she slept like a champ in the trailer. woot woot.

what did we ever do for entertainment before her?

happy birthday america!

the fourth of july is one of my favorite holidays, and it was so fun to be in boise to celebrate it this year.

i relived my childhood memories of the stake pancake breakfast, traditional family bbq, homemade ice cream YUM, and fireworks.

we love you america, it's good to live here!

big news!

we've enjoyed olive so much that we've sent for another baby.

he/she is due to arrive jan 14, 2011.

they did it!

spencer and josh made it back from their west coast bike ride.

a few minor alterations, one bloody elbow, a little skinnier, a lot darker, and a week of amazing memories.

you guys are tough!

forks to monterey on a bike

spencer and robin's husband josh are riding their bikes from forks, wa to monterey, ca. they left this afternoon, and they'll start the ride tomorrow morning.

they'll cover just over 1000 miles in 10 days.

you can follow the journey here.

thanks mr. ladle for being their driver and safety car. we're worrying a little less with you along for the ride.

i'm sure they'll see amazing things that will make us all sufficiently jealous over the next week and a 1/2.

good luck boys, and happy father's day.

24 hours in salt lake city

thursday and friday last week went something like this.

thursday

7:00am - left boise for salt lake

1:00pm - arrived in salt lake

1:30pm - picked up lunch at the lion house pantry and had a picnic in temple square

2:30pm - nana's apartment on s. temple.

since spencer's nana was recently moved to a care center in cedar city we helped set up for the estate sale that was taking place friday and saturday.

4:00pm - surprise visit from aubry, and robin. who happened to be just 3 blocks away at hip and humble. robin was passing through on her way from ithaca, ny to salinas, ca. BONUS!

6:00pm - anniversary dinner at Sawadee (2 days early). AMAZING. recommended by miss aubry. the thai pork bbq was incredible. we literally discussed ordering another plate after we'd finished the first. this will become a staple on all future visits to slc

8:00pm - diet coke at the maverick, and a quick walk through ikea

9:30pm - back to aubry's in n. salt lake

friday

8:00am - breakfast with aubry at tulie bakery. AMAZING and so perfectly quaint.

yet another slam dunk by aubry.

9:00am - estate sale at nana's

10:30am - a walk in the avenues

(i want to live in this house!)

12:00pm - quick stop at nordstrom rack and lunch at whole foods

6:00pm - back in boise

whew.

happy 6th anniversary spencer. i'm pretty sure we celebrated in there somewhere.

zoo boise

we took olive to zoofari at the boise zoo on thursday. we had taken her to the zoo in denver a couple times but she must have been too young to really know what she was looking at.

this time she loved it.

PLUS it was family zoofari day and we got hotdogs and ice cream with admission YES!

i love summer.

riding the carousel. she loved it, can't you tell by her face?

she was focused...or terrified.

feeding the sheep and the baby goats. they were hilarious! reminded me of that "boundin'" short that pixar put out, although i think that's a jackrabbit, but you get the idea.