High in the Sky

So this last week Boise had something that is called the Spirit of Boise. Basically tons of hot air balloons take off from a park downtown for four days. And on one of the nights, (happened to be the night of the BYU game so we didn't end up going down there) they light up the balloons and fly in the dark.

Well Scott got to go up in one of them. Enjoy the view from high in the sky.

Maybe Scott will get on and explain some of the pictures later...that just looks CRAZY! I had no idea the balloons were that big. I mean they look big but that just puts it in perspective.
I love these two pictures. You can't tell what he is in, just looks like he is standing in mid air.



LOVE looking at all the balloons.

And we're back

Okay, sorry it's been months since I have posted but you know what I figure during summer you get to take a break right? Right!

The kids are getting big and life is moving forward. Nothing really big to post about right now, I have decided I am not going to try and catch you up from the summer but just pick back up where we are now. So summer is coming to an end, both Katie and Paul can ride a bike now...no more tricycles. This was a big deal for me. It is crazy to think that I have kids that are old enough to be riding bikes. I guess they are officially not toddlers. Megan is walking and talking and screaming. She is definitely my most vocal. And the most stubborn. Scott is working, working and more working. He is anchoring a lot now and it is SO much fun to watch him. Scott and I are playing on a softball team together and that has been a LOT of fun. I forgot how much I like the sport. Other than that I get to be mom day in and day out...I am trying to do preschool stuff with the kids, I am failing at keeping the house clean, but we stay outside anyway. Katie keeps asking me to teach her how to read, so that is my project for this fall. If anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them!

Here are a couple pictures so you can see how big the kiddos are.

It just hit me!

So as I was looking at pictures of Scott, me and the kids I realized something.

I am not a kid anymore. I just got home from a week in Spokane with my family and I saw all of the kids that I used to babysit. They are graduating from high school! I didn't realize I grew up.

I also realized it when I did my 10K. I have just always thought of myself as sporty. Able to go out and do anything whenever I wanted to. You know like teenagers can. So I only ran 2 times the last 3 weeks before the race and the day after I was hurting. Since when does that happen.

I also have a daughter who will be four in 4 months!

WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? When did I become an adult?

You know what though...it's not a bad thing. I love my life, I love my family and we are living and learning and growing together.

Guess you have to gr0w up sometime.

Scottie's Birthday!

Scott is 28!

We were able to go out without the kids and that was GREAT! Here are a couple of pictures from the party at home. I attempted to make an icecream cake and everything that could go wrong did. I am not kidding. At least the picture looks cool.

Scott likes to downplay things so it was a pretty easy going birthday. Some birthday I will have to throw him a huge party and make him way out of his comfort zone...but not this time.

I caught him right before he did his gang sign.
I forgot the candles so he got to blow out a match.
Here it is...the DEMON cake. First the cake stuck to the pans because I didn't grease them enough. Then the icecream melted because I didn't let the cake cool enough. Then the frosting wasn't cooperative. The only thing that went right was the popcorn. If you can't tell what it is it is supposed to be a bucket of popcorn. The popcorn was actually really good with the cake...I never would have thought it would be a good combo but it was.

My Little Megan

So I decided that I would surprise Scott today when he comes home and have homemade Pizza for him. Well I got all the ingredients out and started off on the task...which by the way I have yet to find a pizza crust recipe that I like. If you have one please leave it in the comments. I am making this new pizza crust recipe and I turn around to put the flour away and this is what I find.

Powdered sugar...EVERYWHERE! The picture of her where she is crawling toward me...it's like she is saying that's right mom I did it and there is nothing you can do about it because I am just so darn cute.

Well everything is cleaned up and my dough is rising. Hopefully it will taste better than some of the others I have tried.

We're Back

I have decided that I am done trying to play catch up. So I will just start over all together. Life is great. Scott just signed a contract with channel 7 to keep us in Boise for the next 2 and a half years. We are really excited because instead of being titled a reporter he s now a weekend anchor/reporter. It is great as far as experience goes because when it comes to getting a new job later down the road he can apply for anchor jobs which is what he really wants to do!

As for the kids...they are getting big and loving life. Here are a couple pictures of the kiddos.

Thought this was cute

Paul LOVES putting on sunglasses. Here are a few pictures that I thought were pretty cute.

My very own little thug! LOVE IT!!!