Let the festivals begin! Part 3

This last weekend we went to the Boise Rec Fest with our friends Lindsey and Thomas. Yoga in the park this week was at the Rec Fest so it worked out perfect for us. While Lindsey and I were doing yoga Ryan, Graham and Thomas, walked around the booths and displays. Nothing like two guys and a baby hanging out in the park, they are such troopers.

Ryan's claim to fame was setting the penny stacking record after holding his hand in ice water for 30 seconds. The only downside was afterwards when they gave him a towel to dry his hand and told him not to rub it or his skin might rub off!

















Here we are watching some little karate kids perform. They were really awesome.

















Graham testing his skills on the rope wall.

















Lindsey rockin' the hula hoop booth.





















You can't go down to the park without playing in the fountain.

















And feeding the ducks and angry geese.
































I was freaking out the whole time. I thought those geese were going to attack Graham.






















Of course G was cool and collected the whole time.

Let the festivals begin! Part 2

The same weekend as Meridian Dairy Days was the Emmett Cherry Festival. We almost didn't head out to Emmett because it was pouring down rain but we made the trip anyways. The rain stopped when the parade started, perfect timing.






















G mooching some chicken nuggets from his Aunt Jamie. He traded his corn dog for a chicken nugget straight across.

















Tough crowd.

















Me explaining to Graham that the water is yuck, "No touching". Our parade spot was almost perfect, almost. Only about 10% of the candy ended up in the water.

















Let the parade begin.

















The sirens make G nervous and he turns into a snuggle monster.

















Thankfully we weren't in the "Soak Zone", but we were close enough to get a good look.

















Cousin Landon needs to give Graham a few lessons on what to do when you hear sirens.

Let the festivals begin! Part 1

Here in the Treasure Valley June is packed full of fun events. I'm beginning to think the rest of the summer will be really boring since they are cramming everything into June. But I'm sure we will find something fun to do for the rest of these warm months.


First up was Eagle Fun days. Here G is happily clapping for a local band while he occasionally sips on a chocolate shake, which ruined his white polo by the way.

















Next up, Meridian Dairy Days. We went to the parade and Old McDonald's Farm, and the speedway but I'll post those pictures later.






















G looking less than impressed with the Dairy Days parade. We decided we are small town parade type people. Forget all the businessy type floats, let's see some horses and kids pulling their dogs in wagons. But we did enjoy the chocolate milk, string cheese and frozen yogurt that was tossed to us.
















































He wouldn't pet the cow until I told him it was a big dog.

Camel's Back Hike

Earlier this month we did some hiking and it was a success!

























































Graham was excited to walk around by himself once we got to the top.

































There will definitely be more hiking for us this summer.

Field of Honor

Around Memorial Day we went to Merrill Park in Eagle to see the Field of Honor display. There were 600 flags in the display recognizing Idaho Veterans. It was really amazing. We are so grateful to live in the United States and thankful to all those who serve and have served our country.




































































































We took a lot of pictures, by the end G was done with the camera, hence the scowl.

Skinny jams

I bought some jammies for G and apparently he is growing cause they fit very snuggly. Without his coat on the jams really show off his skinniness. They are footy ones but we wanted to play outside in the morning so I just put his shoes on over the jams. Let the exploring begin.

A kid in a candy store...literally

I love candy stores!!! We took Graham to Powell's Sweet Shoppe on Memorial Day. And like mother like son, G loves candy stores too!






































He did an excellent job resorting the candy. And in honor of Memorial Day he got some awesome green, gummy soldiers.