We did it.

Well, we did it. We bought a house. 

An old, beautiful house to fill with love.

We are officially cemented here in this little town, in our little white house on the hill.

Our sweet girl was pretty excited to check out her new house. 

These two are super excited.

White picket (sort of) fence and all.

604 E. 7th Street

And then she was 6.

Approaching Three...

And he requests I make him a "chocolate, chocolate, CHOCOLATE cake, with sprinkles."

He gives me this look when I request a picture.

And this one.

Then finally this one.

He still clings to that little scrap of my shirt he calls, "lovey."

He still thinks his Sagey is the coolest little person ever!

He requests "A tool party" to celebrate another year around the sun.

 

This keeps everyone quite busy.

He knows how to party...

and how to blow out those candles!

He's happily followed these girls around for an entire year up for anything they want to do...dancing the Nutcracker, playing Little House on the Prairie...all of it.

He wants to be a king and fight dragons when he grows up.

He's always up for an outdoor adventure.

He has great friends, whom he adores.

And he makes us laugh everyday.

We love you River!

Traveling

I've been traveling for the last two weeks. First to Hawai'i for work...

(I promise, I did work)...

then, we headed to Boise because I had, well, more work there. 

Two weeks is a long time away when you're a mommy of two little ones so I decided to pack up the family and take them to Boise with me. 

With Maggie out of school now, we decided to make it an official summer vacation.

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Magnolia has an incredible memory. She remembers so much about living in Boise...her friends, her favorite parks, favorite places to eat...she has an agenda before we even arrive. 

So when I wasn't working we were all over town hitting up our favorite Boise spots.

The Linen District
Of course we have to grab a muffin the size of our head at Big City and then wander around to check out the shops and art.

Magnolia asked to have an entire side of the booth at Mazzah all to herself, "because I'm going to be very serious about this food I'm going to eat."

River checking out the rainbow trout at the MK Nature Center.

Nothing is better than stumbling upon a few of your best Boise pals at the park!

We pulled together a little Boise birthday celebration for River with Grandma Amoo, Grandma Tara and Auntie Julie.
Thanks for the love fam.

And then we traveled back across the state towards home.
With a few stops along the way.

Kinder Dinner Party

Magnolia and her kinder crew wrapped up their "Dirt to Dinner" expedition with a Kinder Dinner Party this evening for their families. It was a wonderful little dinner that showcased all their hard work. 

Magnolia posing with one of the flower arrangements we put together to help "beautify" the tables.

There were 80+ people in attendance and Magnolia stood up and read her write-up on broccoli loudly and clearly!
Obviously, Mommy and Daddy had huge smiles on our faces!

Magnolia and her crewmates each had a focus vegetable to study. They created collages of their vegetable (Eric Carle inspired), wrote an informational piece on their vegetable, AND each of their vegetables was served at the dinner.

Hand-written name cards and menus.

Magnolia and her awesome kindergarten teacher, Ms. Corwine.

Next week is the last week of school, and just like that she'll be moving on to 1st grade...oh my.

She has grown so much over the last year, it's quite amazing.

A Mama Approved Kind of Day

A perfect mother's day...orchestrated by one amazing husband, two super children, and a rambunctious pup.

We are a very happy bunch when we are outdoors. So for mother's day (with my new hikers on) we headed out for a perfect day hiking adventure. 

Did I mention it was perfect? ;)

Our first time geocaching. I had no idea finding treasures in the woods would be that much fun.

New hikers broke-in quite nicely.

Spy that little guy in the pond?

Thank you family. I love, love, love you!

Happy Mother's Day!