A Few Pics From Our Week in Boise

Aubrey, Cooper and I have really been enjoying our week in Boise!  It has been nice to have a break from school work and work work!  Grandma and Grandpa Johnson have been keeping us busy and while a few of the events were not camera friendly we did get some footage of a few of our events.  We'll be heading back to Tacoma tomorrow but this week we have floated the Boise river, gone on some nice walks, been on a few bike rides both mountain biking and road biking, gone to a rodeo, gone to Lagoon, and we also went on several rides in the old Bronco.  We've had a pretty good time we must admit!  Enjoy our pictures from the week!

We tested the Bronco's 4x4!

Cooper didn't last long on the hike; he fell asleep trying to eat the bar.

Cooper fit right in with all the cowboy's!

I do have several more pictures that I'll be adding once I get them from Grandpa Johnson!

Spencer is Home!

This weekend we travelled to Boise to see Aubrey's brother Spencer come home from his mission in Tulsa Oklahoma!  We made a pit stop in Pasco Washington on our way and stayed the night with Tim and Haley.  Haley brought out her Johnny Jump Up for Cooper which he really likes; although I think Athen was a bit jealous of him!

The next day we got up and headed to Boise and once there Cooper and I helped Grandpa Johnson get the Bronco put back together so that it would be ready to surprise spencer!  We didn't have any toys for Cooper out in the garage so instead we let him play with some wrenches and tape which he seemed to really enjoy!  It was also very fun to go the airport and watch Spencer come down the escalator.  No one was expecting to see him there as his plane came in a little earlier than we expected and we all passed him going up as he was coming down!  It's also been a big week for cooper and his diet!  We fed him his first bowl of rice cereal this morning and we're proud to say that he downed the entire bowl without making a single sour face!  He loves his food!  Enjoy the pictures of our weekend!

A Couple of Weekends in One!

It' been a couple of weeks since we've posted to our blog and we've done quite a bit in that time!  So in one monster post I will attempt to cover all that we have done; everything from car shows to sea food feasts!

Seeing that Cooper was ready to go out for the day the weekend before the 4th we decided to head out to Steilacoom park and see what was to be seen at the Lakewood Summerfest. We had been told that there was going to be a car show there which we wanted to catch and so after our ward social we headed over to the park.  Unfortunately we showed up late and on our way into the park we had to watch most of the cars leaving the park!  We did manage to get a few pictures of the stragglers before all were gone!

The following weekend my family pulled into town to visit for a couple of weeks and we have been out enjoying the nice summer weather that has finally decided to come out.  For the fourth we spent the afternoon and evening out at Corey and Lisa's place where we enjoyed good food, plenty of fireworks and a great atmosphere.

Since the 4th fell on a Sunday I got the following day off from work and we all decided to head over the Point Defiance Zoo and check out the sites there.  The kids really enjoyed the sights there and we enjoyed spending the day together.

On Wednesday we went over to George & Linda's place for dinner; they had just bought a new puppy which was a mix between a Poodle and a Palmeranian.  My parents ended up buying his sister so she'll be hitching a ride back to Idaho!  Cooper enjoyed pulling this ones tail!

This most recent weekend was the most fun yet; our friend Casey from school came up for the weekend to visit and we spent a couple of days just playing!  On Friday we went to Brown's Point to enjoy the scenery and eat some lunch and then in the evening we went boating with Corey and Lisa on their boat at Long Lake near their house!

After recuperating from our boating excursion we woke up the next morning ready to take on Seattle for the day.  We started out touring the Pike Place Market which is always a treat and is always packed!  There were lots of fun vendors and people throwing fish and crab; the workers at the market are famous for the fun work ethic!  After the market we did a little shopping down town where we were surprised to encounter some nude cyclists; there were probably 30 or so in the group and while I did get some pictures of the event I'll spare you the horror of witnessing them for yourself!

After shopping we splurged a little and went to the Crab Pot where we ordered a seafood feast!  After lining our table with butcher paper it was covered in all sorts of good seafood that we were able to eat with our hands.  We had a really great time; after eating our meal we finished the day with a Seattle Mariners game.  The game was really fun and our Mariners pulled off the win over the New York Yankees with a grand slam in the last innings of the game!  We've really enjoyed doing the fun things that there are to do here in Washington and we love spending time together!