Ivy Wild

Again, I was shamed into thinking differently!! haha Melissa, David's cousin invited me and the kids out to go to a public pool in Boise...Ivy Wild. (When she said Ivy Wild, I thought Glen Ivy? Yay!! But umm...no I will not be bringing kids! haha) I wasn't too excited but took the kids anyway. When we got there, I was amazed!! There were slides, kiddy pools, wow!, wow!, lifeguards! haha It was a neat place! As I look at my pics, it really isn't all that impressive, but I was impressed at the time that this was a public city pool. I know I am a dork! haha We had a great afternoon! And hope to go there again!

Samantha, Emma, Dylan, Owen, and George

Girls Night!!

Emma is so tiny! She is the sweetest thing and the girls get along so well!

Typically when I think of girls night, I think of myself going out with my friends...by the way, I miss you all!!! This girls night was with my daughter and her friend Emma. We had a blast! We went to the $1 theater and saw Hannah Montana and got some treats and then had a sleep over! We made Samantha's favorite cookie poodle cookies (no bake cookies) and made homemade pizza. Before we went to the movie, Samantha asked if they could wear play makeup, so we did a quick makeover on the girls and then went to the movie. I was not looking forward to the movie, I have seen the tv show and am not impressed. However, the movie was good and I was entertained. I am so glad that my daughter has a girlfriend and can have these girl moments!!

Movie Night at the Park!

At Settler's Park every Friday in the summer they have Friday Family movie nights. We went to check it out and give it a chance. This is what I had in mind...TONS of people, no where to sit, police everywhere, fights breaking out, people being lame, not being able to hear the movie due to lame sound system. But it was so not this way. I think I counted 4 police there for about 2,000 people...hello! haha No fights, the nicest people, and a fantastic sound system. You can hear the movie at any point in the park. We have found our Friday night activity! It was so much fun! The kids loved it and it was very easy to get things together to go. The only issue I have is that it doesn't start until dusk...which is 10 pm out here right now. So it is a late night, but very worth it! 

Settler's Park

Can I just say that Idaho has the best city parks around?! WOW! This is Settler's Park in Meridian. We had a blast here! Dave had the day off and we went here for our family outing.In this park there is a pond that they stock with fish to go fishing at, they have 5 baseball fields, CLEAN bathrooms, a staff member there to help the kids or to prevent accidents, etc. Then I learned that every Friday night they have movie night in the field...FREE. So we will go and experience that sometime! Typically when I am at a park with my kids...I can feel every minute pass...but here we were here for two hours without even blinking! And look at that SKY!!

In this park there are these giant instruments for the kids to play on and it makes music! Wesley

Samantha and Dave

Wait for it Sammie...

...And there it is! haha

The theme is pirates...arghh!

A fun thing is a snack bar that sells snow cones for $1! With over 40 flavors! Yum!!

A closer look...

Happy 4th of July!

This is probably one of my favorite holidays! We have made it into a day event over the years. Every year we go to Oceanside beach...so this year was a trying one for me. I had NO idea what to do out here! So I explored the internet for ideas and for where to go. All the cities have great websites of things to do in their neck of the woods. I discovered a place called Cascade, Idaho. My first thought was that it sounded like a Disney movie...thanks Cinthia for that thought! haha So we decided that instead of going into Boise or one of the surrounding cities, that we would travel an hour up the mountain and see what Cascade had to offer. They launch the fireworks off the Lake Cascade. There were tons of boats, a small farmers market and lots of locals! Really not too crowded. Which was nice...I bet Boise was crazy busy. So next year....we want to go all day and enjoy the lake and shops. We also went and saw Ice Age with Sammie and Wes....Dylan and Dave saw Transformers...great movies!

I am so grateful to live in a country where we have the ability to live our lives in a manner that we want. I am grateful for those who serve our country to protect us. I am so proud to live in this free country...I am proud to be an American! It is the greatest feeling on this day to celebrate our freedoms, the men and women who serve US, and our families and friends.

The Grogan kids with Mombo

Being silly...what they do best! ha

Dylan always being cool

Sweet Sammie

Fun Wesley

Red, White, and Blue

On our way up...we discovered the river with lots of rapids! It is so beautiful and inspiring!

Gorgeous!

This was really too early in the evening to take this pic...there were hundreds of boats on the lake! What a life!

Wesley with his first sparkler! My battery died and this is the only sparkler pic I have..): There is always next year!

Wes was getting impatient...we had to wait for sundown to see the firework show..and that happens at 10:45pm...yep...very late!

Dad and his girl!

I really don't like myself in pics...I need to get better about being in them! Me and my boys!

I was a bit nervous of the fireworks..were they really legal?? haha...they were so much fun! And the kids thought it was cool to set off our own fireworks!