Fun date

Jason and I went to the Counting Crows last night.....it was at the Botanical Gardens which is an outdoor venue.  It was HOT when we first got there (100 degrees), we weren't sure we were going to make it and then a few clouds rolled in and a nice breeze came and all was good :-)  They put on a great show.....we sat on the lawn with our ice cold waters and food....they even had Ben & Jerry's there, so we were happy :-)  It brought back lots of memories for us...since we listened to them in high school!!
I didn't bring my camera in but Jason got a couple pics on his phone!

Trying to capture the beautiful sunset behind us, but just couldn't get it.....thanks J for a fun night, I love you!

Owen & Emery get bunk beds :-)

I have been searching Craigslist for 4 months for bunk beds for Owen and Emery.....missed out on tons of deals, literally people beating me by minutes....it was super frustrating and I had given up actually.  I scored with these beds and the boys are thrilled.  We still need to buy mattresses so for now they are using their little ones, but they don't care :-)

Owen slept in the bottom bunk for the first time Sunday evening....his first time out of his crib since he was born and he did awesome!

Jake seems to like them too :-) but I hope he doesn't get any ideas and try to go up the ladder!

Boys will be boys

Today is August 1st, can't believe it's August already....this summer is flying by :-(  The boys decided to play in the dirt outside the garage this morning.....Carlin had dug a big hole perfect for the boys to play in!

Notice the mini van in the garage :-)  Yep, we're cool....we made the leap to an AWD

Toyota Sienna, it's pretty awesome!

Redfish continued :-)

We rented a paddle boat and went over to a cool little sandbar....Emery LOVED it!  We found lots of pretty rocks and Emery found a dead fish :-)  He couldn't stop talking about it.  He even said "Goodbye dead fish" when we left!

Check out the amazing water near the beach.....it reminded us of the ocean in Tahiti on our honeymoon, seriously beautiful, I have never seen water like this in a lake much less in Idaho :-)

Our camping trip to Redfish Lake

We headed up to Redfish Lake for a 5 day camping trip with the whole family.....my mom, Steve, Keegan, and Jason's mom was here from Florida, so we had a large group and lots of fun.  We spent time boating every day, hanging out on the beach, swimming, hiking, biking, making lots of meals together, having smores, and just being together.  The Sawtooth mountains are amazing and so beautiful....there's really nothing like it.  The pictures don't even begin to capture all the beauty of this place, it's one of those places that you have to see to truly experience it.  We feel blessed to live so close to such an amazing place, it's only about 2 1/2 hours away from our house.
I was so bummed though, my camera battery died 2 days into the trip, so didn't get to capture some of the sweet moments, but we have the memories in our minds :-)

More to come!!!  See the next post :-)