There are still a few more photos to post from June but first, I wanted to post these ones from the Fourth of July.  We spent the afternoon/evening with our friends, Tony & Becky, and their 2 girls.  The kids played in the pool, we bbq'd chicken and steaks and enjoyed our favorite Ste Chapelle wine. In the evening we lit off our fireworks and watched our town's big display from our front drive. 

 Casey and I spent the morning packing and doing things around the house so the kids went to our town's parade with the Longchamps.  Here they are right before leaving... 

June 16th - my mom and I ran our first run/race, See Jane Run, in Boise.  I began running last November and have worked up to running 7 miles on my long days... 3-4 miles on my short days.  Running my first race with my mom was fun and memorable!  

 The original plan was to have my dad and the kids come down to the race with us and hang out while we ran.  However, that morning Katie woke up with a fever so dad ended up staying home with the older kids.  We quickly got the jogger ready and brought Kristiana with us.  I ended up running it with her... my first time for actually running with the jogger!  Having the jogger put me at the back of the pack at the starting line so, when I came in 91st out of 202 I wasn't too disappointed.

 I ran the 5k in 31:36 and my mom was 32:??  I'm proud of her for coming in 5th in her division!

We run for champagne and chocolate!

On Monday Casey and I needed a little break from packing up the house so, we loaded the kids and headed to the local swimming pool!  We met our friends, Precious, Jessie and Marisa there too and, had a great time playing in the water.  The kids also got to show of their new swimming skills to their daddy :)  

On

June 22-25 the kids and I went camping with my parents and friends at Clear Creek.  We have been going camping and 4-wheeling at C.C. for years now and love it!  The scenery is amazing!  This was Kristiana's first big camping trip and she did super... the older kids had lots of fun playing in the creek, riding the 4-wheelers and go-cart, playing in the dirt, eating S'Mores and just being in the great outdoors.  We enjoyed our time with friends, Paul and Rachel and their 2 sons... and, also my friend, Colleen, and her 3 boys came up for a night.  

 Kristiana and I slept in the tent while, the older kids slept in my parent's camper.  She and I snuggled together to stay warm as it got a little chilly at night!

 Papa and the boys hanging out by the campfire

 Good times at the creek!

 Trenton fell asleep during this go-cart ride....

 Kristiana and our friend, Paul

 Colleen and I ready to ride the trails!

 Post ride... just a tad dirty :)

 me and my pops... nothing like a cold beverage after a good ride

 the three of us rode to the Horsethief Reservoir

 This picture looks like I cropped Kristiana in!

 Trenton's slightly burned 'mellow.. poor boy... he worked so hard at roasting it!

 S'Mores!!!

Friends

We are so blessed to have so many wonderful friends in our lives! During our time spent in Idaho we were able to spend time with many friends... some we hadn't seen in years!  We went to birthday parties, Sunday afternoon bbq's or, out to dinner, play-dates at the park and concerts.

 One Sunday afternoon we went to Peter and Miriam DeWinkle's house for lunch.  The kids had a great time playing with their friends... it was nice to see Marie and Kyle there too :)

 On June 6, Kristiana and I went to Meredith's birthday dinner at the Flatbread Community Oven in Meridian (great place to eat!) I've known Meredith for over 25 years now and am so blessed to have such a fun and amazing friend in my life!

 We also went downtown for dessert at Goody's... yum!

 Brian - he's a handy guy to have around! ha ha      
Casey and I and Joe were originally going to the Nickelback concert together however, it turned out that the guys both had to work.  So, I went with my long-time friends Keith and Brian.  I have known them for about 13 years now and they've been such wonderful friends to me.   They are my brothers!  We had LOTS of fun at the concert and I look forward to taking Casey with me next time :)

The kids and I visited our dear friend, Vera, a couple of times.  She had recent knee surgery and was in a rehab facility for about 3 weeks.

Summer isn't summer without a visit to our favorite ice cream shop, Goody's!