Family in Town

We are lucky enough to have visitors in town this weekend! Gma and Gpa Boyle have come for a visit.  Friday we took a trip to the Huntington Library, as always it was an enjoyable visit.

Here is Jackson climbing the bamboo like a koala. Here is Ana, our sister-in-law who is staying with us to get some dental work done by Steve. We are so glad to have her, she is so much fun!

We also took a trip to  Olivera street where Ana was able to get some corn covered in mayo and chili powder, surprisingly yummy!

Happy Birthday Jackson!

Vacation to Home

Once again we made the trek to the homeland, Idaho Falls. Our friends, the Hendricksons, have oft expressed interest in the farm-life, so they came along. Although we in Idaho for only a short time, we had a fun-family-filled vacation!

Jackson loved having someone to jump with, and Joy quickly learned that this was "Mike's house" or "Susan's house".

In the true farm spirit, we spent some time harvesting veggies from the garden, and then canning them. The Hendricksons didn't know that what they were really getting into was a lot of work!

The first weekend in Idaho JD and Liz were blessing their baby in Provo, so we spent Saturday in Salt Lake. We took a really great tour of the conference center and stopped by Temple Square.  And no trip to SLC would be complete without lunch at Little World!

Monday we took a hike in the Teton National Park at Jenny's Lake.  We made it to Hidden Falls with a few stops for wild huckleberries along the way. Jackson and Joy were just excited to be there!  We rode the ferry back to the entrance and then had dinner at the Bar J.

We ended our trip with a campout on Taylor Mt.  Here Steve found a baby weasel which he says is very rare, he's seen very few in all the years he has spent up on the range.

And just for good measure, here is a picture of the foothill and a harvest moon. Notice the windmills going up on the ridge- the more things change, the more they stay the same.  Thanks family for hosting us and the Hendricksons we had a wonderful time! Can't wait to see you again! Thanks Hendricksons for letting us share a little bit of home with you!

(SORRY FOR THE DOUBLE PICTURE, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!!)

(MORE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!)

Summer Time

With Aunt Jenna in town, we are having too much fun... as evidenced by Jackson falling asleep on the kitchen floor.

And by me falling asleep on the couch.  We are dog-sitting for a week, (this is a rat terrier named "Splinter" for those of you of the Teenaged-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles generation).

We've been spending a lot of time at the pool and Steve is well on his way to eating his weight in watermellon.  Jackson has finally decided to give watermellon another chance!

We went on a hike with Dad and the boy scouts (we were going to supervise some rockclimbing but ran out of time). And Jackson decided that goldfish crackers have more uses than one.

Hiking in LA is like taking a walk through a dry grain field.