My week

in Boise...

Amber, Ella and I went to an art class where we learned about ink printing. 

Afterwards we went to lunch and stopped at my favorite cupcake store Lilly Janes.

Ella insisted she wear her Moab shirt (because Jordan was in Moab) and that we make cupcakes for the family BBQ to celebrate Shane's birthday.

We went to the zoo one afternoon with Kylene, our friend Emily and all the kids. 

We got there a little early so Ella and I walked over to the rose gardens while Amber waited for Emily and Kylene. 

Ella was interested in all the different roses and she smelled and took pictures of almost every rose that she saw.  She decided that the yellow roses with the pink middles were her favorite. 

I haven't been to the zoo since they remodeled it and had as much fun as the kids.  All the animals were out, we had a picnic and the kids loved being able to run around.  It was a perfect summer day. 

Saturday morning the family went to cheer Clay on while he ran a local 10K.   He did awesome, running his best time ever!     

I loved being able to spend the week with my family.  We had such a great time and it makes me so excited for the family reunion coming up! 

With that said I really missed Jordan and was so excited when he got home from his canyoneering trip.  He had a lot of fun cayoneering in Moab.  The canyon he was in on Saturday had a few minor problems and so it took a lot longer than they thought and he wasn't able to get home until two in the morning.  We spent the early morning telling each other about our trips and were so happy to be able to sleep in the next day.