August and Everything After...

Hee Hee! That title is a play on words! It's the title of Counting Crows first album, and this post is partially about my Counting Crows concert...SWEET!!!

 But before we get to that, we have a few other adventures to tell you about. 

Boise opened a new Aquarium a while ago, and we finally got around to visiting it. The kids loved petting the sharks, manta rays, and starfish. They also got to go inside a little bird habitat.

Mike and I went on a run in the foothills that was nothing short of **magical**. It was sunrise in the rolling hills with my man, the dust, and our music. It was the first run I actually enjoyed while running. It was beautiful.

Elliott got some sunflower seed to plant from his preschool teacher last year. We planted them, they grew and they reseeded. This year, they are bigger and better. I love that his seeds lasted two years. Elliott has a fear of things that are big, it doesn't matter what it is, if it's big, he doesn't like it. That's why he's about 4 feet away from the sunflowers. He doesn't like them, but I do.

Archie's first haircut! I did it! Isn't he a cutie?

Archie stuck again.

Ok, here is the moment you've been waiting for! The concert! I've loved this band since Jr. High...an unmentionable number of years ago. I've seen them in concert twice before, and met them after the show both times, but this concert was special. Mike's friend, Luke, got us backstage passes to soundcheck, we got an official looking pass, signed cd and photo, and we got a picture with the band. My sister Emily, and her man Jason met me there, and we had sooo much fun!!!

On a sadder note, Lucy's beta fish, John, died this week. She'd had him for over a year. This fish was the funniest fish ever. Who ever met a fish with a personality? We had one in John. She named him after John the Baptist because he lives in the water. Ever person that came and sat in our living room (no exaggeration), commented that our fish was dead. He had a habit of floating belly up in his bowl. You would just tap the bowl and he would swim again, but he loved the drama of faking his death.

I go to face paint for 3 hours at our neighborhood party in the park

The kids have become pros at making their own eggs and turkey sausage for breakfast. They are so helpful, it really frees up my morning for Archie.

Archie has built upon his love for books. Mike reads him this book called "Jeremy Draws a Monster" (remember, it's the book we gave Elliott for the first day of school last year), and he growls whenever the monster talks. So, now, whenever Archie reads himself a book, he just sits and growls while he turns the pages. It is super cute.

I won yet another bubble blowing contest at Rowan's birthday party! The first was 12 years ago at my family reunion! Looks like I've still got it!