Dear friends.

We don't get a lot of visitors here in Boise. Not a premier destination, I guess. My family comes the most, several times a year. Tim's family next, every time we have a baby (and a couple other visits besides). But as far as friends go, it seems that Boise is enough out of the way that we do not draw them from far and wide. We've had a grand total of two sets of friends stay with us here in our 6 years. Sad, because Boise actually boasts some of the greatest (inexpensive) outdoor recreation that is to be had. But don't tell anyone - unless they want to come stay with us, of course. Boiseans aren't crazy about crowds. Or Californians.

Last week our dear friends Chris and MaryAnne and their family stopped in overnight. Tim's known Chris since his early days as a missionary and since then we've all kind of been living parallel lives in separate states, serving missions, graduating from college, getting married and having kids within months of each other.

Since it was a short visit, we mostly talked and let the kids run wild, as evidenced by the acorn butter we discovered (too late) that Luke and Anna sold door-to-door on our street. Don't ask. But, we also fit in a quick trip to the zoo, accompanied by awesome weather and great company. Thanks for stopping in guys! Oh, and Tim says he might not pull out his shotgun if Luke wants to take Anna out in 10 or 11 years.

The only pictures we got were of the two lovebirds:





Saturday morning after they left, I took the kids to the farmer's market downtown and here was the craft Anna completed during the free art classes they offer: