First day pics.

Anna and Lily now go at the same time because Lily tromps over the junior high for first period math before spending the rest of her day at the elementary for sixth grade.

I love these sweet girls who, like their mother, care very little for their appearance.  :)

Wishing Shamu the best.

We opted for a San Diego trip this summer when we realized that Sea World would no longer be doing the Orca show come 2017.  We also realized that we hadn't gone swimming in the ocean in close to five years because all of our recent trips down south have been wintertime escapes.  So August it was!

Nothin' like the sound of the surf to lull one to sleep.

Lily wanted to kick off our vacation with a bonified sunburn.

Our Discovery Center of Boise pass got us into the Balboa Park Science Museum for FREE! 

Jack wasn't impressed.

Waiting for the dolphin show in the only patch of shade we could find.  Jack hogged the whole thing.

Eve was amazing at getting the animals to pose with her.  Check out that polar bear.

In the splash zone for Shamu, yeah baby!

We spent our first day at Sea World taking in the shows so on our second day we hit up the rides while everyone else was in the shows and rode them over and over.  And over.

Our second day at Sea World happened to be our anniversary.  (Also Tim's mom's birthday...don't ask.)  We woke up and made her crepes for a breakfast celebration.  Then we dragged all the kids back to where it all began 15 years ago.  The San Diego temple.

And this was the perfect end to a wonderful week with family!

Boise summers.

This summer it seemed that our trips interfered with some of our Boise summer traditions.  Still we managed to squeeze in time for a few faves.

A family trip to the Botanical Garden:

Date night to the Idaho Shakespeare Festival.  As a side note, I totally conned Tim into spending WAY more money than we are accustomed to spending on all five plays this summer.  I called it "marriage enrichment".  It's cheaper than counseling, right?  And much more fun.  We saw Love's Labors Lost, My Fair Lady, And Then There Were None, Twelfth Night, and Forever Plaid.  What a guy.

 Camel's Back Park - one of the best views in Boise for the price of the steepest climb in Boise.  Steep but short, that is.

 Tree-Climbing at Terry Day park.  Try it, you'll like it.