Fun Weekend in Boise

We left for Boise on Thursday afternoon and got to grandma and grandpa's house around 7:30. The ride there wasn't so great. Ellie only slept about 45 minutes out of the total 4 hours. But we made it! Grandma made us all spaghetti for dinner. My boys were in hog heaven. Spaghetti is their favorite!

The next morning Grandma had to go to work and Grandpa was actually still out of town working so Bryce had a great idea. We decided to help out grandma and grandpa by doing some yard work for them and staining their deck. Bryce went to Home Depot to get the stain and the sanding machine for the deck while I made sure the kids were fed. Then we started sweeping off the deck to get ready for sanding. Brayden wasn't that enthused about working while on vacation, but he did help out.

When Bryce got back he was able to sand the whole deck while the boys and I swept the leaves off the basketball court in grandma's back yard. Then I used the power washer to spray off the court. The boys helped their dad with the staining next. It definitely wasn't a professional job but it got done. The boys had a good time helping out their dad and doing service for their grandparents.

We then got some lunch and did a few chores in the house for grandma like vacuuming and dishes, and then we went back outside and worked on trimming and mowing the front lawn. It turned out really nice. Then we just had to wait for grandma to get home from work and show her our surprise. She finally got home around 5:00. She loved the deck and all the hard work we did for her and grandpa. Grandpa didn't get home until about 10:00 that night, but the boys were able to show him our surprise and he loved it too.

On Saturday we took the kids to a place called "Boondocks" where we did mini golfing, go karts, batting cages, and bumper water boats. The kids had fun and Ellie was a sport in her stroller most of the time. Grandpa and Grandma got us all slushies and dippin' dots to cool us off on that hot day. Saturday night we grilled chicken and ate out on the deck. It was really nice. The chicken was great too.

On Sunday morning around 10 we packed up the car and headed to the park to feed the geese and ducks before we traveled back to Ogden. We had a great time. There were a ton of geese and ducks and they were all hungry. We went through a whole loaf of bread in about 10 minutes. After feeding the ducks we decided to go see grandma's new school that was just built. She took us on a tour and gave us some treats for the ride home.

Overall, we had a wonderful time in Boise. It had been about a year since we were up there last. Sorry, grandma and grandpa! We love you and thanks for a awesome weekend. Hopefully the slide show of our weekend works below. Cross your fingers.