Family Fun

My little sister Marcie came to visit me last week! We are 13 years apart, but I feel like she is one of my best friends. Here enthusiasm, love and excitement for life are contagious. She keeps our family young.

She was the little girl who would come running out the front door to give me hugs when I got home from high school. I remember one night of particular boy trauma in college, she just cuddled with me while I cried. When my mom called her to go to bed, she went upstairs and said she couldn't go to bed yet, because I was crying and she needed to be with me. This is one special sister and we had a blast together!

We started out with several bike trips up the river to parks, the zoo, the rose garden and the human rights memorial. The rose garden has a million varieties of roses. It is beautiful.We played alot of games, mostly Settler's online. We visited the zoo, swam and shopped a bit. We enjoyed running and taking naps!

Mostly, Marcie was the best little mommy to Jackson. I never had to buckle him it (what a nice break) and she sat in the back to entertain him. Thank you for helping me!

Then my parents and other little sister, Melinda, came up for the weekend. It was very 'interesting' to host 6 people AND a baby in a 1 bedroom apartment. We only had 6 cups, plates and bowls. The guests had to bring their own air mattresses, sheets, towels and even chairs! Here is my mom drinking out of tupperware. They were very good about being put out.

Hey look! Our new couch! We got it only minutes before my family left. We made sure to have NO furniture while they were here so that we could fit them all on the floor to sleep. :) Thanks Mel, for the great couch find!

Amongst many fun activities, we were able to go to the Boise temple as a family.

We also had a barbeque and swim party. Then we biked to all the Boise sites we could. We attended the Farmers Market (sort of-it wasn't opened yet). The Boise beach was awesome (post to come) and we even had time for another going out to eat, another hot tub run, going to church and seeing the "Nature Center" We packed alot in a short weekend, but thouroghly enjoyed being together and having fun. I think they mostly came to see Jackson :). Kind of makes you wanna come visit; right, Shel?