We’ve had lots of fun at Aunt Janie and Uncle Calvin’s home since we’ve been here in Boise.

Horseback riding…

 

Chasing the Chickens

Playing Horseshoes (all the rest of these pictures were taken by Jess-I really love them all! I wish I had her talent!)


Reagan and Cade actually won a friendly wager with Uncle Calvin over horseshoes and were treated to some ice cream!

Love this one! 

Gazing at Grasshoppers

And roasting marshmallows!


Irresistible- the brown eyes, not the s’mores.

Liberty turned two this week!  She was also a crying, pouting, screaming, moody two year old all day on her birthday.  It does not bode well for things to come.

The song:

We spent a quiet 4th of July at home this year.  No visiting any significant Revolutionary War sights.  No seeing any “George Washington was here” sights.  And we did not hear one single rendition of the Declaration of Independence except for the reading we did as a family.  I will admit it was a bit of a let down after our 4th of Julys in the east.  But it was a good day nevertheless!

Our now traditional patriotic pop tarts

The star of the day.

Dessert-after a great American BBQ of course

Then Fireworks!

A Boise Sheriff here in our neighborhood put on such a great show we didn’t need to go anywhere! 

Thank goodness for our Liberty!

We have had so much fun watching the transformation of our caterpillars into butterflies.  Here’s the report!

They arrived two weeks ago in this nifty jar complete with food and air holes.  We watched them grow from about 2 cm long to about 2 inches long in one week’s time.

Then they attached themselves to the top of the cup.  For about a day we watched as each one wound itself into a chrysalis  (chrysalides in plural form for those who are not as well educated as my children are now-wink).  They were fast little buggers.  We’d look at one and he was a caterpillar, then we’d walk to the sink to get a drink and by the time we came back, he was a chrysalis! 
We transferred the chrysalides to the net butterfly habitat and waited for one more week.  One morning I happened to glance at them and one had just popped out of his cocoon.   
His wings were all crumpled up for about five minutes.
We missed the first four change because, again, they were so fast!  But Alli was visiting and saw the last one start to change and we got it on film!!!