Hot times in August

Erin, Lance, Jacob and Allison rolling into Boise on the 1st of August for a week visit. Keep watching this site for new and exciting photos of their stay with us.

It's hot too. This is the temperature in the shade!

But we didn't let that stop us from eating our weekly dinner with family and friends outside on our patio under the misters. The Duekers actually look pretty good for driving 13 hours from Fresno across the desert of Nevada in the heat of the day with two little kids. Yum - corn on the cob, potato salad and grilled tri-tip. Oh yes, rootbeer floats for dessert.



Time for Allison's bath in a duck. It sure beats bending over the bathtub!



This is the first time that Melinda has seen Allison. And vice versa, I guess.



It has been busy - Jacob helped me clean up all the apricots that fell on the ground,



then we went and picked some blackberries,



we played on Erin's old balance beam,



and then we relaxed.



And we woke up ready to go again!



Then we took some family portraits - nice looking family, eh?



We went down to the local swimming pool on a hot evening and cooled off.







The next day we decided to make some playdough and create some Christmas ornaments. You don't want to leave Christmas projects until the last minute! Maybe tomorrow we will paint them.