Hamilton Happenings

Jeff, Cortney, and Patrick came to visit this past weekend.  We love having them visit!  Can I just say, Jeff and Cortney are so helpful!  Seriously though, they do dishes without being asked, Jeff buys me Ben and Jerry's, they help with the kids, and they are fun to be around.   While they were visiting we took the kids to the Boise Zoo on Friday and boating with the Crawfords on Saturday.   Giraffes are awesome. Yes, Jeff pushed all four kids. The butterfly exhibit was my kids favorite! After the Zoo Channing got to go with Jeff and Cortney on the paddle boats. Channing loved trying to hit all the ducks with Cortney. Saturday was FULL of jumping in freezing water, swimming, wake boarding (or attempting to), wake surfing, tubing, falling out of the tube, pushing Jeff and Cortney in the water, having a picnic, catching gigantic grasshoppers, and Papa Murphey's pizza for dinner.  Yup, pretty fantastic day. ...

Howdy!  That's Channing's new word.  He heard Justin use it and now he likes to say, "howdy!"  Channing's first day of Pre-K was August 29th.  It's about a 1/2 mile away and so we like to walk when we can.  Channing rides his bike or scooter.   So far every time I've picked him he tells me how much fun he had.  I'm so glad that he's liking his class and teacher.  He did AMAZING the first time I dropped him off.  He just walked right in the door and said, "bye mom!"   On September 2nd, labor day weekend, the Crawford's invited us boating.  We loved going on the tube.  Channing tried out the EZ wake trainer and did awesome!  He even fell off at the end and was not phased at all!  We didn't expect him to try standing up but he surprised us all and stood up with no problem!  I got to try the wake board and that was fun.  Sure do love having family with a boat! :) Happy as can be after falling of...