Marching Bands

Last Saturday afternoon Benji and I had the opportunity to attend the HS Marching Bands competition at BSU stadium. We had a wonderful time. The bands were great the the weather not too cold. The competition went from 2:00 until 8:80 p.m. We went to the last half from 5:30 until 8:30. During that time we were able to watch 12 of the bands compete. After the high schools were finished the BSU marching band performed for about 1/2 hour. They were great to see and very entertaining. We were both glad that we attended the event.

Playing in the Trees

Friday TJ and the boys came out the house to enjoy the day. We went down to the Boise river and played in the trees. They are great trees for climbing on and playing around. We got some wonderful pictures of all of us. Lily thought that the swamp by the trees was solid ground and walked out on to it. She sank! The water was black and stinky and so was Lily. We had to give her a bath when we got home. The boys had so much fun that they didn't want to leave. It is one of their favorite places to go.

Greenbelt

This afternoon we went to Garden City and walked a couple of miles on the Greenbelt. It was wonderful temperatures and a beautiful walk. The fall leaves are on the trees, a combination of orange, yellow, brown, red and green. We were glad that we went and enjoyed the changing of the seasons.

Soccer game and surprise visit

We went to the boys last soccer games on Saturday. It was a beautiful day to be out watching the games. The boys all did a great job. TJ and AJ are very glad that they are all over for the season. They spend a lot of time working with the boys in soccer. Benji and I got home about 5:30 after stopping and doing some shopping. We had a message on our phone from our nephew Hal asking us to go out to dinner with them. My brother Duane and his wife Donna were here in town visiting with them. They told us to meet them at Golden Corral at 6:30 for dinner. We were surprised again when they all showed up at GC. There were about 16 of them. Jan and his wife were there with some of their kids and some of Hals kids were there too. We had a great visit and enjoyed seeing them. Duane and Donna look great! The best we have seen them for years. They all had to go back home today so they didn't have time to come out to our house.

Weekend with L,D&M

We had a very fun time in West Jordan this past weekend. Sunday we were able to witness and participate in the blessing of little M. She is a cutey. We were also able to visit with Mac, Agnes and some of their family, also Tom, Shar and their girls. We also enjoyed being with E & D and kids. Had a fun time at Ikea. Monday night we went out to eat with D and L at Toucanos. It was a fun place to eat with good food.

Idaho City-Banks Loop

Benji and I went on a road trip to see the fall colors on Monday. We did the loop up through Idaho City, Lowman, Garden Valley and Banks. We had a great time and saw some beautiful country. Most of the trip is up in the mountains with windey roads and steep climbs. We stopped at Ten Mile camp ground above Idaho City and had lunch. This is the camp ground where we went camping with A & TJ family last summer. The grandkids named it Watermelon Creek. The picture is at that campground. Temperatures were in the high 50s. It took us about 4 hours to make the 170 mile loop. Beautiful country, we love where we live.

Mystery Duck Solved

While looking in one of AJ's bird books I found a the mystery duck. It is called the Domestic Muscovy. It is a domestic duck. Probably escaped from some ones farm. That is why it is so tame.