Mommy plus Five

Doggy Daily for September 3, 2010

Enjoying a nice cool evening with Miss Lilly.


She is bowing for the camera because she thinks I have a treat in my hand....lol  (Yes, she did get a treat for her polite behavior) :)

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A little bit of pink for September.  Hard to believe there are still some beautiful colors like this in Boise this time of year, but they are everywhere!  Last minute blasts of color.


I spotted these on my walk this morning.

It is so great to be facing a three day weekend!  This has been such an incredibly busy week, I know my boys and I could use three days of just having fun!  I am off on Monday, no work, school or training for me! The house looks terrific, so no heavy cleaning this weekend either.  Even the laundry is all done.

It is amazing how life has come full circle for me.  So much drama this year, but so many great things happening as well.  I feel much like I felt when I was first starting out as a mom twenty plus years ago.  There are no real stresses that I have to deal with, money is good, we love this little house we live in, we love the side of town we are in, home schooling is going to be amazing, things with Jack and I are great.  It feels great to be able to relax and just be happy for a change.  Thank you God for that!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Until next time...

Doggy Daily for September 2, 2010

Ducati, chilling with mama for the afternoon.  :)

Here is the video I shot from the Balloon Classic this morning. It was a beautiful morning!

Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic



Saturday will be the Night Glow, and we can't wait to see it!

My 365...

Blake woke us all up at 5:00 A.M. this morning, "Mommy, let's go see balloons!"

So off to the park we went to watch the sun rise, and lots of hot air balloons in Boise for the Spirit of Boise Classic.

Was it worth it?


Absolutely!  It was a gorgeous morning, and the hot air balloons were amazing!

I LOVE this city!

Until next time...

Doggy Daily for September 1, 2010

Casey and Ducati...aways together!



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Happy September!  I am so excited to welcome September and say goodbye to summer.  There may still be a few warm days left, but there are not too many.

There are already some fall colors in the neighborhood, and it is a gorgeous day today!


Today also marked the first official day of school for the boys.  They logged into online school and were faced with testing...already!  I completely understand why they have testing, they want to get a indication of where the children are on each subject, but testing the first week?  It was no big deal for Casey as he has been home schooling for a while now, but not a great first experience for Blake.  I could see in his face he was instantly overwhelmed!

I promised him it would not be like this every day, and we can start his first lesson this afternoon to show him the fun side of home school.

Here are some pictures from this morning!

We have a great day planned from tomorrow morning.  It is Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic week here in Boise, so we will be up at the crack of dawn to watch the balloon launch tomorrow, then attend the Night Glow Saturday night.  Great pictures to follow I am sure!

Until next time...