group sushi date

as previously mentioned, on may 31st our gang of four went on a sushi date with dave, bobby and isaac + john, lisa and topher. we went to sushi ya and had an enjoyable time.
flower loves all asian soups.
john thoroughly enjoys everything about sushi.
isaac has quite the taste for sushi and is an expensive date we're told. :)

river gravitated towards dave and then proceeded to ask him what is on his face and why he has that(facial hair), while touching it with her finger. it was cute. she was also mesmerized by his phone.






it was a nice way to end may. let's do it again soon gang!

memorial day

we had an excellent memorial day. we hung out at home as a family and relaxed for the morning. that afternoon we went to a birthday party at the clubhouse for isaac. his family lives here and i've gotten to know his dad because he uses the clubhouse often for photo shoots and band jam sessions. we talk every time he comes to get the key. isaac and flower would watch tv together when she was there with me after school. they invited us to isaac's birthday and we were excited to go! it was a bbq and pool party. i invited the goodsell's because i knew the boys would be great for isaac to get to know. it was the first time i've hung out with dave's wife bobbie and she's really fun!

the kids loved the water as usual!

john volunteered his skillz on the grill.

the kids enjoyed a pinata!

isaac took the first swing!

river scored a necklace.

and candy is always good!

she also got these teeth! oh this photo makes me laugh!

we sang happy birthday and enjoyed chocolate cake!

we all had such a good time and the goodsell's hit it off with the madsen's so well that we all planned a sushi date the next day. thanks for including us in your birthday isaac!

we then left for our memorial day tradition of getting our first shaved ice of the season! the girls get pink lemon sour.
nothing says summer more than this! i've gotten half tigers blood and half pink lemon sour for about 10 years now. yum-meee!
and we love judy!
i love the vintage sign with the lovely rainbow complete with snow flakes!
kg always gets cinnamon.
this is the best snow shack in town. in fact, it's the first one boise ever had and i used to go there as a child.
this shack makes me love memorial day because that's when it opens for the summer!

cookie monster

the evening of may 29th river was struggling to fall asleep. she was in my bed and told me she wanted to go to her room and sleep with flowie. after about 20 minutes i went to check on them. flower was snoring away and river was not there. i looked in the living room and didn't see her. i then checked the bathroom. no luck. i went back to the living room and realized she was outside on the balcony...in her old baby bouncer...naked...cuddled in my blanket...with an entire bag of cookies by her side and one in hand! she snuck them out of the chest freezer and made herself at home eating them, likely for the full 20 minutes. :) she was gazing at the sky and eating cookie after cookie.
she's caught. :) take a close look at the bag. if you blow up the photo you can see kris' name. these were supposed to go to her a few days later. based on my count i think she ate 6.
how appropriate that she chose the blanket i've always referred to as my cookie monster blanket since i was a kid.
i had to make more cookies because this wasn't the only bag of cookies she hijacked by the time i needed them! :)

i love my sweet little cookie monster!