America the Beautiful

This fourth of July we went to the Boise Train Depot (with all the other masses of people) and sat on the hill to watch the fireworks below at Ann Morrison Park. The Train Depot was always one of my very favorite spots in Boise, but we had yet to visit it since moving back here.

 Originally the day started out with Matt going on a 20 mile bike ride with a friend at 7:30. He drove Sawyer and I later in the day to show us where he rode and it was so steep and such a long ride even the car--I was super impressed. Sawyer and I went on a much less strenuous bike ride that morning to the park in Kuna. We took muffins (the super delicious Sweet Potato Spinach ones from the Baby Bistro cookbook-but made gluten free) and ate them at the park for breakfast. Then after Sawyer tried out every last toy on the playground at least three times, we continued on down to the creek where we threw in stick and rocks and tried to catch a garter snake. If you ask him the snake was definitely the highlight of Sawyer's day. When we finally pulled up back home around 11:30, Matt had just gotten back from his bike-a-thon and with a iced double chocolate mocha for moi in hand. Awwww, little things like that are my favorite. Sawyer then went down for 3+ hour nap and I went on my merry way to Macy's for the 4th of July sale with the cash I made from doing hair the day before.  Four summer shirts later with a savings of $189 and a total expenditure of $40 made a great day even better. I got home at 3:00 and Sawyer was still sleeping so Matt had been able to work the whole time on some freelance jobs. 

We ate dinner early around 4:30, drove around Boise and checked out the Hidden Springs community in the hills, and finally made our way to the Train Deport around 8. The fireworks didn't start until 10:15 since that's when it's finally dark enough to actually see them. While we waited Sawyer played with his new dump truck toy which he had gotten that evening for being especially good throughout the day, meaning he had not thrown a single fit all day long (a rarity these days which is why he was rewarded for good behavior). In between playing with his toys he also played with my minty lipgloss either putting some on me or decorating his own mouth with it. Finally the fireworks started and he ooh'ed and aaah'ed right in sync with the kids sitting next to us. 

We got back home around 11-ish where we were greeted by our panicked dog Moxie who had been beyond freaking out with all the fireworks exploding around the neighborhood. It's no wonder since we found tons of cardboard pieces of blown up firecrackers right in our backyard so considering how close they were it must have been pretty loud. Doggie prints and a wet bum proved she had spent some of the evening hiding out in Sawyer's bathroom in the tub. Poor thing. She slept that night in our bed, right between Matt and I's heads. Cozy for her, but not necessarily my favorite way to sleep with a dog's behind next to my face. Thankfully she seems to have recovered today so the sleeping arrangements will be back to normal tonight.  

Hope everyone who still reads this infrequently updated blog had a great 4th of July as well! 

 

P.S. If you have Netflix you should really watch Sherlock. We started the first one the other night and are hooked. Too bad there are only three episodes on there so far. Looks like we might have to watch them in increments  of ten minutes just in order to spread them out.