On to the next destination, we arrived at my

mom and dad's house in Buhl, Idaho near Twin Falls

on Friday. This is the back of the house. We bought

a little pool for her (in the background) The house

is so nice, backs up to a pond and 5 acres of land to

the left with the Snake River right down the road. It

is a little piece of heaven.

My Grandma Lil (mom's mom) came along

from Rexburg which she definitely needed. We

tried to get my other grandma to come too,

but she had fun with Mia for a few days and

then we put her on a shuttle bus back to Rexburg.

We found this cool slide/swing combo

at a garage sale for $40. What a deal!!

The smile is worth it!

Just her size too. She slid down the slide

all by herself.
Rick and my dad were driving up Wednesday
to see us. We've had fun with just the girls!

So they have the coolest indoor swimming

pool in Buhl, it's heated from the hot springs,

and there were slides, high dives, and a log

that you have to try and stand on. It's the best

place. We went a bunch of times. They even have

a kid area that's a blast. Mia loved it. Rick and my

dad loved trying to stand on the log ( I stood the longest

by the way :) )

This is how you ride in Idaho! Mia

rode in the truck inbetween my mom

and I. I felt like I was doing something

illegal, but it was an old truck without

air bags so it's allowed. She loved being

able to see all the cows and the scenery.

We went to this concert in Twin with my

mom and her cousin Debbie. It was fun.
Then I took Mia on a horse and buggy ride.

She is so attached to that bear!

The "Idaho" swimming pool. Hilarious!!
It was fun though..

Mia sitting out after the pool!

Cute little grin!

Just hanging out.

Cute little thing!
Rick and Mia with this cool hiking
backpack we got when she was born
and we haven't used it yet.
The rapids next to my parents' house is
class 6 rapids which is really rough! Crazy!

My dad on the kayak.

Probably shouldn't be on the kayaks with this

storm coming..

Rick and I on the kayaks on the Snake River

by my parents' house..
Rick and I on the kayaks.

Rick and I.

My dumb self picked this frog up by my parents' house

because I thought it would be cute to kiss a frog

like the fairy tale, you know? Anyway, I ended

up with rashes on both arms the next day, so I thought

he was poisonous and I was dying. We now think he

may have stepped on poisonous oak or something and

his foot touched my arm.. Probably won't do that again.

He's cute though!!

walking around with a lifejacket

Mia concentrating on her fishing pole.

Still concentrating.

Look at that face!

Mia and dad...

Mia and grandpa with a fish. Look at her face!!
We all got in a canoe- not a good idea!! It was
very wobbly.

Fun on the canoe.

Walking around.

Mia and dad.

Just a cute pic of Mia.
Parade in Buhl, Idaho on 4th of July.

Mia in dad's glasses checkin out the

horses in the parade..

After the parade, everyone walks to

the park where they have fun stuff

set out.

Of course Mia found some puppies.

Dad got some little fireworks and did a show

for us in front of my parents' house in Idaho.
Look at that cute grin! She loved them!.

We set her on the back of the truck to get a

better view.

Almost a perfect picture. Anyone seen Mia?

Dad and Mia by the Shoshone Falls in Twin.

If you want your kids to eat dinner, just put some

music on! Mia and Hailey were dancing away and

eating for 45 minutes! They are even on the right

beat...

The summer has started. My sis Nicole is here

with Scott and Hailey for 2 weeks, my sis

Bre from San Diego just got here with the 2 dogs

and my other sis Brooke is coming this Friday for the

weekend. Mia came flying out of the house to see

the dogs running full speed and...... you guessed it,

hit the cement on her knees, but she still managed to smile

in this picture .... until Rocky knocked her over. She LOVES

animals, but almost too much because she just follows

them around smacking her lips to give them a kiss.

These next few days should be interesting..

Mom and Mia.
She's saying Please Give Me a Kiss!!

So cute!

So we've been trying to get this on camera for

awhile. This is her face when she sees something

very exciting. Like my sister Nicole says, she

is such a talker but it's like she has to express

every feeling/moment she has. Maybe she will

be a writer later on. When she eats, she says MMMMM,

when she sees a bug she shivers and says eeeeeewwwhhh and

shakes her head, she's a funny one.

Mom and Mia
Discovering new things.

Helping water plants.

Last summer we took the same picture. We

can't believe how big these girlies are!