New Blog

New adventures call for a new blog.  I just don't have the memory to catch this blog up, so I am just starting a new one! :)  Check out the new adventures of the Boshes at www.boshbalancingact.blogspot.com.   I love comments, so leave one if you visit! :)

What happened to lazy summer days?

Holy crazy summer!  It seems like for the last few weeks, we have done nothing but run, run, run!  Not that I'm complaining.  We've had a lot of fun this summer, but I am READY to do some relaxing before we get back into the schedule that the school year is bound to bring.  The next few posts are catch up posts from our crazy summer days.  OK - so there are a lot of posts, so if you want to see everything we've been doing lately, you'll have to look at the last two pages! :)

Happy Birthday Bryson!

Bryson's birthday was right in the middle of the dance festival (among other things).  So throwing him a birthday party was no small feat!  He really really really wanted a party though, so party we did!  15 boys came and played water games.  It was a huge squirt gun fight by the time it was over! :)  The weather cooperated and a storm started brewing right as the party was getting over.

Mom and Mel came for the party!  Thanks for your help!  I have the best family!

Exterminator - two boys were "it" with the water guns.  Everybody else were ants and the beach towels were ant hills where the ants were brought for "rescue"

Let's be honest - the presents were Bryson's favorite part of the party. :)

Water Limbo

Dance Festival 2010

We hosted musicians from Thailand this week.  They were very kind and respectful people and we really enjoyed getting to know them.  Kho and Tul stayed with us and didn't really love our food, but ate it.  Jenika adored them and was so sad when they left.  We took some of them on a short horse ride and they loved it.  We got to see some of the Thai culture and even learned a few words.........I don't know how long I will remember them though.  They are not easy words to pronounce!

The Thai team sang Happy Birthday to Bryson in Thai!

Koh on Jay Golden.  Ye Haw!

Thai chicken and some other things...I wrote down the name somewhere, but I can't find it now.  Doesn't it look delicious? 

Sierra danced in the pre-show Fri. and Sat. nights

I think we are all so tired, that we are giddy.  This was after Sat. night's performance.

Head, Heart, Hands, Health

We spent a lot of time this summer doing 4-H projects.  In fact, we spent so much time on them that we forgot to take pictures!  Here are the results:  Sierra got blue ribbons on sewing, the style review, crocheting, scrap booking, 4-H camp, and flip-flop making.  Bryson got a blue ribbon for wilderness.  Jenika got a blue ribbon for her cloverbud projects.  We are so proud of the kids, and are planning to start earlier next year so that we aren't cramming the week (or the night) before the fair! :)

We went to Bear Lake with my family in July.  We rented a house next to a modle-T body shop.  It wasn't quite camping, but it was a lot less work!  It was so much fun that we think that we might just have to make it an annual event.   We took family pictures, ate good food, played a lot of hearts, got sunburned at the lake and went through the caves.  Here are a few pics of the lake! :)

Football in the lake was a blast, but Griffin's team had an unfair advantage! :)

Bryson and Russel loved getting buried in the sand.

Sierra went in search of a bathroom while we were all in the water.  She told Grandpa where she went, be nobody knew that she went the bathroom that was clear on the other side of the beach.  We (especially me) were all frantic until Shawn found her walking back from the bathroom.  I was so relieved to see her with him.  

The kids were all so proud of their sandtopia!

SWIM CAMP!

In July, we spent a week at Green Canyon Swim camp with our neighbors the Loves!  We stayed in our awesome ghetto trailer and the kids had 60 min. swimming lessons twice a day.  They learned a lot due mainly to the time that they spent in the pool.  By the end of the week, the older two could tread water and swim across the pool.  The facilities weren't the best, but we don't require a lot, and we all had a blast!

Hi!  My name is Jo...............

Teton Dam Site

Shawn came up to visit on Tuesday night!

He took Millie home - She was a little noisy for our camp! :)

Cutler was too young for lessons this year.  It's a good thing we brought his bike!

Jenika was like a little fish!  She loved swimming!

Sierra and Whitney had so much fun together!

What a goof!

The girls - ready for bed.  The slept pretty hard after swimming so hard!