Visiting Family in Boise, Idaho

The past several days have been a whirlwind of activity. All four of our grown children, and all twelve grandchildren live in Boise. That's wonderful for us. When we travel here we can make a clean sweep and see everyone. This has been a terrific trip so far, with lots of time to visit the whole crew...and we still have another full day to go. 

Wednesday our dear friend Shirley drove us to the San Antonio airport. What a blessing that was!

The flight was uneventful (the best kind!), although delayed. We finally settled into our motel room about 1:30 a.m. And it was an early start Thursday morning to get breakfast and pick up our rental car. But any fatigue we felt vanished when we got to Kelly's house (our oldest daughter, who with her husband Tim has all 12 of our grandchildren), and saw the excitement of the 5 little girls who are at home all day. The oldest seven children were at school.

Dottie (5) and Millie (6) with their paper dolls.

Curt and Elin (2 1/2)

Celsea (1) getting a little TLC from mom Kelly.

Grammie Karen with Millie (6), Melissa (4) and Dottie (5).

We had lots of fun reading books, playing paper dolls, visiting, and just getting reacquainted before it was time to head over to Rand and Hudson's house for lunch. Rand and Hudson are our two youngest children and they share a townhouse with two friends: Brenna, Rand's girlfriend, and Sarah, a longtime friend of Jessica, Rand and Hudson. Rand had invited us over for BLT & Avocado sandwiches, and when we arrived the house smelled wonderful with the bacon cooking!

It's always so much fun for us to see the different personalities of our children expressed in their homes. 

Hudson and the cat named Maybe.

And Curt with Penelope:

Curt, Hudson and Rand in the back yard. 

And both the boys have gotten new modes of transportation since we last saw them. Hudson and his VW Jetta:

...and Rand's classic Shadow motorcycle:

Then we couldn't wait to see Jessica, so we visited her at The Twisted Ewe, a lovely yarn and fiber shop that she manages. If you've been reading this blog through our summer travels, you know how lucky I feel to have a daughter who manages a yarn shop!

Curt can make himself right at home anywhere, even in a yarn shop!

It was a quick visit, because we needed to get back to Kelly's on the other side of town to see the older grandchildren as they came home from school. We stayed for a delicious dinner of lasagna, Caesar salad, and homemade artisan bread. Honestly, I don't  know how Kelly does it all, with twelve children!

Two and a half year old Elin carrying cups to the table...three at a time, and she didn't spill a drop!

Kelly and Tim serving up 16 hungry people...all part of a normal day.

And a few more stories for the little ones before bed:

Whew! That was quite a jam-packed first day in Boise. We certainly slept well that night!