We took the family rock climbing on Labor Day. Dyer isn't a fan of rock climbing but when Culvers is mentioned, he'll tag along! Haha!
Blair lead climbing
Haha! "Wearing" Blair's helmet that is way too small for him!
Blakely made it to the top!
Eden attempted!
That's about as high as she would go and Nathan had to hold on to her the whole time!
I made it to the top too!
Picture day!
Good thing I remembered to take a picture of Eden because for some reason the photography place mixed her up with someone else in her class. She wasn't the only one. Their system messed everything up. I think less than 10% of the whole school got the correct pictures. I had to email them telling them that the picture I got was not Eden. We emailed back and forth a couple times but eventually I just sent them this picture and they found Eden right away!
KK is already not a morning person and she was definitely not happy this particular day. I tried to get a good picture of her but she was being difficult! Good thing they got her picture correct because I'm not sure which picture I would have sent them to find her...
Yep that's all she gave me...
As her Aunt Chandra says, "She's a little angel!"
KK was in a better mood when I picked her up from school. She was so excited to show me her uncrustable from lunch! She got two in one package!
We got Eden a new bike hoping she would finally be excited to learn to ride a bike. NOPE! She was excited about the bike but she has no desire to learn. She is more than happy to keep the training wheels on.
KK's teacher challenged her class to make field trips to landmarks around the magic valley. If they took a picture next to it they would get extra points! "The Twins" sculpture
Perrine Bridge (walk across)
Walking across the bridge was actually kind of scary! The bridge would shake whenever cars came across. I never thought I had a fear of heights but after looking down at the middle of the bridge I might actually have a fear of heights...It made me really nervous to have KK walking across the bridge. It felt like there was no good place for her. I didn't want her next to the railing because I didn't want her to fall to her death but I also didn't want her near the traffic. Yes, there is a barrier between us and the cars but still scary! Plus it was super windy!
We did see someone base jump. That was crazy! Kind of neat but also frightening at the same time! I don't know how anyone could ever do that!
Where the base jumpers land.
We weren't sure what Evel Knievel jump monument meant. They had this right next to the visitors center but they also have the actual jump site about 2 miles away. We decided to visit both!
Jump site
Perrine Coulee Falls
We tried to go to the Snake River Canyon (must visit bottom) but the park was closed for the rest of the month. The bridge in the background is what KK and I walked across!
On another day we went to Shoshone Falls
Apparently September is not the time to go to Shoshone Falls. It was disappointing! I felt bad for the few people who were there because it was hardly flowing at all! They call Shoshone Falls the "Niagara of the West". It is 45 ft higher than Niagara Falls.
This is what it can look like in the spring! I took this picture May 2024.
We also went to Twin Falls (waterfall)
Blakely finally let me do her hair!
Blair's back in Production and Design for the school plays. She is in charge of hair and makeup this year. Their first play was the "Puffs"-comedy about Harry Potter but from the Hufflepuff point of view. Blair made this wig for the Hermione Character.
KK gave me a plant for mother's day and Nathan helped her plant it in the garden. It started out as just a single little sprout and eventually took over this part of the garden!
Sunset
Blakely turned 12!
Makeup!
Electric toothbrush! She's been begging for one! Haha!
She also wanted a heating blanket but got her a heating mattress pad instead.
I know this is KK but Blakely wanted to play night games at the park for her birthday party. We decided to have a glow theme.
They played groundies, ghosts in the graveyard, and capture the glowstick. We had to get kind of creative at times because the sprinklers decided to come on in sections. We had to keep moving to try and avoid getting wet. I think everyone got at least a little wet. Oops! The kids were so loud that I was worried that a neighbor would call the cops but luckily that didn't happen.
I saw a cupcake recipe where the cupcakes glowed under a blacklight. I thought it would be cool to try it. I probably should have experimented before the party because it only glowed a little bit and they were disgusting! The texture and taste were nasty! Had I known this I probably wouldn't have done it at all or if I did, it would have only been a couple cupcakes-just for looks. I felt bad after the fact that I served them because they were gross! As soon as I got home and tried one I threw them all away! Epic fail!
