Isla Turns 7

And two days later, this little lady turned 7:

And she was super happy that I took this picture of her eating her birthday cupcakes at school.  Par for the course.  I'm already getting small glimpses of a 13 year old Isla and I'm scared.

I digress, Isla's birthday started off with a soccer game in which she scored a goal!:

We brought Isla's favorite, cinnamon rolls, for the team treat.  The team all sang "Happy Birthday" to her while she hid behind her cinnamon roll:

As Isla's birthday was on a Saturday this year we got to host both her and her brother's birthday on her special day. Luckily she was okay with that:

Birthday cakes for two:

Happy kids with their friends and cake:

Isla is the complete opposite of her brother so it took forever to get what she wanted for her birthday out of her.  My studious little girl wanted a desk (apple doesn't fall far from the tree):

Happy Birthday Isla Bean!

Drew Turns 5

My baby is 5.  That's just cray.  Speaking of crazy, the little dude was very excited for his birthday:

Each night about a week before his birthday we would put him to bed and then about 20 minutes later he would come upstairs and tell us what he wanted for his birthday, for about 5 minutes (the list was very long an detailed).  Needless to say we had no issue in figuring out what to get him for his birthday.

Since Drew's birthday fell on a Thursday this year we just had a nice quiet night at home with just our family.  Dinner was catered by Whole Foods, as was the birthday cake (two birthdays in one week takes it's toll on my cooking and baking quota):

Happy boy.  Then it was on to presents:

Super excited for his Paw Patroler.  You keep us on our toes and have us laughing everyday. Happy Birthday Drew Drew!

First Day of School - 2015

This girl was so ready to start her first day of first grade this year:

No hiding behind Mom and Dad in the school line, she was happy to see her friends and actually talked to people:

And the lucky girl got the teacher she wanted! Hope she enjoys being the only Skene in her school before her little brother joins her next year . . .

The Rest of Summer 2015

We had an action packed last half of the summer:

We helped Papa move things into their new home in Boise!:

 It was the least we could do since we spend every waking moment at their new place enjoying their pool:

Ryan had is 20 year high school reunion. Yes, he is old.  But he and his friends still know how to party:

We had a weekend up in McCall with the Hamilton's at their cabin.  My happy place:

Ryan and I also celebrated our 10th anniversary (okay, I'm old too).  We look so young in these photos:

This video of Drew basically explains our whole summer (and it's also hilarious):

 Lots of swimming and good times!

4th of July - 2015

We escaped the heat in Boise and celebrated the 4th of July in Sun Valley.  Leading up to this weekend I had been talking to Isla about hiking up Proctor Mountain with us.  It's quite a hike for a six year old, but she really wanted to try it. And I'm so glad she did.  We may have taken a couple more breaks than normal, but she made it!

So proud of her!  She deserved the piggy backs she got as we went down the mountain:

The rest of the weekend was filled with the parade and fireworks, and, sadly, these are the only two photos I have to show for it:

June 2015

And the summer begins which means little to no blog posting.  June went by in a flash, but I managed to get some pictures here and there.

I went to Savor Idaho for the first time and had such a great time that I was one of the last one's to leave:

Whoops - I'll be back next year!  Fun times.

We met up with friends for ice cream:

Drew got some new goggles that he insisted on wearing where ever we went:

And we escaped the heat in Boise and went up to Sun Valley and Redfish Lake to hang out with family.  Sadly Ryan and I got a stomach bug (which we so graciously shared with the rest of the family), but that didn't keep me from enjoying a day on the lake.  Drew was super excited about driving the boat:

Seriously, how can you not want to take in these views: