Home again, home again...

We went to Idaho for 2 weeks. We didn't take hardly any pictures. Lame. I know! But we had a lot of fun....

• We got to meet Cody, my sisters newest addition and completely adorable baby boy!
• We hung out with the other little Wallaces, Cade and Makinzi. They are so fun! and equally adorable.
• My younger (but bigger) brother Cameron graduated from good ol' Weiser High School. Yay Cam! (I can't believe he is 18!)
• We went to watch 'Angels and Demons' with my oldest brother Justin and his wife Tori, and ate at Wingers! Yum!
• We had some good times with Darin and Ethan which may or may not have included: bumping to music through Weiser, guns, and/or Mongolian food (and lots of it... you gotta fill those bowls up boys!)
• With the youngest Thomas we: played (horribly) a bucket (+ plus one bucket free!) of balls at the driving range... why is golfing so awkward?? Somehow there was only one car hit, and luckily they didn't stop, yell and/or turn around and come back to beat us (Ethan) up!
• We ate too much (amazing!) homemade Mom food... I don't know how we were able to still walk!
• We got to do a marathon at the temple for my great grandma and grandpa with my dad, step-mom, and sister which happens to be one of the greatest experiences I have had. Ever.
• We ate Papa Murphy's pizza with a bunch of Wallaces and loved every second of it!
• We slept on the trampoline. With Darin and Ethan.
• We made dinner for the Thomas family Sunday after church, with help from the boys and managed to not burn down the kitchen and/or send anyone to the hospital.
• We had a "camp-out" with Tifani and Brad's family and made s'mores.
• Sean went golfing with my mom and Justin (and the rest of the huge golfing gang). I went shopping for slushies with Kim... with no luck.
• I went couponing (yes. That's what they call it.) with my sister and got lots of groceries for FREE!
• We had stick and leaf races with Cade and Makinzi at "the small ponds" that we rode bikes to.
• We had Jeb's ice cream shakes and homemade pie from Judy's... it's a local thing. Mmm. Mmmm!
• We went shopping at a flea market thing-y that was going on at the Ontario mall with my dad, Brenda, and Ethan and I got a shirt for .50 cents. it's awesome. We also went to 2 thrift stores to look for treasures. That was a fun time!
• We watched Darin (from the top of folded bleachers... a production to climb up!) dominate during his basketball game... and cheered loudly for him everytime he stepped on the the court (I'm sure he loved it.)
• We saw 3 amazing sunsets (one in Nevada on our drive there), commented 70 thousand times on how awesome the mountains are, actually saw the stars, and counted at least 2 shooting stars and 1 UFO (not even kidding!)
• We watched 'Mall Cop' with the Wallaces, 'Valkyrie' with Darin and Ethan, and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' by ourselves.
• I got two bags full of clothes (+ 2 headbands) from my sister. Thanks Tif! And a sewing machine from my Aunt Sandye. Yay!
• We stopped in Salt Lake City for two days on the way back and went to the temple there (wow! it's pretty!), shopped at Down East Outfitters and got a ton of stuff for a small amount of money, and ate at two awesome restaurants until we were sick: Rodizio Grill and Buca di Beppos. We also stopped in St. George and took pictures of the temple there. That is a cool town!
• We laughed too many times to count and had a lot of fun with all of the people mentioned above. We already can't wait to go back!

** this is not a complete list... I would be typing for a very long time! And all incriminating activities were left out, on purpose... these will be left to the people involved. Thank you.

• I cried when we left... Sean did not.

Darin, Melissa, & Ethan

Sean and Melissa

Arizona

Flag at the St. George Temple

Cody and Aunt Sua

St. George Temple

Driving... blah!

Arctic Circle shakes! Mmm!

Salt Lake City Temple

Melissa speaking from the model Tabernacle

Sean and the model Conference Center podium...

... and Melissa

This is the Place monument

Melissa too full after Rodizio Grill...

... and Sean

Us and the doors of the Salt Lake Temple

Doing the work for my Great Grandparents in the Boise Temple

Sean was playing with the color settings on the camera

picture taking binoculars

Cade and Makinzi at the small ponds

Nevada sunset... driving at 70mph (which explains the blur)

Welcome to San Diego...

Traffic. Every day.

I wish I could get a picture from above so you could see how long the line of cars goes on for. It is seriously insane! Every freeway looks like this...

Red Bull Air Race

We went to check out the airplane race in the San Diego Bay today. We got to watch for free on the base. It was kinda cool. We didn't stay very long. There were SO many people there so we couldn't see the planes very well. We could see them start off but couldn't see the course at all. We are more excited for the air show later this year, that is supposed to be awesome. That is when they do tricks and write stuff with the exhaust trails and things like that.

Here are some pictures and a boring video of our air race experience:

The Boggs/West Adventures continue

On Saturday we went to Lake Miramar to eat lunch, then drove to Julian to get some world famous pie and check out all the little shops in the town. Kent's mom was here visiting them for a few days, so it was good to get to meet her. Julian was great! we had a lot of fun checking out all the cool stuff they had in the shops. The pie was delicious!! It was FREEZING there though!

Lake Miramar

These geese were attacking Sean and Elise (Kent's mom) It was HILARIOUS!

Mountain Berry pie and cinnamon icecream. Yum!

All of us at Julian Pie Co.

HAHA! I'm a basket!

Trying on some sweet hats

Sunday after church we made Costa Vida sweet pork salad and brownies with icecream at our house and dyed easter eggs. Then went to Mission Beach to hide the eggs for Benson and watch the sunset. We played with the frisbee, the rugby ball and flew a kite. It was cold but we still played in the water...

The guys going to fly the kite

The sunsets are always awesome!

Anna... sometimes it's better not to try to understand her

Benson was MAD! He doesn't like leaving the beach.

Adventures with the West family never disappoint. There is never a shortage of laughs or fun!!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!

Recovering Chairs.

I recovered our dining room chairs. I wanted them to have brown on them to match the table better. I'm so excited about them! The new make-over is awesome!

Here is a before and after:

The Gables Point Loma

We moved today... well started moving. Our new place is still in the Point Loma area. It's way nice! Still a one bedroom, it has indoor hallways and elevators. Outside there is a pool, hot tub, and picnic area with bbq's and a firepit. It also has a game room with a kitchenette, a pool table, a ping pong table, and a huge t.v. for movies. We are really excited about it!!

REI Used Gear Sale!!

This morning we woke up at 6:30 to go to the REI used gear sale (that didn't start until 8:00!) We got there an hour early and there were tons of people there waiting before us... some people camped out over night in the parking lot! When it opened everyone went crazy, including Sean who took off sprinting toward the tents as soon as we got through the gate! I was a little confused at first. I didn't know where to start because everyone was everywhere running, shoving, climbing over all the other intense people there... it wasn't long before I was in the middle of it all too, I just plowed my way through the crowds and was scrambling to get the best stuff before anyone else! We managed to make it out without any broken bones or fights, and even got some sweet deals on some things too! Here are our treasures: a four man tent, 3 pairs of shoes ( Keen hiking boots, North Face snow boots, and Keen sandals) a thermos mug, a North Face fleece/water wicking jacket, a water proof wind breaker jacket, and snow gloves! All for CHEAP!! We saved $490!

Waiting in line... it was cold this morning.

Hiking boots

North Face jacket

thermos mug

snow boots

water proof wind breaker

Keen sandals

Tent!

snow gloves