8th Grade Phot Shoot Take 1...

The girls wanted to take "Senior" 8th Grade Pics and have several location ideas! We had a blast with this 1stround! They are a hot mess these 3! They insisted on bringing skirts, tank tops, and dresses even though it is FREEEZZING they decided I was right after a few shots! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hunter/Grimmett Christmas 2011

*Ok so I had to change the music in honor of Miss. Ellie Girl for this post. Everytime I hear this song I hear her singing in my head... "Boo boo boo boo bee bahh boo" I love the words she makes up for the lyrics and how she dances..precious! She loves this song!!

Christmas with the Grimmetts was super fun & low key this year. The little girls were a total blast! They were so into it this year!  Originally I suggested we do it at The Grimmett's house so she wouldn't have to load up all the kids in car seats, etc. But NO, The Grimmett girls FREAKED OUT! "No, we have to have it at Lou House Pabba...We have to have our "Frosty Wrapping Paper Presents" and our Stocking, and everything at LOUUUU HOUUSEEEE!" Ok, so we can   do it at my house, it's ok, lol!We opted for Pizza easy peasy! I always wrap little presents and stick them in their stocking for my house and they love looking in there in the days leading up to Christmas and playing with their baby presents, but...right before they came over Hal freaked out asking me if I had filled their stocking with candy. Um...NO! So he grabs a Costco bag of candy I have for my bow prizes and fills the dang thing to the brim with candy then tops it off with 4 $1 bills hanging out. Goofy guy! When they arrived the girls went through the roof with excitement for all their candy and money they could see hanging out of the stocking! SOPHIE was on cloud nine!Good Job Halarini Claus!

 

 Nerd!

 Mr. Hally Claus

 Baby Brodie Man

 Present Time

The kids were really precious this year. They waited for each other to open presents and were so excited for each other...eagerly awaiting both their own turns as well as being so excited for the person opening!

 "Oh Yeah"

 But....My Uncle Hal said I could!!!

Everyone had a blast! The little girls played with their prizes for hours on the coffee table and Drew, Hal, & Mikey fought over the baseball skeeball game Drew got from Mikey & Erin. Fun times, great memories! I LOVE YOU Grimmetts! 

Boise Penitentiary & McCall HotSprings!

A few months ago we made a little trip down to Boise to see Grandma & Grandpa! :) We had tons of fun, ate like pigs, and relaxed in the warm hot spring water! There is never enough time on family visits, but we made the most of it for sure!

 

The Old Boise State Penitentiary was pretty cool. We opted for the night tour as we thought it would be spookier! Poor Grandpa is working about 2 hours from home right now, worked all day while we played at the hot spring and then drove straight home so he could hop in the car and go to the prison tour with us. Poor Grandpa we love you! I had a blast freaking Haliee out (and some innocent young adult ladies who happened to be also touring too) Not sure they appreciated it so much, but I had fun! :) It was a neat tour.

 

 

 

The courtyard where almost all of the executions happened had crazy orbs or dust particles in the air for skeptics like me! It did look kinda creepy when you reviewed the pics! It was in almost all of the outside pics especially near the rose garden.

Solitary Anyone???

 

 

 

 

Hal and his gang signs...

They had the cells decorated exactly how you would've found them back then.

Notice the "Idaho Pot" Nice...

 

 

The guard tower. Along the edge of the wall which was so much taller than it looks in pics there was a trench, hard to see as it was pitch black all we had were flashlights and the camera flash. Anyway, there were signs everywhere telling you if you were to go near the trench you would be shot...CRAZY!

 

 

  Here is the "hang room". I believe only 1 execution actually happened here .It was crazy, see the door in the bottom of the floor, you could then go downstairs to the "drop room" where they would drive the van in to pick you up after the fact.

The Women's Ward

It is hard to see in the dark, but this is from the prison grounds and the cross is actually from a church way up on a hill, hopefully it inspired some to change their lives for the better. You could also see the capital building from inside the grounds...oh the irony!

 

Now onto something a little more relaxing. If you have never been to the McCall Hot Springs, I highly recommend it. It was relaxing and super cute. They had hot pools, mild pools, sandy bottom pools, etc. Not a huge place, but quaint and relaxing! Definitely not too many pics, sorry I was enjoying myself!

 

 

 

 

 

I don't know how everyone is sitting in this one, it was HOT!

 

Ahhhhh....I wish I was here right now!