Goose Chase ...

Caleb and I spent a good hour in the Idaho Historical Society Library and Archives looking for old pictures of our new 120 year old house.  We found some very nice photos of our neighbor's house, but failed to come up with one of our own. The librarians sent us over to Land Records in the ADA County Courthouse to research the entire line of previous owners.  Apparently around fifty years ago, some extremely detail-oriented person, bless their soul, indexed every newspaper house photo by the name of the builder and owner.  So with a list of owners, we might be able to find some photos.

  Thanks to a very knowledgable and patient clerk in Land Records, we walked away with 11 deeds of sale, listing something ridiculous like 25 different owners dated back to 1900,  just ten years shy of our mark. That's when we lost the trail and had to refer to the actual fiber and ink cataloguing system shown above.  Needless to say, it did not help, but they were most definitely some very charismatic registers.  As for the picture of our house, we've yet to return to the Historical Society with our list of owners, so stay tuned...

Floating the Boise River

 
Here are some shots of our first float down the Boise River.  It's just calm enough to ensure a three-year-old won't fall out and just exciting enough to keep said three-year-old entertained for two to three hours.

                                  

Trekker in Training

What?! We Lost?

It's very hard to concentrate on a football game when you're surrounded by two fabulous friends from your floor in the freshman dorms. I know the Badgers played terribly; I know Iowa was more fun to watch; I'm pretty sure we lost... It sure was fun!

Pool Play

Goodman Pool, Madison, WI



When the stars align, you know, a well rested child, an 80 degree day with ample midwestern humidity and some good old fashioned childish curiosities, the pool becomes paradise...

Sensory Safari

Caleb and I spent the morning at Nature Camp! Aldo Leopold Nature Center hidden in Monona, Wisconsin encourages children and adults to "discover and explore the wonders of the natural world". This week we learned all about the five senses...

Sense of Touch


Homemade touch book

Touching plants and dragon fly wings


Sense of Smell

Sniffing hickory nuts

Sense of Sight

"Look! It's a toad!"

Sense of Taste

Tasting bananas, apples and strawberries


Sense of Hearing

We listened to apples crunching, banana peels ripping and birds "yelling". Caleb did his very best to listen to the teacher teaching, but in his full two-year-old spirit tended to lag behind on mini-Caleb-explorations ultimately strengthening his "sense" of independence.

One LOVELY day in Madison 3 - The Children's Museum

The Madison Children's Museum

As if running like mad, devouring sights and sweets and exploring an expansive labyrinth-like government building wasn't enough, we ALSO stopped at the Children's Museum to dabble in a cornucopia of childrens' diversions. Aaaah, what a lovely day...