A Visitor!!!

Remember my friend Liane that I wrote about here?  That lifetime friend came to Idaho and stayed with us for ONE week.  I felt such a surge of excitement that all of the people, places and things I had spoke of (about Idaho) when I lived in Hawaii she was going to finally get to SEE.  It had been 8 months since we last saw one another and it could have been 5 seconds.  I forgot how much I missed the pitter-patter of her Asics hitting the pavement next to mine.  I forgot how ridiculously excited she gets over anything with the first ingredient "sugar".  She is the way I remember Hawaii- and having her here only made me miss it all the more.  It's sobering to realize that friends I made in Hawaii are the ones that are the closest to me, even miles apart.

Boise has some awesome things about it, but as far as activity level goes- it's quite hard to compare to Hawaii or LA where she's currently living.  She didn't mind...she was just as happy talking story on the couch while Sydney napped.  We did take her floating down the river.  I'm happy to say it was her first time EVER in a river...and therefore I don't blame her for not wanting to jump in.  BRRRR.  We went to the horse races.  We walked downtown and ate our week away.  We talked about this and that, and then some more about who knows what?  Sydney wouldn't let her leave the room without asking "Auntie?  Auntie?" and it was the first thing she said in the morning.  She is going to make an incredible Mommy to a little kid one day.  We laughed, smiled, reminisced, and I miss her.

Boise doesn't fit in the palm of your hand...it fits in TWO!

The day we hiked Table Rock they were having a cancer walk...we took advantage of the balloons.

We went to the park with Sydney one day when this happened after sliding down the twisty slide.  Poor Sydney as we took 15 pictures each and had her go down the slide repetitively just so we could laugh again! \

Thanks again girlie for making the trip- you'll never know how much it meant.