23 May 2011

Lovely Weekend

After dinner last Friday, my sweet husband loaded us all up in the van and whisked the family to a secret destination.  We wound around the valley and up the foothills until we stopped here:


This is a bluff overlooking Boise and the greater Treasure Valley.  Aren't the springy green foothills lovely?



What a treat to get a new perspective on our new home.  It's sometimes hard to appreciate the beauty around us until we stop and look.


It was a perfect day.  I looked around at the beauty below, and the beauty on these faces that I love and just felt happy.


I couldn't have picked a better way to finish a busy week.
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12 comments:

  1. Maria23 May, 2011 22:35

    You're lucky to live in such a beautiful place and to have that wonderful family. Congratulations! And thank you: your post reminded me the importance to appreciate what you have to be happy.

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  2. KJ@letsgoflyakite24 May, 2011 04:39

    These photos are beautiful, what a wonderful vista and time with your family.

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  3. Erin24 May, 2011 07:37

    gorgeous! i miss the sky out west. it's so big and blue, so very different than the sky on the east coast.

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  4. Lyndee @ A Recovering Craft Hoarder24 May, 2011 09:13

    It's absolutely GORGEOUS!

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  5. Marie in Michigan24 May, 2011 16:25

    Is this Table Rock? Our daughter lives in Boise and I get there from MI about once a year. I love the sky thereQQ

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  6. Gwen @ Gwenny Penny24 May, 2011 23:30

    Beautiful photos, Chris. What a lovely surprise :)

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  7. Maria25 May, 2011 01:58

    Hi Chris. I've left you an award at my blog :)
    I didn't know such a thing existed!

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  8. Unknown25 May, 2011 08:03

    What interesting landscape. How were all those tight-knit little green hills formed? Is it glacial or something?

    Gorgeous family pictures by the way. It's nice to see them all together like that!

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  9. Caroline25 May, 2011 08:45

    What a fun day. Glad to see the nice weather has arrived!

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  10. Tiffany25 May, 2011 18:54

    beatutiful photos.

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  11. chris26 May, 2011 07:24

    @Marie in MichiganYes, it is Table Rock. I wasn't sure until I asked my hubs. We're still learning our way around here. :)

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  12. Stephanie26 May, 2011 17:21

    Wow that is just stunning. And so is your family. I would love to end my week like that, nature's beauty at it's best.

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How sweet of you to stop by. Kind words are always welcome.