Piper Video 2

Piper Video

Just when you think they are too smart for their own good...

Ella chewed the corners off of one of my throw pillows while she was teething... Sad day, I know. Piper decided that it was the perfect place to burrow. Matt came home, Piper rushed to get out of the pillow and got stuck. Love it, its hilarious.
I'm trying to upload video, but my internet is not cooperating.
Don't pay any attention to the yard... it is physically impossible to grow grass back there.

I think it is safe to say Piper has been dethroned as "the smart one",
at least for now.

Amazing Friends

Jared and I have been friends for what seems like forever. We were in school together from 6th grade until we graduated. We have been room mates, coworkers, business partners, travel buddies, shoulders to cry on and know each other better than just about anybody.He moved to New Jersey a few years ago, and though we don't really talk on a regular basis, every time we do, we pick up exactly where we left off.

Jared and his girlfriend Monica were in town for a few days for his brothers wedding. Although we didn't get much time with them, we were able to meet for breakfast and catch up for a few hours before they flew out. We did the best we could at talking Monica into thinking that Idaho or Utah is the place to be... hint, hint. Seeing them makes me miss them SOOO much!

Love you guys!!!

Pressing Forward

Aside from a few pictures of a recent outing, I am moving forward... we are going to forget about the last two weeks, nothing spectacular nor memorable happened.
So without further ado... pictures!

For my aunt Lauries birthday, we took a drive to Stanley and back. It was so nice just to be away from Boise, even if it was only for a few hours.


Also, I have been messing around with a few photo editing sites and here are a few I kind of like.

M.I.A.

I promise I have a few posts coming up. Its been quite a strange few weeks in the Curtis household. I will post in the next day or two. Loves!

Boo-freakin Yah!!!

What an amazing weekend for college football.
If you haven't read about either BSU or BYU's awesome
VICTORIES
Then you must live under a rock.... go... NOW... and look it up.
Especially BYU kicking the Sooners trash
Sort of like the Broncos did in the Fiesta Bowl.
Not that I am trying to rub it in or anything...
but I am

Boise Curb Cup

One thing I love about Boise is, there is almost always something going one. There's First Thursdays, Alive After Five, Art in the Park, and the countless beer and food festivals to numerous to name, all of which, are free.
The Boise Curb Cup is the newest addition. It is a street performer fair so to speak. Performers lined up to perform their talent in the Boise heat for two hours. Patrons were given a certain amount of tokens to stash in their pockets and as they walked and enjoyed the wide range of performances and if they liked one they could deposit a token or two in the groups basket. At the end of the two hours, tokens were counted up and the one with the most wins. Sounds easy, right?
When this event was planned, they made room for a total of 50 performers stretching down 8th street from Bodo to Bannock as well as about 1000 patrons within the 2 hours.Heres the another thing about Boise I love.... they support the arts, and they love to be outside... and given the opportunity to do both, its a sure winner. The event drew 120 performance entries ranging from musicians to dancers to artists to jumpropers. In addition to the 120 groups performing, there was a massive 15,000 people down town to check it out, Matt and I included. I LOVE the idea. Because there were so many people crammed within 3 city blocks, not everyone got tokens to vote, which was fine with me simply because we couldn't navigate our way through the crowds well enough to enjoy each group. Another issue, with so many people performing, they had bands, on top of bands, on top of bands... no one could hear themselves, we couldn't hear one group above another and well, when the bag pipers were going, nobody could hear anything. Police ended up having to call in back up and closed 3 streets down town to accomodate the crowd.

Like I said before, we both LOVED the idea, and watching people from all walks of life doing what they love was inspiring. It was for the teachers who secretly love to dance. The high school kids with huge aspirations of making it big, the secretary who enjoys playing in the gypsy band on the weekends, the 70 something guy who has been playing the banjo since he was a kid, the 60 year old who recently found a love of dancing... I can't say enough how cool it was. This year was a learning experience. They have already started the planning process for next year, and I,for one, cannot wait!!

The fifteen year old song writers... I loved their stage, very inventive.

There arent enough words for these guys... I wasn't really paying attention to their music.

Funny guys, pretty good "magicians"

Phenominal... middle eastern band. They had a belly dancer in front of them too.

Our friend John's band, he is the guy in the white shirt and cowboy hat.

These guys were playing old Jazz standards... L-O-V-E-D them...

Graffiti artists