We arrived in Boise on Sunday afternoon, excited to see our friends who moved to Boise several years ago. Shelia, who is a phenomenal chef as well as kindergarten teacher, made Mike this fantastic flourless chocolate cake to celebrate his never-ending birthday. It was divine! Even picky eater Nicholas loved it!
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| Blowing out the candles |
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| Luigi, a Harpy Eagle (he was my favorite--so interesting looking!) |
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| Queenie, an eagle owl |
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| Chris and Beck watching the live bird demonstration |
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| Our knowledgeable tour guide, Marcia, with a gyrfalcon |
Marcia used to be a high school Latin teacher, and I discovered upon talking to people in Boise, that Latin is still widely taught to students in Idaho. As far as I know, it's not taught anywhere in public schools in Oregon (but I could be wrong about that).
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| Kids making bird masks |
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| Nicholas the Eagle |
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Hanging out with the birds of prey
(photo taken by Shelia) |
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| Beck hugging an owl |
It pays to be a tourist with a local, because Shelia requested that we get a tour of the
Falconry Archives building. I had never heard of the
ancient sport of falconry (using birds of prey for hunting), so I learned a lot!
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| Outside of the Bedouin tent |
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| Bedouin tent |
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| Beck taking a nap |
That evening I met some of my coworkers for dinner in downtown Boise. Fun!
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| Me, Elisa, Brandy, and Jen |
That evening the kids put on a "carnival" downstairs in the basement. Get four creative kids together, and you never know what they'll come up with. Much of the week they spent practicing a Willy Wonka play Myla wrote and they're planning to present at Holden Village this summer!
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| Hula hoop tricks |
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| Dance party |
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| Visiting with the guinea pigs (Calvin and Hobbes) while Shelia cleaned their cage |
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| Ari and Myla teaching Kieran a bit of piano |
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| Mike buried in his book |
Wednesday we headed off to McCall!
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