Hafer Family: A Visit From Uncle Michael

We had great weather for Uncle Michael's visit to Boise! We were able to take him on several hikes and a few events! We even sent him home with a sun burn!

Opps, forgot the sunscreen that day! Hunter went home with a sunburn too!

Hunter had a blast keeping up with the big boys. We could barely keep up with him at first.

Uncle Michael is taken a break to enjoy the beautiful scenery, and art work!

Nice view boys!

LOL!! Dad is a little nervous near the edge! Hunter on the other hand was not, which made Dad even more nervous!

They had a handholding rule after that!

Dozer is checkin' out the edge too. He has taken a few unbelievable leaps in his days with us!

What a perfect blue sky! And conqueror pose!

We love you Hunter, you little cutie!

Nearing the top!

On another nice day we decided to take Uncle Michael to see some more of the mountains on our famous Mountain drive we take all of our visitors on. We pulled off the road and decided to hike around just to see what we could see! In August we found a dead rattle snake and some fresh blackberries on this hike. We were feeling a little adventurous and thought we would go a little farther this time!

Hunter led the pack! He wanted the find the first snake of the season!

Go buddy, you are doing great! Get the those boys whipped into shape!

Just a small opstacle!

Just a hop, skip and a jump! Geat agility Unc!

Success! I wasn't so graceful and got a wet shoe!

Later we decided to conqer the hill on the left. Although it turned out not to be such a "hill"!!

Hunter calls this skateboarding. He just sits back and skids down hills! He has taken a few diggers but it is hilarious to watch. He yells "skakeboarding" while he slides down. He's got some great balance!

Keep going buddy!

Someone had to try to keep up with Hunter!

Uncle Michael found an old house frame. We think he could get a pretty good deal on it and set up shop in Boise! He could easily be mistaken for a Mountain Man with that beard and hair!

I think he looks pretty good in front of it. Now we just have to convince Andrea. What do you think Dree, great view, no neighbors?! We'd get a roof and walls on it eventually!

And our hike up the "hill" begins...

You can do it Hunter!!

I swear these pictures do not do this "hill" justice. It was a steep one!

Takin' a breather

Good work Michael.

Don't give up Hunter, you are doing great.

And now back down! It was steep and almost felt like the soles of your shoes were going to rip off while trudging downward.

Hunter had to dump out his shoes at the bottom. At least he was still smiling.

Good work boys!

Now back to the truck.

Back over the stream.

Next?!

Our truck is that tiny speck between those three mountains.

Getting closer...

And Hunter was out after two minutes of sitting in his carseat! That was hard work for such a little guy!

We took Michael to our Arena Football stadium to watch our famous Boise Burn! They were undefeated before this evening.

GO BOISE BURN! The boys were getting noisy in Boise!

Hunter got out of his seat and danced every time the music played. He even made it on TV once or twice.

Hunter was mad the the QB who couldn't throw the ball all night!

Oh no! Scored on again! Come on Burn!

Touchdown Burn!

Oh, and don't forget about the Boise Burn Hot Shots! Lookin' good ladies.

Another Hike, this time in the foothills. We only made it up about 1/4 of the way when Hunter took a big digger and took some skin off his hands and knees. He didn't make it too much further and we had to turn around. Poor little tyke.

Ouch!

We also took our Mountain Man downtown Boise. We hit the Farmers Market in the morning and enjoyed some fresh baked goodies and a little Scottish entertainment. We also decided to walk around one evening to show Uncle Michael the sights. We think he enjoyed all the cruisers most...which is 3/4 of Boise bikes. We promised to buy him and Andrea matching cruisers for their wedding gift.