Sorry, you guys, I know I’ve been away for awhile.

I’m glad Kris won AI. I voted like crazy for him.

I took the audit portion of the CPA exam about 2 weeks ago. I think it went well, but we’ll see when I get my score back in about a month.

My friend, Leah*, came out to visit last weekend. We had a great time. Saturday we visited the Idaho Botanical Gardens. I recommend going later in the year when more of the flowers are  in bloom. We also visited the Old Idaho Penitentiary. It was really interesting. I highly recommend seeing it. We also went to the Anne Frank Memorial. I don’t recommend going. It was basically just a wall of quotes from famous people. Leah and I watched “The Women” and “Yes Man” that evening. Both movies were okay, not great, and I wouldn’t watch them again. They seemed to drag out a bit.

The following day we decided to visit a Hot Springs. Neither Jesse nor I had been to this particular one before so we didn’t know what to expect. We stopped at the mile marker where the Hot Springs was suppose to be and followed the trail that was to lead to it. We didn’t know that we would be hiking up a mountain to get to it, so I was wearing flip flops and carrying my purse. Jesse and Leah were wearing tennis shoes, but Leah had her purse with as well. The climb up the mountain wouldn’t have been so bad if I had left my purse in the car and if I were wearing the correct shoes. Flip flops don’t have very good traction so I kept sliding and by the time we reached the top, my purse felt like it weighed 50 pounds! When we finally could see where the Hot Springs were, Jesse announced that we probably didn’t want to see what was ahead. This 70 year old guy was only wearing a T-shirt! GROSS! Leah and I were absolutely disgusted. Jesse thought it was hilarious. We kept hiking until we got to the springs and lo and behold, old naked guy was at the one we hiked to. He encouraged us to get in the water, “you don’t need a bathing suit” he told us. We replied, “Uh, no thanks, we’re good.” Leah and I started taking pictures of the springs and the Payette River (being careful not to get old naked guy in the pics). It was a beautiful view! We looked down at the Hot Springs below us and there sat another old guy without shorts! At this point, we’d had enough and proceeded to hike back down the mountain. The descent went much smoother than the climb. The 3 of us went to dinner and played Boggle that night.

The last full day of Leah’s trip was spent visiting the Air Force Base and a local winery. She seemed to enjoy her first visit to Idaho and we enjoyed having her!

Jesse’s in Canada now with the military. I got some Lori Wick books yesterday at the library. She has some novels and also some series. I like the novels more because the series always have the same story line, just with different characters. SarahK and I also got pedicures yesterday! I tried to go to a new church this morning. Their website said their service started at 10:15 so I got there around 10:05 and the service had started at 9:30. Next week, I’ll get there on time.

*not her real name