Boise

Boise ~ Part 2
Citizenship

We returned to Boise on Wednesday May 18th. Ches' citizenship ceremony was scheduled for the 19th. We really like the hotel we stayed in last month so decided to go there again. Our original plan was to hang out in the hotel, swim and watch movies. But sometime over the month the hotel changed management and the pool was under renovation,so no swimming :(
So we decided to go shopping instead. We headed to the outlet mall and had a good time at the stores. Everyone found something to buy, but favorite stop was Rockey Mountain Chocolate. We told the kids they could pick out anything they wanted. Rick and Kimmie decided to share a huge caramel and chocolate apple, I got a dark choc. peanut butter cup, Ches got some haystacks, all yummy choices. Lee and Robbie decided to get a plain chocolate bar. I was shocked! Of all the choices they pick plain, crazy boys! After shopping we went to Cracker Barrel for dinner, it was very delicious! Then we watched movies and went to bed.

The next day Ches was super nervous (no surprise) so we just hung out in the rooms till it was time to go to the Immigration office. Good thing the rooms had cable so we weren't too bored.

Kimmie and Rickie playing under the desk in the room.

We arrived at the office about an hour before the ceremony was to begin. It was a good thing we did, the place filled up fast. Participants had to sit in the front rows, so we waited a few rows behind Ches. Many people were there in everyday clothes but we wanted this to be a special day so we dressed up in our church clothes.

Silly girl!

Kimmie went to the front to get a picture of her Daddy.

Looking a bit nervous!

One of the participants was from Scotland and was a member of a bagpipe group. He and his friends played a few songs before the ceremony began. I Love this kind of music!

After taking the oath and watching a movie about being a US Citizen with a welcome message from President Obama it was time for pictures.

It was a beautiful day.

When everyone was tired of taking pictures we went out to eat to celebrate. Everyone voted to go back to Cracker Barrel.

We had already checked out of our hotel, so we needed a place to change. The Boise Temple was just up the street so I thought we could go there and change in the Visitors Center and have some fun pictures. Well, they don't have a visitors center at the Boise Temple. So we took some pictures and changed in the van. It's not a real get away without a few problems, right?

We needed to get back to IF Thursday night because the kids had a bunch of stuff going on at school on Friday. As it was we missed Lee's graduation from 8th grade (it was Thursday evening) So we headed home that evening.
It was a real special day for our family.