Idaho

Jeter, Jerzi, and I got to go to Rexburg for 3 weeks.  I have always wondered "How are we going to make our kids love Idaho as much as we do, since they only get to go there about once a year?"  But I realized this time in going, I don't have to do any convincing.  They love it already!  And it's because all we do when we go is play like crazy!!!  We played nonstop for the full 3 weeks.  I was exhausted, and so were the kids.  But we just had to take advantage of every second that we could while we were there.

We did so much stuff while we were there, I couldn't possibly list it all.  But one thing that I love to see every time we go, is that Jeter and Jerzi are getting more and more comfortable with everyone, and they are starting to form relationships with our family.  Jerzi actually talked to people this time instead of just blinking her eyes at them.  And when she did feel shy, instead of blinking, she would just smile and cheese it at them.  That's an improvement!

These two little guys were attached at the hip!  They are so much alike it's not even funny.  And they loved playing together.  I loved watching them, especially when they came out in matching clothes to play football.  

We went to Heise and got pizza and went swimming one night.  It's been a long time since I've been there, holy smokes... since my prom date my senior year.  Still the same... fun, but smelly.  :)

St. Anthony and Rexburg both had their fairs while we were there, so we hit them both up.  We went to St. Anthony and watched Had's cousins show their animals, and went to Rexburg and played on all the rides.  I remember loving going to the fair when I was little, and wanting to ride on every ride.  We usually only got to pick one or two rides to go on.  After taking my kids to these rides, I can't really understand why I always wanted to go on them.  They sure don't look like fun to me any more, plus it was so hot...and I was sweating the whole time watching them.  But they kept smiling, so I kept letting them go.  Good thing Bird is a good aunt and went with them on a bunch of the rides so I could try and find shade and stand in it.  :)

(Look at the carni in this pic, I'm pretty sure he loves his job!)

The roller coaster started off being pretty fun.  But the worker just kept sending them around and around cuz there wasn't a line.  By the end, I don't think Bird was too happy that I convinced her to go on this one.

A few of my friends from high school came over one day, and we all had a picnic and let our kids play on the water slide while we talked, laughed and reminisced.  It was so fun to catch up with all of them!

Our kids- minus Katie's youngest.

(Maycee (Had's sister) isn't one of our kids, but she was like my kid for a couple weeks, so we put her in the picture too)

Broc and Sam took us to the Riot Zone in Rigby.  My kids loved it!  Oh, ok, I loved it too!  I love go carts and racing and ramming people.  HAHA

Jete was a little unsure of the go carts at first.  He took it nice and slow, and made sure to follow all the rules, and got all concerned when one of the other riders bumped him.  Then Jerz gets out and just flies around like she's been doing this forever.  And although Jeter is a cautious little munchkin, he's also super competitive.  So he had to go back out and show Jerz that he can do it faster and better.  These two's personalities make me laugh!

I was super impressed with these kid's monkey abilities.  They were scaling that rock wall!

Even Jerz, as a 3 year old, got pretty high up.  She didn't really care to try and reach the top though, she mainly just liked to let go and swing from the rope.

As they miniature golfed, I realized my kids have no clue how to do this.  Woops, we should probs work on that a little bit.  But they sure thought it was fun anyway.

Dee, the cute little stink, had to go fishin for his ball in the little stream, slipped, and fell in.  He played it off real well like he meant to do that.  Such a funny kid!

There's still a whole lot more to our Idaho adventures.  More picture overloads coming!