Idaho-Sweet Idaho

I remember as a kid opening books and quickly skimming through them to find the pictures. If there weren't any, I'd close the book and move on to the next one. I LOVED books with illustrations.

Well, sad to say, this post won’t have any "illustrations" a.k.a. pictures. We went to Idaho last week on a last minute trip/decision, and forgot to grab our camera… either way though-it was SO much fun!

We stayed with a friend who lives out in the country (just a few miles outside of Rexburg) and who's closest neighbor is about a mile down the road in each direction (not including the grandparent right next door). They have two boys right around Dallin's age, and one daughter that's Kailee's age. Needless to say, all six kids had a blast playing together; and likewise for us parents :)

Highlights of the trip:

Walking the auditorium and Manwaring job site with my co-workers and wife (yup! Bec got to come along also. She just about freaked out walking across the catwalk 60' above the ground!)

Kayaking down the Snake River (Henry's Fork) with kids in tow (two on laps, one towed on an inner-tube tied to the kayak)

Taking the kids to see each of the three places we lived in our 6 years in Idaho

BBQs with friends (both in St Anthony and in Rexburg)

Taking the kids to the splash park @ Porter Park, then swimming @ Parkside

Watching the kids catch a snake in the canal, ride the four wheeler, jump on the trampoline (and camp on it one night), feed the chickens, play dress-up, Polly Pockest & Barbies (the ENTIRE TIME), and just plain having good fun together

Drive-in: Despicable Me & Eclipse (plus a shooting star frenzie in the night-sky background)

Sitting/swinging on an old wooden swing hung from an apple tree (that was one of my personal favorites)

St Anthony Pioneer Day Parade

Hanging out with friends the entire five days

All-in-all, it was a last minute trip that we'd easily repeat in a heartbeat!