Weekend Stuff - RJ Visit - Airshow

Just another weekend at home, didn't go camping like planned because we wanted to go see the air show up in Rexburg. RJ came up from sALT lAKE cITY Friday night and crashed at our house Friday night. He was on his way up to Rexburg and St. Anthony to the gigantic Saint Anthony Sand Dunes to ride with his buddies for the week. Lucky guy!



It was pretty hot on Saturday. The family and RJ drove up to Rexburg (about 25 minutes North) to see the annual air show. It we got there to see the last hour and had a pretty good show.



We saw the WWII marine bomber, other WWII fighters, and an L39 Jet. We missed the P51 Mustangs. They had three last year and put on a good show. The girls got to sit in and explore a Blackhawk chopper...they loved it.


We said our bye's to RJ and went back home while he checked into his hotel in Rexburg. We went directly into the neighbor's pool in their backyard. We all just swam in the pool and the girls played until dinner time. It was a hot one, reaching 90.


Amber, Frank, and Joe played croquet all night long and the girls stayed up the latest they ever have... midnight.


They were downstairs watching movies with the Miller girls on the floor, with Pinot. They had popcorn and ice cream while the adults lit the Tiki torches, a fire in the fire pit and played croquet till midnight. We were all in shorts, and had a few pomegranate and vodka's, enjoying the night.


Sunday we didn't do anything, notta. We did take a bike ride to Tautphaus Park to see the old time car show. There were quite a few nice cars and the girls had fun checking out the old cars.

VIDEO SECTION

Video: WWII_marine_bomber


Video: WWII_bulldog_fighter


Video: Plane doing stunt flips


Video: L39_jet_taking_off


Video: Chocolate faced Mia sleeping in car seat


Video: Marine bomber_flying_overhead


Video: 3_planes_fly_by



Here's a slide show of all the photos, just click play and it will cycle through the photo's I've loaded into Webshots. Or you can view the entire album, photo by photo here.

Waterpark fun at Ross Park

We took the kids down to Pocatello for the day. We were able to use the zoo pass at the Pocatello Zoo. Not even close to the Idaho Falls zoo. But they did get to see a grizzly and black bear. Some buffalo, elk, and Lynx. The zoo's theme was Idaho's Animals, only having animals native to Idaho. The zoo was in the same area as the water park so we packed the cooler and went to the water park for the day starting at noon. The kids had a blast, tired... and worn down. Here are a few photos of the day at Ross Water Park.









VIDEO: Mia running to the clubhouse at the pocatello zoo (real short)


VIDEO: Kids playing at the water park


VIDEO: Exploring the Indian tee pee at the pocatello zoo

Swimming and playing at home

Just another nice weekend with a little breeze. Joe's pool (2 doors down) was a nice relief this weekend, the kids were in the pool pretty much all day Saturday and Sunday. BBQ'd over there last night and did some more yard work.


The kids helped Dad get the tent, kayaks, and other gear ready for camping next weekend. We are planning to head up to Fish Creek, near Island Park, Idaho. It's about 1 hour 20 minutes from Idaho Falls and plenty to do. We did a camp at Fish Creek last year and had a blast.


Graycie's late night party was Friday. Both Amber and Frank had to help out... so Mia got to join in with the Spectrum class. It was the 1st - 3rd graders in Grayice's class and they had games, food, and activities to do from 6pm - 9pm. Amber had a station/activity in the gym with kids playing soccer and Frank had to man the kiddy pool to show them how to fish. Oh such fun. Yup.


After that they watched a movie for an hour and a half. Amber and Frank walked home for a couple glasses of wine at this point. Then we walked over at 11 and got the kids.


So, here are a few photos and videos of the weekend. Other then that, yard work and camping preparations.

VIDEO: Joe's backyard and filling the pool up for the first time


VIDEO: Girls jumping into pool for first time at joes


VIDEO: Swimming at Joe's Pool, 2 houses down... the West


VIDEO: Short one of Graycie's class lining up (You'll see Mia holding Kelsy's hand and Graycie right after them)