A beautiful Idaho Fall Weekend

A very nice weekend weather-wise here in Idaho Falls. A cool 65 degrees, sunny, not a cloud in the sky. We didn't do much, continuing the winterizing of the house and yard. Frank went fishing a bit here in town with Steve. We went just under the new bridge about 5 minutes from home on the Snake. We build a fire, hung out, and let the dogs run. The girls went down to the river later to goof of throwing rocks and hiking with the dogs. Amber continued with the laundry room work and tinkered around the house.




Sunday was great weather too. We completely cleaned the garage, Frank cut and fit more dry-wall for the laundry room shelves and Amber carried on with her painting and priming. The girls did nothing but play, play, play. I think we saw them for a few minutes here and there. They were in and out, our house or the Millers and back and forth.







We took the kids to Boo at the Zoo tonight. A favorite quote of mine from C Heston in Planet of the Apes... "It's a madhouse... a MADHOUSE!" :) There were tons of people there but very tolerable compared to the years past. Amber and Frank had to properly sedate with wine beforehand so it wasn't that bad. The kids get to go throughout the zoo and trick or treat in their costumes. The animals were very active tonight, probably wonder WTF all these people are doing here so late.









Here's a slideshow from Webshots if you want to see all the images in a "slide show" fashion.

Pumpkin patch - fishing - and the new playland

Not wanting to be on the computer that much so here's a few pictures of the last few days. We took the kids over to the pumpkin patch in Idaho Falls, just West of Tautphaus Park about 5 minutes away. They were able to play in the hay maze and pick up a few pumpkins which we carved tonight. We also took them to Tautphaus Park's new kids toy. Unbelievable job the city has done, what a fun toy for the kids. Went fishing and are getting the yard and outside ready for Winter. Have a great week!

Pictures of the last week

Nothing really going on but school, work, and a little playing outside. We had some snow but the last week has been beautiful, perfect Fall weather. Frank went to the Swan Valley area motorbiking in the mountains and saw the fall colors all over the valley. All the trees in the neighborhood have changed. I'm pretty sure my finger is broke, I ate sh*t 4 times throughout the ride, but had a great time with a bunch of buddies.


Also, our neighbor Sonya is an artist and she drew Mia's face from a photo she took. We took the girls over to the Idaho Falls Art place to check out her drawing in the gallery during open house. Unfortunately an artist bought it from Chicago and her picture is off to Illinois! Here's a copy of it, she did such a GREAT job!!!



I'm sure we'll be posting more photos in a few weeks when halloween comes along. Here's a few pics and a vid or two of the last week... Some of the longer, narrower photos are panoramic shots... and remember you can always click on a photo to see the original size.


















VIDEO: The Boys resting at the mountain summit


VIDEO: Girls playing at their schoolyard