2010 Summer Vacation

We went to Idaho on Sunday and came home Tuesday. It was overcast on Sunday when we got there and pretty cool. We woke up to rain on Monday so we decided to go to the Museum of Idaho. There we saw some neat things, like dog and wolf exhibits, and stuffed wild life. But the kids favorite part was the 1800's room. There was a miniature cabin with dress up clothes. Noodle dressed up as a pioneer and Lewlew cooked and tended the babe. There was also a full sized tee pee that was kinda cool.

When we came out of the museum, it wasn't raining so we decided to go to Bear World. It was GREAT!! We saw rare while elk, a brand new only minutes old elk calf, 2 day old twin deer, 3 grizzly bears, about 20 black bears just to name a few. It was so cool. I've never been so close to a bear before. And they were SO active! We were watching a bear take the tire cover off the jeep in front us. Then we looked behind us and there was a bear leaning against our car. When we went through the second time, there was a bear standing against both sides of our car. It was so cool! Everyone loved it.

The hotel we stayed at had a great view of Idaho Falls and the I.F. temple. It was beautiful to look out our window and see the temple. All in all, it was a great vacation. The kids got along very well and did well traveling.

When we got home, we saw that our garden had been invaded by weeds! The kids and Ashley helped weed a little bit. But I was out there about 3 1/2 hours! But now our garden looks like a garden.

So now we're getting back to normal and to our routine. It's going to be a long summer with not much to look forward to. But we wanted to go to ID before it go way too hot. So I'm planning on taking them swimming, and to Summerfest this weekend, and we can go on picnics and bike rides. I also want to take them up to Temple Square and the Capitol Building. We've never been to the Capitol Bldg. I don't know if that will be interesting or not. But I've heard that Temple Square has a new model of the SLC Temple. So that might be kinda neat to see. I also want to take them to "This Is The Place" Park. There's lots to do up there. So I don't think this summer will be boring or long after all! I'm sure it'll go way to fast.