Spring Idaho trip

We headed to Idaho for a few days of spring break. Our first stop was in Pocatello. I took the kids to Ross Park. This is the park where mine and Chad's story began. So its fun to take our kids to our place where our relationship blossomed. I still remember the giddiness I felt as we were swiging next to each other and Chads mom had called and he told her he had a girlfriend. I was ecstatic!

Then that evening, the reason we came to Idaho began! Our nephew, Chase, decided to get baptized! We were over the moon for him and we knew we had to be there. It was a very special day and I'm so glad there were so many family and friends there to support him. 

We stayed the night in Poky and Chad jetted back to Tooele for work the next morning. We went on to Rupert the next morning to hang at grandmas for a few days. She planned a fun pirate booty game that was fun and the kids all got a big pile of booty to snack on and play with for a few days. 

We went to dinner with mom and dad and Tony's fam too. It was a good time. I love this little squirt. He wanted me to dance with him in the mexican restaurant, so we did! 

We celebrated some birthdays. 

And I needed some exercise, so I went out for a walk on a cool sunny country morning. I loved the smells and sounds that brought back so many good memories. 

Ry  bug had some new teeth coming in so she wasn't loving life. 

We had the BEST weather one day so we played outside most of the day. We did kickball and flew a kite...of course on a fishing pole in true dad fashion.

We went to DI for something to do and all the girls found fun things. Grandma had them do a fashion show with all their new things. Then we pulled out some oldies...outfits I made in 4-H and Mollie tried them on. Talk about a walk down memory lane!

We ended up staying an extra day because we were just relaxed and having fun. When we went to leave, we realized at some point Carter had passed up grandma in height! We all missed it somehow! And then of course he had to measure with grandpa...not yet bud, but soon! 

Thanks mom and dad for the fun spring break, treats, meals and  4wheeler rides!!
 

Last Day

Its always hard to go home after vacation but after 7 days of fun, I was ready. All I wanted to do for our last day was sleep in, drink a margarita on the beach and watch the ocean. So that is exactly what we did. I ordered the BEST salad from this Cabo Cantina and they could make me a Pina colada, so that is just what we did!

We sat right here with our feet in the sand and wave watched. The seagulls were swarming so we ate quickly. 

I think he'd live here if I'd let him. He loves the ocean. 

Goodbye beach! We will miss you. From here we headed straight to the airport and back to home. It was a great trip and a perfect amount of time for me to feel a break from life and mommin. I was happy to be home and back with my kids. We were so grateful to chads parents who stayed with the kids and manned our crazy schedule for 3 days so we could do this. 

I was happy to be home but not be back to this! Just a few days later, we got another foot of snow! At this point, its not even fun to go out and play in because we all just want it gone! It was an icy snow and I was glad it didn't stay along too long. It melted pretty quickly. 

 

Funnest Day in Cali

We started out our Tuesday with a good ol fashioned McD's breakfast. We had big plans today! 

We headed over to Balboa Island and explored for a while. We found the place we were going to go on on a segway tour. We walked through the peninsula neighborhood and decided it was definently a different way of life to live right off the ocean. I loved looking at all the unique home designs and what they could do with tiny little homes. Our tour guide later told us the costs of the beach homes and they were upwards of $400,000!

We found some soccer fields right on the beach. I was very jealous!! I messaged them to Cameron and asked if our next team building could be here!

We walked the pier and had a balboa island popular treat...a frozen banana. It was nothing amazing...but a good cool treat for a hot day. 

Here we go on the segways! I was super nervous about being able to balance one, but it was way easier than I thought. I highly suggest doing this tour. It was so fun!!!!

And our tour guide was super informative and wanted to stop and take pictures along the way and show us all the cool things in town. 

We even rode them out on the pier and took pics over the ocean. 

One of our stops was the pirate house. Some guy just lives there and loves pirates. So he covered his house in these life size pirates. It was neat! 

After the tour, our legs were tired! Even though its easy, standing in one spot for a few hours and using your feet to balance gets tiring! We found an authentic pizza shop and got a pizza and fries. It was yummy. 

Before our trip, we learned that our nephew, Koen, was going to be playing a hokey game in Anaheim. so we went to the game where the Mighty Ducks movie was filmed! It was fun to see him play. His team is really good and he's grown a ton! 

I was grateful Cami thought of me and brought me a blanket! I forgot how chilly it gets in the rink! It was so fun to see Cami and catch up!

After that, I changed in the car to head to our anniversary dinner at Midevil dinner at Midevil Times! It is an experience for sure! We really enjoyed it!

Walking into the castle

We upgraded to VIP so we had a closer seat. We got a crown and a colored flag to wave for the knight of our color. 

Dinner was served immediately! But, no silverware was given so we were told to pick it apart with our fingers! Odd, but fun. The food was good too!

The horses and talent were amazing! It was fun to watch the games that they did.

They showed off their animals one by one. Each horse had a different trot or trick it could do. I caught this one mid jump and it seriously was as magical as it looks! This horse can really fly!

I couldn't believe they really were jousting!  It took me a few times to realize it was scripted and probably had jousting sticks that fell apart or something....but still it was very real looking and fun. Its crazy to believe this is a sport. It's brutal. They also sword fought and used all sorts of midevil weapons. 

 Overall, it was a GREAT experience! We had a huge, fun filled day and we were ready for bed!!! It'll be hard to top this anniversary!