More Adventures from Idaho

We had lots of great new adventures during Spring Break in Idaho. It continued to snow while we were in Idaho Falls, but never as badly as the day we arrived. The weather the whole trip was pretty miserable, though.

Most of our time at Grandma's house in Menan was spent fetching Erica out of the stereo cabinet. I love her expression here. Like she's saying, "Yeah, I'm in the cabinet again, so what are ya gonna do about it?" And yes, that is a nice shiner under her left eye. She got it right before we left home when she pulled our Rock Band drumset on herself.

I recently bought a really cute hat online and wondered if Terry could show me how to crochet some like it. But of course! She is the master at crochet. I spent most of the trip making three new hats for Erica. So cute! Too bad she won't let me put them on her, of course. It's a battle of wills now. Someone's got to win. Hmmm, wonder which will prevail....

We celebrated our niece's birthday while we were there. Happy Birthday Annalee! Yumm, ice cream cake!

Ethan pal-ed around with his buddy Nicson while we were in Menan. Two peas in a pod. They played with their matching yo-yo's the entire time.

The other two peas in a pod, Kaylee and Heidi. We sure miss having cousins close by!

Now to the other half of our trip..........BOISE!

Heidi and my brother Mike spent a lot of time doing this.....playing games. And most of the conversation I could never in a million years translate, something about the hidden Poke-man and the secret realm? Eh....?

Ethan and his other side-kick of the trip, cousin Andrew. They got to help Grandpa in the woodshop, so they got some cool masks which were worn proudly the entire time we were there.

We went with my parents and my sister Lissa and her kids to a new miniature golf park. It had glow-in-the-dark paint everywhere and was lit with black-lights. It was decorated in a funny combination of an underwater theme and a dinosaur world. Crazy, but the kids loved it! After about an hour I got a headache from trying to focus my eyes in such a strange environment, but we sure had fun! At the end Eric was able to hit the ball into the "1" slot held by a talking Pteridactyl, so he got to listen to it tell him that after he proved he could conquer the underwater realm and dinosaur jungle, "YOU ARE SO AWESOME!" (spoken with emphasis noted)

Erica was entranced by the brick edging around all the holes. They were really bright! Enough so, that it would reflect off her face!

Cool elephant!

The fire-eater.

Lissa and kids. I forgot their new friend's name....