Idaho State Penitentiary - November 2012

The week after we got back from Orlando, we had the United Dairymen of Idaho's state meetings in Boise.  This time we took Lydia and Wyatt with us.  While Greg was in meetings, the kids and I spent some time exploring.  One of our stops was the Idaho State Penitentiary.  Wyatt and I enjoyed it and Wyatt was fascinated with all the details and facts that he learned there.  Lydia thought it was boring.

Is it just me, or is anyone else tempted to have a room like this in their house?...mostly just for a good threat, but still...

The Rest of October 2012

This goes against everything I believe in when blogging, but I'm tired of trying to catch-up!  So, here's the rest of our October in one big unorganized post.

We studied about ancient Egypt and followed up our studies with a trip to the King Tut exhibit.

Lydia and I ran a 5K together.  Well, together for the first half.  After that she ditched me and finished about 5 minutes or more ahead of me.  She was the only participant younger than college age and was awesome!  Everyone there was so impressed and cheered her on the whole way.  She loved it!

Rush Hour Jr. is our new favorite game.  We've had it for a while now but it's still one the kids will pull out regularly.  Amy's even been getting the hang of it and likes to play it.  If you're looking for a good Christmas game for the the whole family, we highly recommend this one!

 Dallin and Amy found a new way to play with Dallin's dump truck.  She pushed him around for a good 15 minutes.  He was one happy kid!

 Check out that curly hair!  I love it.  But I don't love that my baby isn't really a baby anymore!

The friday before Halloween we got all dressed up for a carnival with friends

Lydia as a flapper, Amy as a ladybug, Wyatt as Davy Crocket (he's been planning this costume all year), and Dallin as a mouse.

Lydia and her friend Kami

Amy and her dance buddy, Hannah

And the last week of October, Greg and I went to Orlando for some Dairy meetings.  We were able to go to Universal Studios this time and we had a great time.  Harry Potter World is my new favorite place!

A T-Rex Named Sue - February 2012

The kids were excited to see the new exhibit at the Museum closest to us.  A T-Rex Named Sue!  What 4-10 year old wouldn't be excited to see a real T-Rex?!  We live about an hour away from the museum but Lydia, Wyatt, and Amy have been taking swim lessons in a town about half way between our house and the museum, so we doubled up one of our swim days and trekked the extra distance to the museum before lessons.  Greg was out of town that day so I braved this little field trip all on my own!

It was well worth it!

We met up with the Bowens at the museum.  Dinosaurs AND some of their best friends?  My kids were beyond excited!

 L, W, & A all got a turn holding a REAL dinosaur fossil



 (wyatt pretty much always has one pant leg tucked into his boots...boys are hopeless when it comes to fashion!)

proof that I did eventually let Dallin out of the stroller to play ;)

We also love the other part of our Museum that displays exhibits of our state's history so we made sure to go through it again...

I love that Amy thought they were supposed to be making faces in this picture...

....and then she realized they were making "bear" faces!

It was a long but fun day.  I think my favorite part of the day (that had nothing to do with the museum) was when Wyatt realized what town we were in.  He knew that Brother Barrus, our faithful and most favorite Home Teacher ever was moving to that same town.  He said, "So this is how far we will have to drive to see him from now on"?  It was such a simple question, but it made my heart happy to know that he loves Brother and Sister Barrus enough to want to still visit them.  They are an older couple that needed to move closer to family.  They are AMAZING people!  We will miss them so much.  I honestly cried the last time Brother Barrus came to home teach us.  He has been so wonderful with our kids and taught us so much.  I guess from now on we will just have to make several more trips to the museum and to visit Brother Barrus!