IDAHO...it's more than just potatoes

I just can't even believe it! We are wrapping up our stay in Pocatello. I never thought I'd say those words. It seems to have gone by so fast and yet, I can't even remember what it was like to live in our own house. What will we do with ourselves?? I'm pretty sure that by staying 5 weeks in Pocatello, that means you can accomplish pretty much anything. In doing so, we have sucked this town dry of all it's entertainment.


This picture is to show-off Eva's awesome "sleepy hair" as Anders calls it. Unfortunately, it also shows how trashy we have become without the luxury of a highchair. Yes, she is eating something off the floor and I'm not stopping her. Instead, I'm taking a picture! The reason I am not stopping her is because it was a Cheerio from the pile I put on the floor for her earlier that morning. What? Is something wrong with that? Don't judge until you've lived in a hotel for 5 weeks.


This picture was after I'd given up of reminding Anders that there are people below us and on each side....STOP JUMPING! Those words mean nothing to a 3 year-old. Now, I'm just embracing it.

This picture just cracks me up. Our Diva has sensitive knees. My form of entertainment these days consists of me leaving her pants off and watching her crawl like this because she can't stand the way the carpet feels on her knees. I don't really do this for fun, but it is really funny.

After our Pocatello experience, we may not ever eat out again. One thing I learned from this occasion is not to eat pizza after strictly eating healthy food for 3 weeks straight. I regretted it the rest of the night.

Anders has officially become that stinkin' kid that jumps in front of the camera right before you take a picture. If you look at my camera, the majority of pictures look like this. Stinkin' kid!

Who hasn't dreamed of having this kind of fun on a valet cart? Anders had this great idea to hang from the top bar. I put him up there and told him to wait while I grabbed my camera. You can see the panic in his face as he realized that it was a lot harder than he thought. I had a hard time taking the picture because I couldn't stop laughing. He was saying, "cheese cheese cheese" in his most panicked voice.

My mom came up to visit us last week and Anders was so excited to show her everything he'd been up to. We decided to go to this fun place called Outer Limits. It was basically Chuck-E-Cheese with good food and a space theme. This is Anders all-time favorite game no matter where we go. The kid has skills!

Here's our Diva's first ride. She was so funny. She did not want to get out. It just kills me to watch how my kids have such different personalities. Anders would have never gone for this!

This is Eva's new trick. She pretends to offer you something that she has (in this case, a yummy Texas Roadhouse roll)...
and then totally psychs you out!

While Christian was miserable (he actually referred to it as "Poca-hell-hole") I actually am glad to say that there are several things I will miss about our experience. I'm sure there's something Christian will miss too!
1. I will miss our visits to the library. I can't emphasize enough how much my kids enjoyed this! It was so fun to feel so welcome by those people we came in to contact with there. If I could find a program even close to what they offer somewhere close to us at home, I would go there for sure! Way to go Portneuf District Library!
2. I will miss being within close proximity to a mall that I could take my kids to and not be tempted to spend money...at all! I'm still so confused as to why this mall had such a great play area for the kids and yet resembled the mall from Saved by the Bell. It was so bizarre!
3. Anders will miss the Tiger on the ISU campus we drove by twice a day. We all had to say, "hi Tiger!" every time we drove by.

I will NOT miss:
1. Walking outside and taking a deep breath of...cigarette smoke. Blech! Seriously, I can't believe how many times I was asked if I had a lighter! I love the Utah Clean Air Act.
2. Squirrels that don't hibernate. We thought it was funny when we saw our first squirrel, but it is seriously out of control. They are EVERYWHERE and they all have a death wish. I have slammed on my breaks a few too many times.
3. One-Way streets. Brigham Young clearly did not design this place. All these one-way streets are totally throwing my Auto Pilot out of whack. It's nerve wracking! I guess it's just something you have to get used to!

I'm pretty sure that during the summertime, this place would be a lot easier to enjoy. I think it's safe to say that winter is not the time to visit beautiful Pocatello.