Monday, July 6, 2009

Idaho Waterslide

Thanks for letting me reminisce a little bit. It's good to look back and remember the little things that brought us together. Now I've let myself get a bit behind. A couple weeks ago, we were invited to go to Idaho to a really cool place. It's actually a great big sod farm where the owner's live and have turned it into this nice family hangout place. There's a big hill with a black mat they've put down to create a waterslide. They also have a zip line, trampoline in the ground, swing set, big sand box and a fire pit - not to mention acres and acres of awesome grass to play on. It was so much fun for our whole family. We will definitely be visiting again. Here are a few pictures of the fun!

One of the older kids buried Dylan. I'm not sure he liked it, but it's a pretty good place for timeout. I'll have to keep that in mind next time he's naughty. :)

Dylan and Kambrie playing in the sandbox

Preston was content to run around in the grass with a ball. Look at that kick!

Marcos on the zipline.

They have this candy canon so the candy shoots out everywhere instead of just falling to the ground. It was AWESOME! Like an Easter egg hunt, but without all the work.

Marcos and Preston on the waterslide

Dylan sliding without the tube

Preston and Mommy - that kid loved sliding. He would not give us a break. Marcos and I fought over who had to take him because it was nonstop - walk up the hill, slide down, then repeat.

The end of the day without a nap. I was doing my best to entertain Preston while Dylan made s'mores before we hit the road.

Dylan just parked himself on the Bishop's lap to roast his marshmallows. What a kind and patient Bishop we have.

4 comments:

Tiffany said...

What a NEAT day!!! Those pics are adorable...I love your bishop too :)

Amanda fair said...

that looks like a lot of fun!

Lisa said...

what fun!! can anyone go there??? if so, where is it?
you are always doing fun fun things...

Maria said...

Lisa - sorry, I didn't see this comment earlier. Um, apparently anyone can go, but you have to book it online. I'll have to look into how since this time we were guests. They are just a cute family who has done all this so families can spend time together and they just ask for donations in exchange for the time there so they can continue to add to the activities. I figured it would be way expensive, but it's just a donation-based thing. It's only like a 2-ish hour drive - so not bad. Because our bishop's wife is related to the family, we had access to the grill and some other things that usually aren't for public use, but either way, I think it would be awesome. I'm going to look into reserving a day next summer for family to go up and get together. And it's so big that it's almost better to do a multi-family thing. It wasn't crowded at all. We're always doing fun things because we have way nice friends who invite us. Truth be told, we're rather boring on our own. :)