Vacation!!

We headed up to Idaho for a little mini vacation.  The kids were so good on the drive up and slept most of the way!  It made for great travel!

We made it into Idaho Falls with the intent of going to the Tautphaus Zoo, but alas, it was the Earth Day Celebration and it was packed!  We decided to switch things up a bit and head to the Museum of Idaho to check out the dinosaur exhibit.  I did not get any pictures, but the kids loved it!  Their favorite part was playing in the little cabin and Sophie was partial to the teepee!

After the museum, we went over and checked into the hotel, or as Jack likes to call it, "the place with lots of beds".  This was by far Jack's favorite part of the entire vacation.  Had I known, we could have probably went a little cheaper by getting a hotel at home! ;)  We ate dinner at the hotel, had some ice cream at Coldstone Creamery and then came back to get some sleep for our adventure to Bear World!

Bear World was very fun!  It was the "Cub Palooza", so they had all the babies in a little exhibit and we were able to pet them!  I'm pretty sure that I need a baby bear!  They are so darn cute.  Travis said "no" to a pet bear.

Jack LOVED the little amusement rides!  Charlie...not so much!  But Daddy did go on a few and Charlie and Sophie did like the train.  It was a little chilly, but thankfully that meant that we basically had to place to ourselves!  Jack did make a friend that was his ride buddy for about 45 minutes!  Jack and Jake.  It was pretty cute.  They also had a petting zoo there.  The boys didn't really pet the animals, but they were pretty impressed with the speakers that look like rocks and play music!

Monday, before we headed home, we decided to stop by the Tautphaus Zoo.  We were a little crabby and didn't enjoy it as much as I would have liked, but I was glad that we went!  Sophie was impressed!

We headed home taking a detour through Cache Valley and got a little ice cream at Charlie's.  Overall, it was a great vacation!