Family Vacation!

We always try to plan for a little family vacation in February because that's the time of year that I get really tired of living in Idaho.  This year, in an effort to save Jared's time off...and the fact that my pregnant body isn't up to much of a trip, we made it a staycation weekend!  

One afternoon we took the kids to a Play Place in Rexburg and let them play there for a couple hours.  They loved climbing in the tubes and tunnels, but their favorite thing was the rides.  We didn't put any money in, but they played in the helicopter for almost an hour pretending to fly and land and save people.  

And the Horse was a hit too.  They would hold on to the reins and say "Yee Haw!" at the top of their lungs.  It was great entertainment. 

The next day we took a little day trip down to Lava Hot Springs.  They have a indoor splash park full of warm water and lots of things to play on.  We had a blast!

It took Elsie a while to warm up to all the noise and splashing, but eventually she was diving into the water almost as much as Dallin.  

Dallin LOVED the slide, and did it probably 100 times.  This is the first year where he's really been into that sort of thing, so it was fun to watch him.  

He also loved jumping off the edge of the pool into the 12 inch-deep water.

We had a really great time as a family and spend the entire afternoon there swimming and eating and swimming more!

It was nice to take a break from the normal errand-ridden, day-to-day life we normally lead on a weekend and have a bunch of fun with the kiddos.  

Staying home made it pretty stress-free and I got to sleep in my nice comfy bed with all my body pillows I use to make myself comfortable!

The next day was Jared's birthday, 32 years old!  Woot woot!  He got a lot of exciting presents like Yard Tools and Crystal Light...as well as a present he decided he'd rather return (picked out by me...Have I ever mentioned how hard it is to shop for him?!)...but we had a great day.


  I think the kids had most of the presents opened before they brought them to him...but they had a great time!!

He's working really hard to lose weight and win a Work Fitness Challenge right now so for his Birthday Cake we did these little chocolate chip mug cakes--they were delicious and didn't leave half a cake leftover for me to binge on :)

Happy Birthday Babe!  You're amazing!