Fall Fun

We have been keeping busy with lots of different activities.  September, I think, is the best weather month here because it's sunny with perfect temperatures.  (Our A/C was off pretty much from the end of August until we turned on the heater in October.)  So we took in a free symphony concert in the park.

We also ventured to the Pocatello Zoo one day.  Their zoo is built into a mountain side, so it was quite a workout to explore.  They focus on North American native animals, like bison, foxes, grizzly bears, and eagles, which was interesting to see up close.  And they had a fossil dig site that meant Owen could get nice and dirty.

One of the regional parks has a pioneer village set up and they offer tours.  My moms' group organized one along with a dino dig.  The kids got to go to class in a one-room schoolhouse, browse the general store, make woolen thread, and pan for gold.

The dino dig consisted of uncovering random bones and fossils that one of the moms buried for us.  They had shovels and brushes, and each kid got to take home a trilobite.

We took advantage of our crazy winds by flying kites at the park one day.  Owen didn't understand that he could just stand still and let the wind do the work, so he kept running around with the kite under trees.  After I untangled it from the second tree, he dropped the string and the whole thing blew through the parking lot and across the street into someone's field.  Bye bye kite!

A friend grew tons of pumpkins in her garden and set them up for some fall photos.  Owen, once again, demonstrated his lack of interest in posing for pictures, and Hadley wasn't much better, though I got a few shots that were okay.