Boise Weekend

Whew, it's October!  Back in September, we got some Boise State football tickets, so why not indulge in a weekend away?  The kids are now seasoned car travelers, and we know they love a good hotel pool!  Owen loves going places, so he excitedly packed his own bag.  Isn't that just the cutest thing?

The game wasn't until late on Saturday night, so we were able to enjoy the perfect weather and some nice parks around town the rest of the weekend.  I could live in Boise easily!  Check out this bench made from an old ski lift chair.

We even went to Zoo Boise for free! Their zoo was similar to ours, but they have several plate-glass windows, which really allows for better viewing opportunities with the larger animals.  Although, one of the lionesses was ferociously swiping at her window when a toddler was standing on the other side. Scary!  Guess our kids were not as tantalizing...

Throughout the zoo, there were 6 or 7 animatronic dinosaurs hiding in the greenery. Guess who was over the moon with the one that still worked?  These kids!  We stayed here for quite a while, as the dinosaur hissed and spat water over and over.

They had a cute tunnel system under the groundhog exhibit.  Recognize the face in the bubble on the right?

Random hut and jeep that went with a safari-theme, but the kids loved them!  Owen is energetically pretend-driving the jeep.  He had to be pried out of it to move on.

Bonus!  They had giraffes!!  (Or 'jaffs' as H calls them.)  Real and fake! 

 One of these things is not like the others...

The zoo even had a strange puppet show that enthralled the kids.  It combined zoo animals as Star Trek crew members, dinosaurs, and space travel.  Sort of educational, but I think a lot of the jokes and Star Trek references were over their head. O sat for the whole thing, but H needed a snack break in the middle. :)

Boise has our closest Trader Joe's, so we went to check out what all the hype was about. I love the mini shopping carts that they have for the kids!  We found some interesting items to take home, like freeze-dried mango, trail mix, and pumpkin pancake mix.

After an epic nap, and while the boys went to the game, Hadley and I had a girls' night with a long walk and a crepe near the hotel.  Thanks Boise!

Go Broncos! (our adopted football team)