Victor Idaho

Zander was going to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, and my dad was going to be out of the country, so my mom and decided rather than staying home by ourselves we'd go up to Idaho to visit my brother Dan and his family. His boys and my boys always have a BLAST playing together, and this trip was no exception. We got there on Friday afternoon, hung out at their house for a while, then headed over to 'our place'. My mom had found this amazing vacation rental condo that was just a few minutes from their house. It worked out PERFECTLY.


Next morning as we were heading back to their house, we noticed a little car show being set up in the park downtown and though it might be fun to go to. So after some breakfast we headed on over. Realistically there were only maybe 20 cars, but they were all really nice, and well presented. We were there pretty early, and I think they probably brought more cars in throughout the morning. It looked like they were going to set up some music as well. There were a bunch of people there with Husky's, and the boys thought they were awesome!


After we were done perusing through the car show we headed over to the Warbirds Cafe. This place is seriously awesome. It's right on the runway of the Victor airport so you can see the planes taking off down the runway. Let me tell you, 4 little boys watching airplanes taking off was pretty awesome to watch. The food was fantastically good as well. Easily the best sweet potato fries I've ever had. Attached to the cafe is a museum-ish airplane hanger that they all had loads of fun in as well.

The next morning we decided to drive over to Rexburg and see my grandpa for a while. On our way over we took a slight detour to find my Great Grandpa's house that is in Driggs. I remember as a kid whenever we'd go to Rexburg my parents would always show us all these 'old' places where they used to hang out, and where old relations had lived, and I was always really bored and just didn't care. Amazing how things change as we get older. I thought it was really cool to see the house that my Grandma grew up in, and learn about their farm, and the stream that they used to go fishing in etc. We even got a nice view of the Tetons, which we weren't expecting considering how many clouds there were in the area.



We got to Grandpa Weatherston's (my mom's dad) house right in time for lunch, and they didn't disappoint. I haven't been to my grandpa's house in literally 10 years, and he's moved twice since then, but I remember very clearly that meals at their house were always really really good. We had pot roast, a tomato cucumber salad (I liked it, and even ate the cucumbers!), fresh rolls, and peach pie. My Aunt Sherry lives just down the street and she came and joined us for the pie. It was really nice to finally re-connect with my Idaho roots. For whatever reason I kind of boycotted that part of my life. I guess I was forced on too many trips there when I was in my angsty teen years. Who knows. (there's my bit of a rant)

After we finished up eating and chatting in Rexburg we headed back 'home' to Victor, and had Dan and his family over to our place for dinner that night. The kitchen there was fully stocked with all the equipment we'd ever need, but we still just kept it simple with a taco soup in a crock pot. There weren't any toys for the boys to play with, but there was a movie, and some chairs, and that was more than enough to keep them entertained for the evening.



And not to leave out the dear little baby Kayana. She's so adorable and cute and slept a lot while we were there, as she should. She's such a good little baby. And she LOVES snuggling with her daddy.