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This last week I spent in Atlanta, as part of a company meetup. We only get together the full company once a year, so it’s a fun time to get to see everyone in person. Atlanta was definitely as hot and humid as advertised but didn’t take too long to get used to it.

I didn’t have a ton of free time to sightsee, but the last day there I did take a tour of the CNN offices, as our hotel as part of the CNN building.

In line for lunch. Can see part of the CNN offices in the background. The last day there, me and a few people from my group did the CNN tour, which starts by riding that escalator into the globe. — In line for lunch. Can see part of the CNN offices in the background. The last day there, me and a few people from my group did the CNN tour, which starts by riding that escalator into the globe (largest free-standing escalator in the world, extends down a lot further then can be seen in this picture).

The olympic park, right outside the hotel

This is one of the places we ate dinner one night. Was excited to see both 4B and 8B license plates on the wall

Spud Day

Modeling the free glasses they got at one of the boothes

Fair

We haven’t gone to the East Idaho State Fair the last few years, as I really don’t like the crowds, but we decided to brave it this year. The kids loved seeing all the animals, they loved asking us to buy them everything they saw, and they enjoyed an animal show we got to watch (with sea lions).

Crowds weren’t too bad until about dinner time, but we lucked out and got ourselves a table, which made things a lot easier.

Mesa Falls

We decided to stop at Mesa Falls on the way home from Island Park. We had been here not too long ago but we ended up not staying long as it was raining and lots of mosquitoes. We always love seeing the waterfalls though, so we make it a habit to come here often.

Kids always love playing with this drinking fountain that shoots water super high/far

Mandatory picture in front of the snow pole

There was a pretty rainbow in the mist of the waterfall

We stopped to feed the fish but there wasn't any biting — We stopped to feed the fish but there wasn’t any biting

Island Park / West Yellowstone

The weekend before school, we decided to rent a cabin for the weekend in Island Park and spend a few days relaxing. I had plans for a bunch of things to do, but a lot of it ended up not happening (do to poor planning on my part, like not getting tickets soon enough for the Playmill). But we had fun being outdoors, going to the Bear and Wolf Discovery Center, walking around West Yellowstone stopping in all the shops (especially the candy store) and being together as a family.

There was wolf named McKinley, so that was pretty cool

Kotter Reunion

Eating the donut off the string as fast as she can

Lucas’ Birthday

4th of July fun

Everyone retreated a bit for the bigger fireworks

Family fun day / teddy bear clinic

This past Saturday we went to a Family Fun Day, hosted by EIRMC, at Snake River Landing. We stumbled upon it last year and the kids really enjoyed it, so we wanted to go back again this year.

They have a teddy bear clinic, where they give you a teddy bear and you go through various stages, helping your teddy bear with a broken leg. They also have free lunch, lots of booths with games and treats, bouncy castles, people dressed up as characters (like Star Wars) and other stuff.

It was really windy this year and not very warm, so we ended up not staying very long but it was still fun.

Category: Family

McKinley’s 6th Birthday

Atlanta