Kotter Family – Page 18 – Mostly Photos. Sometimes Words.

Corn Maze

McKinley wanted to go to the corn maze for her birthday, so that’s were we headed that night. The corn maze closest to us has all kinds of stuff to do: a mini zip line, multiple inflatables, a “train” to ride, slides, sandbox, and the corn mazes themselves.

William taking his turn on the zip line. Kryssi was scared he would fall but he loved it.

Climbing up one of the bouncy inflatables

Finding the clues in the corn maze. We did the shortest maze because the kids were more excited about the other things.

McKinley’s 6th Birthday

She wanted a donut for her birthday breakfast

William was really excited to have McKinley open his present

Atlanta

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.

Recent pictures

Samuel constantly rolls over now, but he doesn't know how to roll back onto his back yet, so he gets upset and you have to roll him back — Samuel constantly rolls over now, but he doesn’t know how to roll back onto his back yet, so he gets upset and you have to roll him back

McKinley loves her little brother and she's a great help in watching and playing with him. She can always get him to smile and laugh. — McKinley loves her little brother and she’s a great help in watching and playing with him. She can always get him to smile and laugh.

The other day our cat jumped onto my lap, while holding Samuel. She snuggled up to him and started licking his feet. He kept grabbing her fur and pulling it and trying to get it in his mouth, but she was super patient and loved him.

Checking out the animals at Reeds Dairy, after getting some ice cream

First day of school

Picture at the end of the lane. We always got a picture like this growing up, so kind of surreal to be on the opposite side of this now, with my own kids

Getting on the bus. The kids were super excited to be able to ride a bus. Hopefully that excitement lasts ... — Getting on the bus. The kids were super excited to be able to ride a bus. Hopefully that excitement lasts …

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

Fire Sunset

William ran inside one evening and told me I had to come out and see the fire in the sky. Apparently the sun set looked like fire to him, so I had to get a picture.