I.D.A.H.O.

So we went on a trip to Idaho on weekend. Don't be jealous.

yes, she brought this on our car ride. yes, she played this on our car ride. 

Here we are all ready to go off to explore the great wide world of the Idaho state parks.

Some people *ahem* had more leg room than....

...other people.

1st stop from Sunset magazine, Buffalo cafe. mmm.

He is daring.

desert, desert, dessert (ice cream), then wabam....

waiting for people to jump off the bridge!

Still waiting for people to jump off the bridge. p.s. this picture does not do Ben's calf muscles justice.

people jumped! it was cuhrazy cool. one day when I'm stupid/awesome I will jump off this bridge with a parachute.

on the bridge. and of course I don't remember what the bridge is called but it's the one that is legal to jump off... it's high.

my mom is not having fun here. she is not joking.

heart attack mom.

desert, desert, desert... wabam!

temple grounds :)

she had the best split end. ever. period. (do not ever start to look for split ends. it is dangerous to start. you'll never want to stop.)

 Next stop, 1000 Springs campground.

we had no real firewood. this is how we cooked our smores after smoking them on....

...this. you'd think this would work out alright, but no. not even a little. would you like some marshmallow with that smoke?

parents couldn't be bothered with the smore's roasting ordeal. (except they did help us collect wood) and yes. it was an ordeal.

view from our campsite

according to my picture about 10 or 11 pictures down, I believe this may be Malad Gorge?

this is where ben complained that other families "get to go to california"

that's devil water. just ask the ranger.

This is to document that they still fight the exact same way they did as when they were 5.

picnic. mmhmm.

 next stop, fairy-ville. it's a little hotel/cabins type place you can stay. it is in the middle of desert nowhere and it is surprisingly green and cute.

 Ritter island. closed because it was the end of the fiscal year. who'd-a-thunk.

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desert, desert, desert, desert, desert.....WABAM!

skillz.

The ranger gave us PONY STICKERS! ("for the kids" she said)

gypsy fest.

the tot's adorbs gorg gorge.

 My dad is a water bender. No big deal or anything. (if you don't know what that is, I have two words for you: Lettuce Leaf)

ended our trip off at the fish hatchery, which, after the letdown of the "there-used-to-be-dinosaur-ruins-here-but-now-there's-just-dust-and-signstoread," we really liked the hatchery. we saw where the grow all the baby fish. then we got to touch a 5-foot long fish that starts with an "s". even my mom touched and and she didn't scream as much as I did.

THE END.

NEW YORK CITY

thanks to our cousin, heidi's, suggestions we had excellent food on this whole trip. we got dropped off by our taxi from the airport right at jaynie's apartment and then when it opened we walked just around the corner to the clinton street bakery. i had french toast with bananas. it. was. so. good. great way to start off our trip. it really weirded me out though how people just live right above restaurants and stores.

jaynie and jeff walked us all around the town to help us get the 'lay of the land.' it was great because they took us on the subway for the first time and helped us figure it out.  this is our very first time going on the subway. yes. i made them take a picture. jeff might have rolled his eyes.

our first stop on walking around was bryant park. it's right outside the new york public library.

this is us in the ghostbusters library! one of my favorite things.

grand central station

sidewalk pay phone with steam coming out?

times square.

very crowded and flashy. fun, as long as you're not trying to get somewhere at a certain time.

ellen's friends stayed with us for a day because they were in nyc for a day as well! jaynie and jeff took us to a delicious italian sandwich place for lunch that was cheap and way good!

laboratorio del gelato. mmmm. this is my olive oil (bottom) and toasted almost (top) gelato. the olive oil sounds disgusting but it was really good! so of course i had to get it because where else can you get that?

after i fell asleep walking because i was so tired from our flight and moving out of my apartment the night before we went back to the apartment and i slept for 4 hours and ellen and jaynie played scrabble for 2 hours, ellen and her friends and I went back to times square at night!

mmmm. M&M world in times square!

our first view of the empire state building. it was so foggy that day it made it look eery.

the next day we ventured off on the subway to coney island!!!! this is the giantest cemetery i have ever seen. it was on both sides of the subway track and it went on forever.

sweet sunshine bake shop. oh cupcakes. mmm.

in the subway by oursleves for the first time. we didn't get lost!

coney island

the boardwalk at coney island was just as fun as coney island itself