When we first arrived in Idaho we scouted out a practice in Pocatello and one in Idaho Falls. The one in Idaho Falls went off the market the day after we looked at it and the one in Pocatello fell through because there wasn't enough cash flow. How frustrated I felt! But then the best thing ever happened, we found another practice for sale and we loved it. Not just liked it, but LOVED it! This is great and now we are in what feels like a never ending process of paperwork and bank underwriting. If this doesn't work out I guess we will have to work for somebody and try again in a few years to purchase a practice of our own.
Today we tagged along with Kelby when he went up to Saint Anthony's for a second visit to the dental practice he is trying to obtain. Chart audits, ughhh. Sounds boring to me, so I rounded up the kids and we headed out of Saint Anthony to Rexburg so I could take the boys to the park. What a park they have there! I want this to work out so badly! I hope the bank sees it my way. We would love to live in Saint Anthony. We are more the small-town-folk type and yet we like convenience. Saint Anthony would provide our small town life, while Rexburg the convenience.
Taylor & Ian posing at the FREE kid's water park in Rexburg, ID. Can you believe it? You just show up and get to use it. This is great! Yes, I know that they are skinny. Yes, I do feed them believe it or not.
Doesn't this place look awesome? Taylor told me I could take him back anytime I wanted to. Thanks for the permission Taylor.Ian was scared for the first little bit, but I got him out there a little and in so doing I got caught in the downpour of the water bucket. Not a good idea if you are wearing anything white, (oops). I then took the have-your-big-brother-show-you-around-approach while I tried to hide so people couldn't see through my wet clothes. They were so cute walking hand in hand with Taylor gently coaxing Ian up the steps to the slides. Ian eventually loved it, but I didn't see him go without Taylor once. Maybe next time.
My boys laying out after many water adventures. Yes my white little boy is wearing sunscreen!
The boys riding the Idaho Centennial Carousel. Only $1 per child per ride. So I'm cheap and they only went once, but they loved it! Thank you Miriam Pope for showing us such fun last time we ventured this way. Because of you we knew just what to do and where to go for good times.
After the water park and a carousel ride I introduced the boys to cotton candy. They weren't to impressed so I was forced to eat most of it myself.
A pic of the Snake River near Kelby's future dental office, (or so we hope).
After the time spent playing at the park and shopping in Rexburg we returned to Saint Anthony to wait for Kelby to get done with his chart audits. We headed over to the Sand Bar to see what that was like since we'd been curious about it when we saw it earlier across the river from the park. It seemed like a great place to play with a little playground and a sandy area by the water to play in. The river was sectioned off for swimming. I hope we end up living there so we can try it out.
We took the opportunity to have a picnic at the end of the day at the park near the dental office. It was such a nice evening. I loved every minute of it. We then checked out the local grocery store so we could get stocked up on drinks for the ride home. It was small, but chuck full of food. I could definitely see myself shopping there.
Lucky for us it was an uneventful ride home. We enjoyed our day immensely with just our little family. I'd forgotten what it was like to do fun things together. I hope this works out soon so we can get back to life as usual. Sounds boring to some, but I miss it something terrible!
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I hope it works out for you guys too. Small town, next to a big city is perfect. And for some reason my crazies don't like cotton candy either. I think its the best, whats wrong with them? Oh well, more for me!
Amy, so happy to have an update on the dental practice. I hope that it works out for you because I enjoy walking around in my underwear too and it makes me sad that you haven't been able to do that for 3 months now. :) The sandbar is a fun place but you've got to be careful because there is a pretty strong current there, no lifeguard on duty, and its in a river. Not to scare you but a guy drowned there earlier this summer. Of course, he wasn't real smart and was swimming after all of those rain storms when the river was REALLY full. Anyway, I hope things work out for you guys. Let me know if you want to know any more about the area at all. I loved living in Rexburg and I know Kelby would love all of the outdoorsie stuff to do there. Don't forget to check out the sanddunes!
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