Chubbuck Days 2016

This weekend we went to some of the 2016 Chubbuck Days activities. Chubbuck is a small town (about 13,000) that is attached to Pocatello. These two towns really just seem like one town. They do share a lot of the same resources and you really can't tell when you are leaving one and entering the other. This weekend Chubbuck had their annual event.

We attended a movie in the park on Friday night. We went there at 7:30 to make sure we would get a good seat for the movie that was supposed to start at dusk. It probably didn't start until about 9pm though. They did have plenty of activities and stuff to keep us occupied until it started. They had a bouncy house and then Domino's was giving out free slices of pizza and brownies, Allstate was giving out popcorn and pop, and the fire station was giving out bags of candy. The children got a great spot with their blanket right in the center of the screen and then I set up our chairs off to the side, still with a pretty good view. The movie was Little Rascals which wasn't my favorite, but the children liked it. I just didn't like all of the things that the children may have picked up from the movie (including the jokes, they way they talked, the pranks, and the kissing). They are doing Inside Out next week and we will probably try to go again.

On Saturday morning they had a free pancake breakfast and a parade, but we decided not to go to either of those. We did go to the afternoon festival. They had a lot of booths from businesses and each one had some little games and prizes. Also, at the car show a guy let the children sit on his motorcycle which was very nice. It was an old one with a sidecar and the children said it reminded them of Hagrid's motorcycle.

They also had a free watermelon feed and the festival ended with a fire truck spraying the kids out in a baseball field. I really like these type of activities that are often put on by small towns. They are fun, and also usually not too crowded.












A couple other updates. The children have loved seeing this building get torn down right by my work. They even wrote a newspaper story about it - just published in their own newspaper.



We also put up some blinds. Still nothing in the bedrooms, but these ones are in our main room to keep the sun and heat out during the hot summer days. They have been working really well. I don't think we have used the air conditioning at all since we put these up. They are the fabric honeycomb ones that are pretty light which I really wanted. I also love that they have a 10 year replacement warranty that we can use even if the damage or wear is our fault. They look pretty nice and they are the kind that you just pull down or push up without any strings. If they work well, hopefully we will get some more in the bedrooms soon.



Other than that we have been working away at our yard. We want to get the grass in before the first frost and the sprinklers and curbing is going in early September so we have to have everything ready before that. Really, I am trying to get it all done before the children and I start school on the 22nd. So just one more week. We will see if I can make it.