Summer Vacation--Idaho

Still catching up, but almost there...

This summer Sarah and I took a long vacation. Nearly 3 weeks of travel. Boise, Rexburg, Ogden Canyon. Fun, fun, fun!

We started off in Boise where we gathered with all of my extended family (minus 2 cousins) to celebrate my Papa's 80th Birthday. It was a surprise party and boy was he surprised. It was wonderful to be all together and to see so many people come from all over to celebrate the wonderful man that he is. Lis and I made outfits for the grandkiddos and that was fun to do. They looked so darling.

After we stayed and played in Boise for almost a week, we headed to Rexburg to spend the weekend at my sister's house. I love being at Lisa's house. They live in a big, old house on a big corner lot with huge trees that provide ample shade and there's always something to do in that big, green yard. The kiddos had a blast. The real reason we headed to Rexburg was twofold; 1) The Relay For Life Walk, that my sister participated in and 2) for Millhollow yogurt and sandwiches.

A year ago Sirri had a cancerous tumor removed from her chest. Luckily they caught it in time and she is now cancer free. We went to support Lisa in her all night affair of walking to raise money for cancer. It was a wonderful experience. Next time I'd like to be on the team as well, but this wasn't my year for that.

The morning Lisa finished the big walk we packed up the car and drove to Wolfcreek up Ogden Canyon for a week of swimming with the family. Richard met us here and it was a long day as we waited for him to arrive. Sarah was super excited to see him and so was her mommy! SUPER EXCITED!!! We really did spend most our time in the pool. All the kiddos love the water so we had a blast. Richard and I spent Wednesday in Salt Lake. We attended a session at the temple, which was so amazing and then went to dinner at The Roof. It was a nice little date; something we rarely get these days.

On the 4th of July we spent the day, my birthday--33, doing all kinds of things. Richard, Lisa, and Kendon ran a 5K that morning that had obsticles and such. They said it was really fun and again, I wish I could have participated. Then we went to a small town, fourth of July celebration and then spent the rest of the day, after lunch at Hires Hamburgers in downtown Salt Lake (my parents ate there 33 years ago--the night before I was born), at the This is the Place Monument. They have an entire pioneer city with activities for the kiddos. It was a blast and we could have spent longer there, but my little family had to get on the road and head in the direction of home. We didn't get out of the Salt Lake area until around 5:30 and we weren't sure how far we'd make it, but we knew we didn't want to spend all of Sunday in the car. Our main goal was to avoid as much Vegas to LA traffic as possible. My amazing husband ended up with lots of energy and my amazing daughter was an angel in the car, so we ended up making it home at 3:30 am. Sarah even let us sleep until 9 and so we felt pretty good on Sunday.

It was a fabulous vacation and just what summertime is all about. Family---we miss you all and are glad for the memories!!