Trip to Idaho

We enjoyed a week long trip to Idaho to see Rick's family. We spent the first few days in Meridian at his parent's & brother's house. On the trip out we finally stopped at Shoshone Falls. Rick's been wanting to do this for years. Last year we tried but there was a fire which closed the roads to it. But, we finally made it. It was pretty.

The Falls.

Looking west down the Snake River.

Our cheesy boy.

We spent a quiet Sunday with everyone & got to meet our new cousins, the triplets. They are 2 weeks younger than Eliza.

Joseph & Tyson.

Lexie & Aniston.

Andrew & super happy Tyson.

Lots o' babies: Lexie, Bergen, Aniston, Makenna, Eliza, Cheryl, & Tyson.

Liza loving Aniston (I think).

Then we enjoyed the 4th. The kids played games & went swimming. (Again, I'm terrible at remembering to take pictures of everything! Rick's mom took a ton & one of these days I'll bug her for some...) Here are the kiddos in their festive wear.

Here's Liza & the triplets in their stroller.

On Tuesday, we all headed up to a cabin in Tamarack, ID until Saturday. The cabin had a theater room with a stage which the cousins immediately decided to use for a talent show. They made little signs & handed out tickets. They had a great time putting it together. Here are some of the videos from our kids. Lexie also sang "Families Can Be Together Forever" but I haven't edited down that one yet.

Here's Joseph & his finger puppets.

Here's Lexie doing some of her dance recital dances.

Here's Joseph doing some of his memorized scriptures/Articles of Faith.

Here's Andrew doing his favorite scripture. Unfortunately, I can never get him on video doing it 100% correctly, but that is alright, he's still cute.

We did lots of fun things (of which I have no pictures) though. We did puzzles, played games, ate yummy food, went swimming, sat in the hot tub, went boating & tubing, played with cousins, did lots of crafts with Aunt Stephanie, rode bikes & scooters, were silly, colored & so much more!

We went for nature walks & collected lots of wild flowers. The kids loved pressing some of the flowers with Aunt Stephanie.

Here are most of them at the end. We also saw some deer & humming birds on our walk & I saw a fox one evening walking by the cabin. Gotta love nature!

It was fun seeing everyone. It's amazing how much family we've been able to see in just a few short weeks! Thanks for a great vacation!! Summer is so much fun!