July 24, 2019

Fun in Idaho

One of the best parts about summer is visiting family. We went up to Idaho to see some of my extended family that we haven't seen in awhile. We stopped at a few cemeteries to visit graves of grandparents my children haven't known. We visited with Aunt Florence, who turned 88 just the day before our visit. We visited with Uncle Jr at Artic Circle, and stopped by to see Aunt Ludene and Uncle Alan and Uncle Claude and Aunt Jane. We brought everyone homemade raisin filled cookies and they were a big hit. 










We stayed at Grandma Hildreth's house and went camping in Diamond Creek the next day. The kids loved the 4 wheelers and the horses and seeing Uncle Lynn and Aunt Glenna. The kids climbed the big hill next to the horse shed over and over again. They had so much fun. Grandma and Grandpa made us a big pancake and eggs and sausage breakfast before we packed up and headed out. 




This bat crawled up our screen canopy! 













The boys went home while Susie and I went and stayed at Aunt Livy's new house. We went to her pinning ceremony on Monday and her commencement on Tuesday. We had a fun family dinner one night and went out for lunch the next day. It was a lot of fun. We are so proud of Olivia! She's worked really hard to get her degree in nursing. 





 







July 8, 2019

Happy Independence Day

We had a fun Independence Day. My cousin Cayla got married the Friday after the 4th so my mom and sister and brother in law came for the holiday too. We had a lot of fun. 
We went to the West Point city parade. I've been going to this parade since I was a kid because it's the same one we went to when we drove from California to visit family in the summer. The kids collected a lot of salt water taffy, yum! 










We had a 4th of July breakfast at Aunt Sarah's house after the parade. We spent awhile at her house hanging out and playing volleyball. 







We wanted to have some water fun on the 4th but the weather was too chilly. It was rainy and windy and a little stormy. The kids got to swim in our little pool for a minute before the clouds rolled in. We had a delicious BBQ with steak and chicken and corn on the cob and potato salad and cherries and vegis. 


The next day we went canoeing/ kayaking in the Adams reservoir. We got sandwiches from Jimmy Johns and had a great time. 



Cayla's wedding was really nice also. She had a  candy bar at her reception so the kids were in heaven. At least until I told them, no more candy! We had a fun week spending time with family and celebrating.