Monday, July 6, 2009

Idaho getaway

Jared has been doing a lot of traveling and scout camp stuff so the kids and I were lucky enough to spend the two weeks up in Idaho with my mom and dad while he was doing all of his running around. It was so much fun! I wish we could just go stay up there every time Jared is out of town.
The first three days were full of laughs as my mom and me built a new swing set for the kids. Yes, it took us three FULL days!!! We had a lot of "help" from the kids, which is part of reason it took so long. But it was fun and the kids loved it! I wish I had a picture of the finished swingset, I think we did a pretty good job. :) It was a lot of fun to have some one-on-one time with my mom. I miss her!
The rest of the trip was full of relaxing, boating, whitewater rafting, games, and lots of rain. My aunt and uncle and their kids came up for the weekend of the 4th but it rained so much we didn't get to do much, but it was still fun to see them.

TJ on the boat

The kids and me on the tube. Rees really wanted to get on until we started moving, then she wasn't so sure she liked it.






Dad on the wakeboard!


Emma and TJ got really cold and tired but Rees was still loving every minute of it. She was so cute whenever anyone fell on the wakeboard she would ask "you ok?" over and over and over. She is getting so big!


Giving kisses :)


My tired boy


TJ playing games
Me, Nancy, and Heather watching games


Enjoying the weather....

before the storm Emma, Sam, and Lexi (my cousin's girls). These three girls had so much fun together! I didn't hardly see Emma the whole time they were around. She was so happy to have some friends to play with, it was so cute.



Emma with her sparklers. Poor TJ was so tired he went to bed early and missed out on all the fireworks.


2 comments:

Tara said...

So cute. I am the same way, if Matt were out of town that much I would want to spend my time with my parents too. That's so funny how Reese would ask if everyone was ok. We just got home from a water skiing trip and Halle would do the same thing. So Funny.

Julie said...

Looks like you had tons of fun. Next time you go to your parents let me know, I would love to go up and see you guys! I'm impressed your dad can wake board! That's awesome. Hopefully we'll see you guys soon!