Family Vacation Part 2 - Idaho Falls

It was so much fun to see my family!! I miss them all the time and am incredibly jealous of all the families that live close to each other and can do holidays and regular get togethers.  Sniff sniff. 

We played TONS of games.

We visited a dairy farm that advertised tours but then said "we don't do tours until summer." Um, June isn't summer up there?! Yikes. We enjoyed ourselves anyways and the kids were all entertained, which was the whole point.  Delicious ice cream made on site. 

We spent a morning at the Farmer's Market and the river - what trip to Idaho Falls would be complete without a stop to feed the geese and ducks?

Reading

Family Picture time! We tye-dyed shirts because, well, its just fun, but it also worked well for pictures.

My parents, Val & Brenda

All the grandkids

Us! Kurt & Kelsey, Nyah, Jolie, Sophie, Olivia & Austin

 Justin & Jesse & Jude

 Amelia & Brent, Tylie & Kaelisse

The Lone Ranger, Michael and t-shirt for his twin, Keshia who is serving an LDS mission in Croatia right now (coming home early September).  

 Me & my siblings having a crazy moment :) - it was so good to spend time with everyone!!

Family Vacation Part 1 - Hogle Zoo

 Kurt took some time off work so we could have a vacation - Woohoo!! We spent a few days at home and then travelled to Idaho to see my family. 

Pictures from our day at the Hogle Zoo-

 

 

 It was wonderful to have a few peaceful days to ourselves before we headed to Idaho where 17 people were crammed into one house - more pictures to come!

Austin's Birthday

Austin has had a fabulous birthday week - 10 years old now - whoo!!

On his birthday we went to the Clark Planetarium to wrap up our Astronomy studies for school.  I let him bring his best friend, Ethan (and left Olivia and Jolie home with a babysitter - so nice for me!!). 

Later we had a small family party with yummy food and presents.

Yesterday he had a party with his friends and it was a lot of fun. He wanted the theme to be Legos. 

The first game the kids tried to pick up and hold as many balloons as they could - its funny to watch them struggling to hold on to the slippery balloons.

Then we did a bunch of Lego Challenges - 1 minute to build the tallest tower, 5 minutes to build a lego house, animal, robot, etc. and they voted for their favorites.

Heavy, heavy hangoever thy poor head, what do you wish this person with a bump on the head?

More good food!

He has had a great week.  Thank you to all our family and friends who helped him celebrate!

Is it really Spring?!

Yes! Yes it is!

Hiking with friends-

Playing in the yard-

Making s'mores! yum!