Idaho

I am still playing catch up, but have been so excited to do our vacation to Idaho. We don't do elaborate vacation, but we sure have a good time going to Idaho. We went up to our cabin in Island Park for the first half and did all our favorite things like four wheeling, riding and walking around the loop, playing in the water and eating lots of good food. I don't know what it is about Island Park, but it always fills my heart with such joy. We have been spending summers up there for as long as I can remember. And I am so grateful that my kids are able to go now and enjoy the beauty of it. My brother and his girls and grandma were there as well. Jeremy rented wave runners and we had a great time. Sterling is seriously a little kid when you get him on a toy with a small engine. I tried to get some pictures of him whipping around on the wave runner but obviously always got the after shot.

Lindsey loved the water too and playing in the sand. She had sand in places you don't want sand by the end of the day, but was still having a great time.

I enjoyed hanging out in the shade and showing Sterling how to really ride the toys, he thought I was little crazy doing the cookies on the four wheeler and feared raising our children on his own. I am a country girl and have done a cookie on almost anything that will go, no worries.

I loved this picture of Hailey. Oh the beauty of the place, it really just does something to me.


Speaking of little kids on toys I have to tell of the mishap with Aspyn, my nice. She wanted to drive the four wheeler but I worried about her so I told her to let Sterling drive and we would go find some fun trails. We separated so we wouldn't have to follow in each others dust. The trails comeback together but we never saw Sterling and the girls again so Brayden and I rode around for a while more before we headed back. When we got back to the cabin Sterling was doing first aid on Aspyns knees and I worried about what happened. Sterling was of course so calm and said, "oh, Aspyn just bounced off." My whole point in letting Sterling drive was to keep Aspyn safe. Sorry Aspyn, Sterling is kind of a kid on them too. The funny thing was that Sterling had prepped Aspyn with what to say if someone asked her about her knees, so when anyone asked she would reply, "I don't know, but uncle Sterling had nothing to do with it." That probably said it all right there.
Here are a few more pictures of the wonderful weekend.

Two cuties. These two are really inseparable. Little Lindsey just loves her daddy to death. It makes Sterling so happy because the other kids have always wanted mommy, but this one has really got him around her finger.

This is Brayden's best pirate face, ARRR MATIE.

Brayden spent so much time making this sand castle out of things he gathered along the shore. He was very intent on making it and would get so frustrated if Lindsey came within 20 feet of it. She only wanted a cool stick too.

Hailey was like a fish, she hardly came out of the water. Her and Aspyn swam around all day. They are such good little buddies.

Brayden had his turn too, but surprisingly was not a big fan of the wave runners.
The second half of our vacation was spent in Rexburg. We of course did lots of visiting and hanging out with family. Brayden hung out with Grandpa at the farm and I helped my sister paint her kitchen. It turned out so good and I am so excited for them in their new cute house. Dennis also made us amazing food everyday too, does he know we are trying to keep girlish figures. At least it is only for a few days at a time, if I ate like that everyday I would be as big as a horse. We love our family and are so grateful they are close enough to visit often. Thanks for making our trips so wonderful!