Which means....Idaho trip for us!!!
Even though it was Hadley's own sister getting married, he couldn't come with us because he just barely started his residency program and couldn't take any time off. So it was just me and the kids. Last time I flew by myself with my kids was probably one of the worst experiences ever and I swore I would never do that again. But then when you have a family member get married...how do you not go if you have the chance? You better believe I prayed like crazy that my kids would be good on the plane, and nothing would go wrong. My prayers were answered and they were gems, and everything went as smoothly as I've ever had any flight go. It was awesome!
Then we got to Idaho.
It was awesome as well.
I love Idaho in the summer, and we haven't been there in the summer for 3 years. So I was so excited. We got to do so much, and everyone was so nice to us. My kids loved it, and now Jete says when we move again, he wants to move to Idaho.
The Newlyweds! YAY!!!
Kenzie is probably one of the cutest girls I know. She is just as gorgeous on the inside as she is on the out. I love her. I'm so excited for her and Rob to be married, and for us to have another person added to our fam.
Hangin out waiting for them to come out of the temple.
These next few pics are some of my favorites from that day.
Blayne and Kenz.
(He was so proud, I loved to watch it.)
Kenz and her "protectors".
Brayden carryin the train on Kenz's dress. It just kinda reminds me of their relationship and how close they are. I loved it. :)
First we got the boys in the family
Then there's the girls
And all the cute kids
The little cuties runnin around the reception.
Jete and his pal Jevteen
(In case you can't tell, Jete has a huge goose egg in the middle of his forehead.)
Havin fun
My own (sometimes) sweet little munchkins.
Cuttin the cake
While we were in Idaho, we got to spend a lot of time with all three families, and we loved every second of it. Every night when I would put Jete down for bed he would say, "Mom, I don't want to go to sleep, I'm just having too much fun here."
We stopped at this pond over by my parents house, so Bud could show us his muscles. HAHA Not really, but he is kissing his muscles in this picture. Nice.
One minute we were throwing rocks in the pond, next minute we look over and Jete had dropped his pants and was seeing how far he could pee into it. Gotta love boys!
Bird and Jerzi havin some bonding time.
Brayden carryin the train on Kenz's dress. It just kinda reminds me of their relationship and how close they are. I loved it. :)
First we got the boys in the family
(minus Had and John)
Then there's the girls
And all the cute kids
The little cuties runnin around the reception.
Jete and his pal Jevteen
(In case you can't tell, Jete has a huge goose egg in the middle of his forehead.)
Havin fun
My own (sometimes) sweet little munchkins.
Cuttin the cake
While we were in Idaho, we got to spend a lot of time with all three families, and we loved every second of it. Every night when I would put Jete down for bed he would say, "Mom, I don't want to go to sleep, I'm just having too much fun here."
We went for a walk with a bunch of my fam. Jete wanted us to all race...a lot.
We stopped at this pond over by my parents house, so Bud could show us his muscles. HAHA Not really, but he is kissing his muscles in this picture. Nice.
One minute we were throwing rocks in the pond, next minute we look over and Jete had dropped his pants and was seeing how far he could pee into it. Gotta love boys!
Bird and Jerzi havin some bonding time.
(She is only one year old, even though she looks like she's three in this pic.)
Grandma Fuller showed Jete how to find strawberries.
Jeter and Maycee loved this big blow-up waterslide thing and played for hours on it. It was so weird for me to just let him play outside for hours, without me having to be out there with him. I know bad things can happen anywhere, including Rexburg, but its so different coming from Cleveland or Houston, where there's so much bad stuff going on all the time, and I am always worrying. No worries here. I love Rexburg!
Grandma Fuller showed Jete how to find strawberries.
Jeter and Maycee loved this big blow-up waterslide thing and played for hours on it. It was so weird for me to just let him play outside for hours, without me having to be out there with him. I know bad things can happen anywhere, including Rexburg, but its so different coming from Cleveland or Houston, where there's so much bad stuff going on all the time, and I am always worrying. No worries here. I love Rexburg!
John, Melissa, and the fam all took us on a little 4-wheeler ride up in the mountains. I love the mountains and I love to ride in them. And I want our kids to love them too. That has been one of the sad things about living away from there....my kids don't get to experience things like this. So I was super excited to take them.
Ready to ride!
Looks like I didn't have to do very much convincing for them to like it.
We lit a fire and roasted hot dogs and had smores. My kids were in heaven, and loved every second of it. Yay! Looks like we'll have to live somewhere with mountains!
We went to Rexburg's new water park with Leslie and Ashton. The kids liked it, but
Ready to ride!
Looks like I didn't have to do very much convincing for them to like it.
We lit a fire and roasted hot dogs and had smores. My kids were in heaven, and loved every second of it. Yay! Looks like we'll have to live somewhere with mountains!
We went to Rexburg's new water park with Leslie and Ashton. The kids liked it, but
as usual, the wind was blowing a little bit, so they got cold. (Plus, they're used to 100* scorching weather everyday.) They came and curled up in their towels to get warm and fell asleep. Too much playing!
It was such a beautiful day though! I love to see blue skies and big puffy clouds. I didn't realize how much I would miss stuff like that from living in Cleveland.
It was such a beautiful day though! I love to see blue skies and big puffy clouds. I didn't realize how much I would miss stuff like that from living in Cleveland.
(Notice the kids in the bottom of the pic.)
I feel the exact same way about the freedom we find in Idaho - my kids love it there because I can let them go play and not watch them every second of the day. Mac says all the time how he wants to move to Clifton. I'm in... now we just have to convice the hubby :)
ReplyDeleteI cracked up at all the kids asleep in the towels. That's awesome!
ReplyDeleteLooks like such a fun trip! I'm glad they were so good for you on the plane. Always a huge relief.
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ReplyDeleteFun pictures Cindy. I am glad your kids were good on the plane so you could go and make all those memories! Now, you'll do it again. Idaho rocks. Fun, fun fun.
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