The kids and I left Utah with my mom for driving company. It was a pretty uneventful drive except that I did get hit on at the McDonald's in Idaho Falls by a guy who apparently has a pregnancy belly fetish. No mister psycho, I don't feel as though I've never looked better and yes you are staring. Creepy!
Spokane was just a relaxing week of visiting with family. We visited parks, did some shopping, and picked raspberries. Of course no trip to Spokane would be complete without a trip to Subway. We ate fresh about 4 times the 5 days we were there. Aaron came home on the Friday before we left and we enjoyed a boating afternoon with Aunt Brooke, Uncle Cody, cousins and grandparents.
Camryn and Sydney helping papa Nelson in the garden
So Aaron finally gets home the afternoon of July 4th and the kids and I take off again the morning of July 6th. My mom's extended family was having a reunion.
We stopped my Martin's Cove on our way down. This is another Mormon Church Historical site where the handcart companies were basically stuck as an early winter came through the area on their way to SLC. I once again explain that we are only at the beginning of our trip and once again I am sitting listening to a very sweet old lady peat her "schpiel" while trying to get the DVD player to work and then REPEAT it once the DVD gets going. We sat long enough for Camryn to need 2 bathroom breaks.
1 hour later we are done and I say: Alright, which way to the Cove?
old lady: It's a mile and a half that way.
me: A driving mile and a half?
old lady: No, it's a walking trail.
me: Kids! back in the van. Time to go!
Martin's Cove is a little more involved than I thought so we'll have to hit it for real another time. but we did get a picture at the entrance.
Going to Utah is always great because we get to see so many people while we are there. There are former roommates:
I'm the big one
Friends from Ohio who are either living there now or are in the area for the 4th:
I still can't believe we got that many families together
And then of course there is all the family we get to see:
Sydney and Uncle Ethan - Sturgis look out!
The Kidd cousins also visiting from Colorado
My sister Christine, my mom, and I in front of the Mt Timpanogos Temple
While visiting my grandpa's grave Alex stumbled upon Magnum PI's grave. Alex was sad for him that he was buried without his Detroit Tigers hat.
