Mom and Dad's cabin. One by one we all trickled in to the great reunion.Kyle Grandpa Great Natalie Erica Mom Me Mindi Dad Amber Madalayne Grandma Great
Always something going down in the kitchen.
Nicole lovin on Luke
Gma Erica Natalie
Avery Bree Nicole
Luke and Sawyer
First Night Eats
Gma and Bree
Jer and Luke
Jeff built a Zip Line across the river. It was icy cold and a few bottoms hit bottom, but definitely worth the adventure.
Jake and Soren
Mad Em and Amb
Nat and Nicole
Mindi me and Dee
G-pa spained his ankle pretty bad during a basketball game. Luke wouldn't leave his side and nursed G-pas ankle all night.
Davin Kyle Zach Troy
Bree asked grandpa to paint her a horse for her birthday. Excited doesn't even describe how she felt when she opened this!
Jer and Bree
Me and Avers
We hit Craters of the Moon and did some treacherous hiking through some amazing caves.
If only we would have brought water (thanks to the kind people all along the trail who reminded us we would be needing some). Got so thirsty I told Jake it would be okay if he took the bottle of water we found in the abandoned baby stroller. He put me right in my place for that.
We stayed up waaay too late doing lots of this and laughing our heads off.
The Kid Cave. Grandpa's garage has never been so loved. Or saturated with soda pop.
Then Jeff and Jer made some surf boards for the river.
Took a ride to the tree farm and the fair that wasn't.
Luke and Jer floatin the icy cold.
Nat Devany Steve Mom Ere
Zach and Kyle are going to be Freshman at BYUI next year.
Panning for Gold near Challis on the way up to Redfish Lake.
Love this guy! All unpacked and time to relax at the Redfish Lake Lodge.
Can you believe this water? And those are the Sawtooth Mtns in the background. Stunning.
Breezy spent hours playing on the dock in the background.
Jake and Soren
Mad Em and Amb
Nat and Nicole
Mindi me and Dee
G-pa spained his ankle pretty bad during a basketball game. Luke wouldn't leave his side and nursed G-pas ankle all night.
Davin Kyle Zach Troy
Bree asked grandpa to paint her a horse for her birthday. Excited doesn't even describe how she felt when she opened this!
Jer and Bree
Me and Avers
We hit Craters of the Moon and did some treacherous hiking through some amazing caves.If only we would have brought water (thanks to the kind people all along the trail who reminded us we would be needing some). Got so thirsty I told Jake it would be okay if he took the bottle of water we found in the abandoned baby stroller. He put me right in my place for that.
We stayed up waaay too late doing lots of this and laughing our heads off.
The Kid Cave. Grandpa's garage has never been so loved. Or saturated with soda pop.
Then Jeff and Jer made some surf boards for the river.
Took a ride to the tree farm and the fair that wasn't.
Luke and Jer floatin the icy cold.
Nat Devany Steve Mom Ere
Zach and Kyle are going to be Freshman at BYUI next year.
Panning for Gold near Challis on the way up to Redfish Lake.
Love this guy! All unpacked and time to relax at the Redfish Lake Lodge.
Can you believe this water? And those are the Sawtooth Mtns in the background. Stunning.
Breezy spent hours playing on the dock in the background. She has such a great imagination.
So sinking!
These girls gave the canoe a whirl. But trouble loomed when they went to dock it. Mindi got out nice and easy. Then Nat reached for the dock, securing her Pepsi safely there, and in doing so did not realize the canoe was drifting from the dock. As the canoe pulled away, she just couldn't decide if she should let go of the dock or the canoe and as a result, she was soon neck high in lake water. It was the most hysterical part of the trip. Mindi and Mom did not stay dry either, but it wasn't because of the lake water.
Shoulders and knees girl, that's the way to do it.
Quite possibly my favorite pic.
Floating on a log Jake found.
Grandma and Jeff got everything ready for the kids to make marshmallow shooters.
Then came the rain.
And as I snapped this picture, another camp full of kids with the same shooters came and attacked. We were in trouble because we were nearly out of ammo, but Troy took care of that and hijacked the enemy's. Yes Troy is 16 and they were about 10 but hey all 's fair in war, right? It was crazy fun.
So sinking!
These girls gave the canoe a whirl. But trouble loomed when they went to dock it. Mindi got out nice and easy. Then Nat reached for the dock, securing her Pepsi safely there, and in doing so did not realize the canoe was drifting from the dock. As the canoe pulled away, she just couldn't decide if she should let go of the dock or the canoe and as a result, she was soon neck high in lake water. It was the most hysterical part of the trip. Mindi and Mom did not stay dry either, but it wasn't because of the lake water.
Shoulders and knees girl, that's the way to do it.
Quite possibly my favorite pic.
Floating on a log Jake found.
Grandma and Jeff got everything ready for the kids to make marshmallow shooters.
Then came the rain.
And as I snapped this picture, another camp full of kids with the same shooters came and attacked. We were in trouble because we were nearly out of ammo, but Troy took care of that and hijacked the enemy's. Yes Troy is 16 and they were about 10 but hey all 's fair in war, right? It was crazy fun.
All 5 of us: Deidre Me Mindi Natalie and Erica
I just can't even say how much I miss these guys already. I am so lucky to have such an amazing family and incredible parents who gave us a relaxing, fun vacation at one of the most beautiful places on earth. It was heaven. Can't wait til next time!
