Hello Blog. I know it's been awhile. Everyone has been so busy this summer! It seems we either haven't been home much, or we're busy with new babies. I forgot to bring my camera battery charger on our trip, and it died a few days into our vacaction. So here's a few from the beginning of our trip. I hate that I didn't have my camera for our time with Carrie's family in Las Vegas, or Benicia. Troy did take some with his phone, so once we get those downloaded I can add some. We had a great 2 weeks. We started off in Twin Falls, Id. We stopped there on our way to Utah and stayed with Nathan & Bev's family at her dad's house. The kids had such a fun time there. We took a quick jaunt over the Shenendoa Falls. I know I spelled that wrong. Anyway, it was so gorgeous!
We are missing Alex, he opted to stay and play with Cody. He would pretty much rather do that than anything else!
We went on a crowded but nice little hike with mom, dad, Trav, Kate and Clark.
While staying at Tani's before we headed out to Zion's, I got to visit Em and cute little Parker. Mom was there helping out, and Dad and Travis arrived that wknd. too. We had fun swimming at her apartment complex and getting to know Parker. Alex thought it was so funny that his feet and hands were so tiny! I think it made Alex feel very much like a 'big boy'. Mom made us a yummy dinner of reubin sandwiches, fruit and corn.
I didn't get any pictures, but Audrey and I went over to kate and clarks cute basement apartment. It's really cute! Other than living below the psycho cat Bella, it's a nice little set up! Audrey was quite taken with Molly, kate's cat. She still tells me what a pretty cat she is. While staying at Tani's I also got to visit Christa. I learned through Facebook that she also lived at Eagle Mtn. It was fun to catch up with her. I hadn't seen her since our wedding day 13 years ago. She has 3 cute boys.
We stopped at the Pink Coral Sand Dunes on our way to Zion's. It was so pretty and sandy :) It was hot, but not scorching. It was fun to explore and see the different landscape than what we are used to up here in green washington.
This is about the time my camera died. This is about half of the Whittle grandkids. I think they are listening to the rules before they bust open a pinata. The lodge was huge, with about 10 bedrooms, each with a bathroom. It was perfect for the reunion. We did a hayride, a barn dance, had fun on the pond swimming, canoeing, fishing and a slip n slide. Of course eating is always awesome too :) We did some hikes, with the older kids and some adults hiking the Narrows, a popular hike up a river canyon. I heard it was pretty awesome hiking up the river.
Anyway, that's a little of our vacation. After Zion's we went to Vegas and Carrie let us hang out at their house and eat their food! It was fun to see the girls. Haley is so stinkin cute. Audrey LOVED sleeping over. I'm not sure if it was actually getting to sleep over, or the 3 pieces of cake Carrie promised them for breakfast if they were good and went to sleep! We stayed and The Cannery, which is a huge upgrade for us Motel 6 people :) We had the pool to ourselves too. We took the kids to the Bellagio to see the fountains and have gelato. It was defenently an exciting experience for them. There's so many neat things to look at on the Strip, and then so many not-so-good things too. We didn't spend to much time down there. We then drove to Benicia where it was total bliss, for me anyways, hanging out at home, sleeping in, visiting old friends...I loved it! We did Stinson beach, glass beach, Muir woods, Sacramento, had Alex's birthday, went on a few dates, Princess Garden (still the best chinese ever). Troy and I realized that in the 2 weeks we were gone we saw every member of Troy's family (except for Carson who's on his mission), and everyone in mine (we didn't get to see Brett since he's was off to NY for work). I love summer! I'm looking forward to a routine, although I wish that routine didn't have to be gettting up early and making school lunches. Two things that I DREAD!!! Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their summer!
3 comments:
We LOVED having you guys come! Caitlin was lamenting how she wished you guys lived closer...she'd love to see her cousins more! In my defense, the 3 pieces of cake were offered as a desperate late-night-go-to-sleep bribe. And it didn't work. But they still got a piece for breakfast!
Brooke, that's a great travel log! Dev and Cam still had another 2 weeks of excitement after that - what a busy summer. The falls look beautiful. Some great pictures, thanks for sharing.
That would be Shoshone falls.
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