Road Trip

My best friend Christine got married a few weeks ago. At first I had planned to just fly out to Utah by myself and attend, but Jesse didn't want to miss it, and thought we should make a family vacation out of it. We drove from AR to Colorado ( and rested for a day), then on to Utah. After the wedding weekend, we drove up to Idaho to spend 4 days with good friends from college. It was a long trip, but so great to see friends we hadn't seen in 6 years. Thanks Hartners for letting us stay with you, and thanks to you and the Ruppels for planning fun times!!! Here are some pics.

He was complaining about the sun being in his eyes!

She had to have her picture taken because brother did.

We went to the Oquirrah Mountain Temple open house. It was amazing and beautiful, and the kids were so well behaved inside. Ethan kept asking when we would get to see Jesus, because this is where He lives.

There were cookies in the reception hall after the open house. THIS was the best part for the kids! In this picture Ethan said, "Mommy, Avery's face is too messy, she needs a wipe". He's a little OCD, he can't stand to be dirty, or to see anyone else dirty.

A Day At the Lake Palisades

Avery, Ethan, Xander, Hailey

Everytime the boat stopped the kids wanted to jump in and swim. The water was FREEZING, I don't know how they liked it so much. I think this was Ethan's favorite part.

Avery didn't like having to sit down so much she wanted to be climbing and wandering around the boat. My sunglasses kept her happy for a while.

Jesse and Ethan on the tube (before I figured out how to zoom all the way)

Jesse and Avery tubing (after the zooming lesson). Avery was laughing the whole time.

Ethan and Xander tubing together.

Thanks to our friends who put up with us, and for showing us a good time!