Idaho and the 4th of July

We had an excellent adventure on our family trips. We are grateful for wonderful family, safe travels, and precious memories. We spent a week in Idaho and a week in South Tahoe, so I'll do an Idaho installment and a Tahoe installment. 

Idaho comes first.

Hurricane liked camping. He liked switching canoes. He was going to 'win' the canoe race with aunt Rachel. When he hit a sandbar he said 'we've landed'. Hurricane liked finding golf balls on the canoe trip. He liked fireworks. He liked getting candies at the parade.

Underfoot liked going to the cabin, the parade, sleeping outside, and the fireworks.  Underfoot did not like canoeing when the hail came down.

Mama liked how kind her siblings were to our family. 

Scott, Mama, Aaron

 She liked the cabin. Fourth of July was great even though she lost her flip flop shoe while canoeing. Mama laughed hard on the 4th of July, and she made two apple pies and a delicious lemon supreme pie.

Daddy really liked being at the cabin. He really likes Mama too....

Monday -  Underfoot, Hurricane, and I went to Aunt Rachel's classroom to be. She will be starting as a 2nd grade teacher this fall and wants to have a welcoming, safe place for her students. We moved furniture, cleaned off the projector screen from the drawings Hurricane left on it, and moved her library. We thrift store shopped for some of the white elephant gifts and the candy count jars for the Locey family reunion. We had a fun day!

Tuesday - We had a visit from out of town friends and had lunch.

Seeing their family and catching up was awesome!! Sweetheart flew to Pocatello. My brothers suggested that Sweetheart be picked up in the Meridell Park limo.

 The boys surprised Sweetheart in the airport. We went for ice cream and then home to bed.

Wednesday - We got up and went to the cabin as a family. The cabin is a wonderful place for us to rejuvenate. 

We played pool, games, soaked in the hot tub, 

 roasted marshmallows for s'mores, 

chopped wood, watched a movie, and slept. I finished my Loius L'Amour book.

Thursday - Before we returned home to Pocatello, we took a family picture in the field below the cabin. We had a lot of fun posing. 

We returned back to Pocatello where the boys went with Dad. I went to see Maleficent with my sister-in-laws and nieces.

After the movie, the adult women had pedicures. Sweetheart and the boys laid asphalt, moved heavy machinery, and put up a 50 foot flag for the 4th of July. We all gathered for supper at our favorite restaurant, El Herredero.

The boys slept on the back porch the last few nights we were in Pocatello. Sweetheart and I were glad to have the bed to ourselves. Underfoot and Hurricane don't feel the need to move around at night when they are outside.

Friday - The 4th of July was awesome! Uncle Aaron had use watch The Sandlot as part of his family tradition while he made a pancake breakfast. 

Aaron and Rachel

 After breakfast, I made a few pies - lemon supreme and apple-lemon. They were delicious. We attended the parade where candy, toothpaste, and water were abundant. My brothers and our families had a quick lunch at the car museum before canoeing down the Portneuf River.

 When we started out the sky was blue. The boys and I (minus Sweetheart) landed on a sand bar. Hurricane announced proudly, "We've landed." He said it like we had discovered a new country or something. When we launched, hail was dropping from the sky. I laughed hard because it was so wonderful! The canoeing took us the rest of the afternoon.

Scott and Aaron

We barbequed and watched fireworks at Scott and Jill's house. The day was magical.

Saturday - We woke up early to drive to South Lake Tahoe. The day was long because we had such a full week. When we arrived in Carson City, NV, we shopped for the L family reunion and went to bed as soon as we arrived at the resort in Tahoe.

Tahoe is next..... Be well.