Off to another vacation...

After two days at home to rest and do laundry, we were off on our 2nd Sabbatical Trip.  This time we were headed to Wellsville, Utah to visit my family.  We left on July 21st (in the afternoon) and stayed the night in Boise.  The next morning in Boise was a leisurely one with swimming and reading and then a stop at Cabella's before hitting the road one more time to Wellsville.  We got to my parent's house at around 6:30--just in time for dinner!

 The kids eating blue cupcakes that Aunt Solviej made. 

 My niece Rachel plays volleyball in school and so her mom got her a volleyball net to play while she was here in Utah.  They had a friendly game going that night and Maggie joined in.  

 Maggie, Emily, Tad and Hayden

July 23rd

My sister Megan and her 3 kids flew in this morning to stay for a week.  My other sister Tiffany had already been here for a week or so already.  My brother Tad and his family had moved here about a month ago because he started a new job in Salt Lake and are living with my parents until they find a house.  And my sister Charee has been living with my parents for a couple of years while she goes to school.  She has less than a year to go!  So all 5 of us were there together for a couple of days.  

 kids playing in the dorm room

Every time that we are all together, my mom invites over cousins that live in Utah for a Cousins's Party and has dinner for everyone.  After Megan arrived, we went out to lunch at Cafe Rio, and then pretty much helped my mom in the kitchen for the rest of the day until the party started.  

Sydnee, Marshall, Jaycie, Emily and Remi

Tysha, Garrett, Bella, Megan, Me and Noah

Colin, Micah, Cora, Mailei and Paige

Rachel, Lydia, Karlie, Grant, John, Maggie, Hayden and Emily

Heidi, Maclyn, Katie, Bucky, Lincoln, Quade, Kort, and Myka.

Me, mom and Tysha

They always have the most beautiful clouds and skies over their house!!

We pretty much talked until it got dark and then everyone went home and we went to bed.

July 24th

My sisters Charee and Tiff, and my brother Tad, with most of their kids went on an all day 4 Wheel (Rhino/Razor--whatever you call them) trip up into Logan Canyon.  They left really early in the morning and then got back around 2 or 3 in the afternoon.  This is a picture of them at the beginning of their ride.  When they got home, they were covered in head to toe dust.  It was quite funny.  They had a great time, though. 

Cute picture of my mom sitting in her rocker out on her front porch.

My family and Megan and her kids all went to the Pioneer Days parade in Wellsville at Willow Park.  It wasn't the best parade ever, but it was fun still.  Luckily we found a spot in the shade because it was hot!

Megan, Noah and me

Colin, and Paige with the other kids behind them

Cora, Emmett and Megan

Maggie and Lydia

Noah and Colin in their Mickey Mouse hats

Colin, Cora, Emmett and Paige behind them

After we got back home and had lunch, the other guys were back with my dad's Razor, so they all went for rides.  Paige and Grandpa

Maggie driving Garrett around

Garrett driving Bella

Garrett driving Colin

Garrett and Colin

At about 5:30, Megan and two of her kids, plus my whole family drove down to Ogden to go to the Pioneer Days Rodeo.  We've gone quite a few times, but Megan has never been.  Everyone else was too tired to go.  

They always start the rodeo by having these guys jump out of planes and they have flags strapped on to their feet.  The last one is always the American flag.  We all think it is so awesome!!  

These pictures are a little out of order, but it's all good.

All of us at the rodeo

I think this is so cute of Noah watching something at the other end of the arena.

Lydia took most of these at the rodeo.  I love this one of the sun behind the trees. 

I thought this one was pretty cool, too.

After the bull riding, they have these motorcycle guys do some stunts.  They did some backflips in the air, which was pretty awesome.  Then they ended the night with fireworks.  It's always a late night--we usually get home around 11:30, but we all really enjoy it!

July 25th

Today was a pretty leisurely day.  Giving baths, going to the store, reading, wrestling...

 All the kids love Hayden.  He's a junior this year--is that 17?  Anyways, he is one good kid and loves to play with and wrestle all the kids.  Here he's wrestling with Noah...

 Then the other boys joined in.  Colin and Emmett helping to hold him down.  

He is such a good sport.  I'm not sure what Noah is doing to Hayden's face...

 This is how the girls play.  They are so cute together!  Maielei, Cora and Bella

 Paige joined in, too.  

All of us, minus mom and dad went to lunch at a place called Rumbi--really yummy hawaiian food. 

 Tiffany and her boys were leaving today, so we got a sibling picture.  

 And a grandkid picture.  Emmett and Karlie are the only ones missing, I think.  

After they left, Megan, Solviej and I sat on the porch visiting.  Garrett took Maggie to Smith and Edwards (a store in Ogden) and Maggie got herself some cowgirl boots and a cowgirl hat.  

 She's such a cutie!

 After dinner, the kids usually go outside and play.  They came in soon after for a creamie because it was so hot out there.  I love Emmett's sweaty, dirty face.  He was playing hard!

They went back outside to play and pretty soon after, Noah came in crying.  I guess he got stung by a bee twice--once on his back and once on his forehead.  We put some lavendar on it and gave him some medicine and he was fine. 

We got the kids in bed and then made lunches because the next day we were heading to Bear Lake for the day!