More Idaho Fun

Easton's first Tea Party

Easton had so much fun with his 2nd cousins Sammy and Hailey. They played non-stop for the whole day. The girls had plans to 'teach' Easton how to play Barbies, but Hailey said that he kept getting distracted by the Barbie car. Riley was proud of that!

Sammy and Easton were fast friends as you can tell by these pictures.

Jessica, Brady, and Hurley the Dog

I normally don't like really tiny dogs like this, but Hurley was super cute. The only problem was that he hated me! This was Travis and Teea's dog and they said that he loved everyone. I am not sure I believe them because every time I tried to hold him he would growl and show me his teeth. This dog even tried barking at Uncle Mark's horses!

The View on the Drive to Idaho

The drive up to Idaho was so pretty.  We loved looking at the mountains and I liked deciding which ones I thought I could climb up.

Will's Birthday

Will celebrated his 2nd birthday while we were in Utah.  He had a fun party with lots of family around.

Will does not like a lot of affection as you can tell by him punching Easton for trying to give him a birthday kiss!

Rodger's sister made a couple of fun Pinatas for the kids break open at the party.  It was pretty fun to watch!

Brady is wondering where his candy is.

Bountiful Temple

Riley and I decided to take advantage of having babysitters and a temple only 15 minutes away and spent Tuesday morning at the temple.  It was a good way to start the day!

  

The view from the temple.

Riley and I were trying to get a picture of us with the temple in the background.  We pretty much blocked the temple but we still look pretty cute.

Mountain Climbing

During our whole drive up to Idaho Falls and around Jennifer's house I kept looking at the mountains and asking Riley if he thought I could climb them.  Easton also kept asking to go 'over' the mountains.  We finally decided to try mountain climbing for the first time.  Jennifer took us to a 'beginner' trail and with 4 little kids we headed up!

Easton and Talon starting up the trail.

I was so excited that I decided I was going to run up ahead of everyone and see how fast I could get to the top.  I was pretty impressed with how in shape I actually was until I got stopped and scared!  As we started out our climb Jennifer warned us that Rattlesnakes are pretty common this time of year.  Of course when someone says that you just think they are trying to be safe.  Well,  I was a pretty good distance ahead of everyone moving along at a jog, and not paying very good attention.  All of the sudden I heard  a sound that can only be described as a 'rattle!'  I stopped right away and looked into the bushes and saw something sticking straight up and wiggling.  You can bet, I turned around and ran back to stick with the group after that.  We saw several snake holes but no more snakes during our hike.  However, I jumped at every little sound I heard!

 

At the top.  Actually this is when we told Easton we were at the top.  Mountains are taller than they appear from the road!  (Don't ask me what Talon is doing, I just really like this picture of Easton and I.)

We had such cute little kids climbing up the mountain.  They barely even complained!  I was especially impressed with Big Will, since he is only 2 years old.

 

The view from the top.

Cousins

Easton had all kinds of fun playing with his cousins!  He spent his whole vacation running around outside or playing cars and trains inside.  These are just a few pictures from his fun week with his cousins.

The boys were all racing in these pictures.  No wonder Easton was exhausted and slept good every night!

Basketball Boy

Brady's new favorite activity is playing basketball with Riley.  He will take off down the hallway pointing at the hoop until Riley comes to play with him!