Vacation Pictures!

Our Vacation!

We had a great time! We played a lot but also had plenty of time to do nothing. It was nice!!!

• Friday - got everything ready...we knew we were finished packing when we couldn't fit anything else in the car! The kids got their pajama's on since it was almost 7 pm by the time we were ready to go. We got dinner and a movie to go...haha! They fell asleep about half way through, but woke up the last 20 min of our drive. It was snowing pretty good and had 4 inches of snow on the road. We actually didn't tell the kids where we were going. They thought we were going to G-ma Tauna's house! So when they saw all the snow and unfamiliar roads they thought we were lost!
  


• Saturday - We woke up late, drove around, went grocery shopping and Matt took the boys sledding. Jessica and I took a nap:)
  


• Sunday - Matt's little brother, his wife, their little boy and Matt's little sister came up. We went sledding, or tried to anyway....the snow was so deep! It was fun though! Then we made dinner and hung out.
  


• Monday - We ate lunch at O'Rourkes and ate a really good, huge burger. Then stopped to see my sister who works in Driggs. Matt found the OUTDOOR Hot Tub. I honestly didn't think the kids would like it at all. But they did! We didn't go until later, it was dark, snowing, cold, but once we got in no one cared! It was really close to our Room. We wore pajama pants, boots and a coat while we walked over. The hot tub was big too, not your normal size.....and we were the only ones there when we went. We went a couple more times during the week too.
  


• Tuesday - The roads were closed, so we couldn't go to far. We ate lunch at Warbirds Cafe. It was pretty cool, they have a little museum with some airplanes. Justin picked out the one he liked and said he wanted one for Christmas!!! hahaha Then later that afternoon when they opened the roads, Matt's Dad and little sister came up. That night we went tubing at Grand Targee (Ski Resort), The hill wasn't very steep, but we still had fun!
  


• Wednesday - Matt and his sister went skiing, well she mostly snow boarded. They were so sore when they were finished. It was the first time Matt had gone skiing since he broke his back skiing......... The kids and I stayed at the Condo and played games and watched TV. Matt's little sister had to go back home.....the joys of High School...NOT!
  


• Thursday - We thought we would go to Jackson today, but ended up not going. On Tuesday our cars check engine light came on. We had it checked and they said it was a Cam Shaft posistion sensor. Matt called around to see if anyone could fix it...but no one had the part. When we called our Dealer here they had the part and could fit us in Monday. So, we chanced it hoped our car wouldn't die on us.
  


• Friday - Packed our things, check out was at 10 am. Drove around a bit before going to Rexburg. Took Jessica to my sisters house (I actually have 6 sisters & 1 brother...I'm the youngest) while the boys, Matt and I went to the Rexburg Temple Open House. Jessica can be a handful sometimes or an angel other times, you honestly never know what kind of mood she'll be in! It was so pretty and I'm glad we went. The boys were really good and thought it was cool. We went back to my sisters house and hung out for a while with her, her little boy and husband. Then went to Matt's parent's house, his little sister watched Jaren and Justin while we went out to dinner with his parent's. (My sister kept Josh and Jessica) Matt stayed the night at his parents house so he could go snow machining with his 2 younger brothers on Saturday. I went back to my sister's house for the night......
  


• Saturday - Went swimming with my sister, her husband, their little boy, my niece, my SIL, her little boy. Josh and Jaren decided to brave the diving board wearing a life jacket. At first they were being careful but by the end they were having a lot of fun! They will probably always where life jackets in deep water when they are with me....I never learned how to swim. It's on my to do list...one of these days. After swimming, I tracked my Mom and Dad down and met them at a Gas Station so I could say hi. My Dad drives a Semi and he was leaving that night. Then Matt and I met up at his parents house....hung out for a while and ate dinner with them. We left pretty late, I think we knew once we left our vacation was over...it was about 1:30 am when we got home.

We had a great time!!! It's nice to get away from all the daily things going on and spend some time together!

Don't you just love this time of year...

Justin and Jessica both had their turn with a 24 hour bug. First Jessica on Sunday night, she threw 3 times in her bed. Then Justin, same thing Tuesday night. Jaren has had a cough for a couple months now and we've all had yucky noses. Jessica had an ear infection a couple weeks ago too. When will it end!!!

Fun in the Snow!!!

Family Vacation!!!

A week from now we will be on our way to Driggs, ID . . . for a whole week! Who cares if it's not that far away and the population is only 1300. That's actually a plus! We plan on going to Jackson Hole one day, rent a snow machine another day and take the older two tubing at Grand Targhee. We're going to the Open House at the Temple where we grew up too. We'll be in a two bedroom Condo, if anyone wants to come....you're more than welcome to!

About a year and a half ago we signed up for some Vacation Club. Why, we don't know....we clearly weren't thinking! We haven't used it at all. I occasionally check their website to see what they have. Normally it's nothing good. When I last checked, I saw one to Driggs, but the week they had it for wouldn't really work. I decided I would call the next day to see if they had a different week. (When the kids are off track) So...the next day when I called them, the lady said they did have the week I wanted and that I still had a free week and all I had to pay was the $65 cleaning fee!!! I thought we were going to get it for $399. That's better than going through the Condo where I would have to pay $1050 for it. So even though signing up for the Vacation Club was not a smart idea, it worked for this. :) I guess a couple more of these and it will pay for itself.