Our "BIG" Summer Vacation

Joe had his 10 year high school reunion on Friday the 23rd, so we made the long trip down to Idaho for the occasion! It was Maggie's first long trip, and considering how little she is, she did really well. We had to stop a few times so I could feed her, and we did a little shopping at Sierra Trading Post, so it took us about 12 hours to get there. :/ Joe's brother Will and his wife Elise came up from Utah so we were super excited to see them! It was their first time seeing Maggie and we all had a really great time! Thursday night we all stayed up really late playing games and pigging out on chips and dips, shrimp cocktail and lots and lots of pop!

Friday morning we woke up and just hung around for a while... We took the kids to this old elementary school which was recently made into a bounce house. They have tons of those blow up slides and enclosed trampolines. They also made all of the classrooms into playrooms with toys galore! We played for a couple of hours and then headed back to the house to get ready for the reunion. Joe didn't think we'd stay long; he thought he'd just want to say hi, chat for a bit, and then leave. We ended up staying 30 minutes later than the party was supposed to last! We had GREAT food, great conversation and our kids zonked out when we got home! Joe said there were 29 people in his graduating class... I think there were about 22 or 23 people who came. :)Saturday was the 24th, and Oakley (where Joe went to high school) has a big 10K race every year. This was the first time Joe has ran the race in 5 years! The last time he ran it, I was pregnant with Haylie. And now that I look back on it, I was REALLY REALLY pregnant. Haylie was born August 1st! YIKES! Anyway, after the race, there's a big pancake breakfast in the park and later a parade, carnival and rodeo. We only stayed for the breakfast and then headed back to Burley so the guys could golf. While they were golfing, Rach (Joe's sister) and I took the kids to the pool to swim! And BOY did they have fun!! (Somehow, I didn't get any pictures of my nieces at the pool :( Not sure how that happened.... )

After swimming, we ALL went back to the house for naps. Even ME! It was so nice, and I am so grateful to Rachel for letting me sleep while she worked. I still wish she would have woke me up to help though... She planned this big BBQ and it was SO yummy! Later that night they lit off a bunch of fireworks in the front yard. What a great time!

Joe's sister and her family are moving to Wyoming in a few weeks to take a new job! We are so excited for them!! Burley is where Joe and I started our lives together so it was very bittersweet saying our goodbyes... This was the last time we will visit family in Burley as all of Joe's family have moved away from Southern Idaho so Sunday was very relaxed. We didn't hurry to leave and instead took our time in the morning getting the car packed up. What a fun trip!!!!

(more to come.....)