Here are some pictures of the girls on our vacation. We left on May 31st and came back on June 21st. During those 2 weeks the girls got to travel through 7 states.
We spent our time visiting, going to the river and playing. There were so many people under one roof at my parents house in Blythe, CA. We had my brother Tyson, SIL Jenny, their kids, Emma, Gabriel and Isaiah, my other brother, Ryan, my cousin, Tonya, her husband, Rich, and their kids, Hartley, Andrew and Ella, my aunt, Glenda, my mom and dad, Matt, Rebecca, Annie and I. That is a lot of people. However, There was a only a couple of days when all of us were there. It was great to see all the kids play together. The oldest was 5 and the youngest was 1. My mom prepared a nice area for the kids to play with all the toys, but they never wanted to stay in that area.
We made it to the river twice while we were out there. My girls loved being in the water. It was very refreshing to go in and get wet since it was so hot outside. Wish we could have spent more time there. That is one of my favorite places.
The girls and I spent two weeks in Blythe visiting everyone and then spent a week in Idaho. It was nice to get away with just my girls and my mom. That is where the other states in the title come into play, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The girls traveled really well and we only lost the pacifier once. Yeah, I know, you thought we had broke Annie of the pacifier. Nope, she still gets it during nap and at night. One the airplane we thought it would help her ears, which I think it did. The entire 3 weeks we were gone I could not pry the thing out of her mouth. So, now I have to re-ween her. Lets just say it is going better this time around.
Anyway, here are some pictures of our vacation and at the end, are some pictures of our Memorial Day. All I have to say is it is good to be home and sleeping in my own bed.
This is Annie playing outside in Idaho.
Rebecca and Annie enjoying the great weather we had in Island Park, ID.
Rebecca and Annie visiting Grammy at her house in ID. The girls found the fake deer in the back yard. Annie was scared of them at first.
My beautiful Rebecca who doesn't want her pictures taken anymore, but I actually get some good one every once in a while.
Rebecca and Annie playing in the dandelions and pine cones.
Rebecca and Annie on their way to Yellowstone National Park. My mom's house is 25 miles away from the West Yellowstone, MT entrance.
Rebecca and Annie looking at the boiling mud pots in Yellowstone National Park. Rebecca is posing by the Spasm Geyser.
Grammy and her girls on posing on the dock by their house.
Rebecca and Annie wondering around in Idaho.
Annie and Rebecca riding on the tractor with Grampy.
Rebecca getting a great ride on Grampy's tractor.
All the kids had a good time on Grampy's tractor. My dad was totally loving this.
Memorial Day 2008
Before we went on our vacation we spent our Memorial Day with Papa Willis and Grammie Lin in Granbury, TX. As you can see by the pictures.....the girls had a great time. We brought Rebecca's bike out so Papa Willis could help her learn how to ride. Unfortunately, the chain was too tight and Rebecca was unable to pedal. But Papa Willis fixed the problem but Rebecca has not gotten a chance to try again.
After we left Granbury, we headed to San Antonio to buy a Jetta TDI for Matt. Since he got this great new position at work he thought he needed to get a new car to save gas money. He can go 700 miles on one tank of gas. Gotta love it.
The trip to San Antonio was just a quick trip to get the car. No fun was had while we were there. Maybe sometime in the near future we can take the girls back and go see the Alamo or not take the girls and have a nice weekend kid-free. My vote is for the 2nd one!
