Our trip to Idaho and Oregon

Last week we took a drive to Boise, Idaho to see some great friends, then headed over to Oregon to see my Dad, Step-mom, and Sister. We had such a wonderful time and really didn't want to leave. Joshua was sad every time we told him we had to go to another town.

Our first stop was at Little America, hotel, just outside of Rock Springs Wyoming. We headed out a day early so the next day of travel wouldn't be so hard. I think Joshua was the only one who slept well that night and even he woke up quite a bit and was talking in his sleep.

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights we stayed at our friends house in Boise, Idaho. They had a baby girl 5 months ago and it was nice finally being able to meet her. Us Women had a great time sewing and the men played games. The babies had fun playing with each other, Will loved their dog, and Joshua enjoyed the dog, movies, and video games.

Monday we drove over to Baker City, Oregon to spend the day with my Dad and Step-mom. It was nice to see them again and enjoy a wonderful meal. Once we walked in the door Joshua asked where the eggs were, he had remembered playing hide and find the wood eggs with my Step-mom. He had a fun time hiding and finding the eggs with my Step-mom and Dad once again. Later Joshua went outside to help my Step-mom with the chickens and horses, he had asked 'Do you have a farmers hat, mayme?' something else he had remembered from last time. While he was outside about to see if the horses needed water he told me 'I've been to this farm before'. I am always impressed with how great his memory is, especially since the last time we had been there was 9 months ago. On our way out the door he asked if my dad and step-mom could move to 'Laramie, Wywoming'. They said no and so he asked if just one of them could move there instead. I'm glad he likes them so much, I wish we could see them more often.

Monday afternoon we drove to La Grande, Oregon to see my little sister. We met up at the hotel we were staying at and enjoyed a wonderful dinner downtown at the Cock n' Bull. I had a very good salad and sandwich called the Turk n' Cranberry, and had a wonderful conversation with my family. After dinner we went back to the hotel so we could all swim, then talk more with my sister we were up until 10pm our time talking. We slept a little better in that hotel, however, in both hotels we stayed at I had dreams that they kicked us out because of Will getting up so many times at night. Tuesday morning Will was up at 6:00 mtn time so 5:00 for everyone else there. We had a very early breakfast and when it was time for Wills nap at 9:00mtn time Michael took Joshua swimming and I took a 2 hour nap! After nap time we went to my sisters cosmetology school so she could cut my hair. I am so proud of her, she has accomplished a lot and in July will graduate and start work in a shop! She did a wonderful job on my hair and I wish I lived closer so she could be my main hair stylist! For lunch I tried out a great burger joint called Nell's n' Out, I ate a great cheeseburger and curly fries with a milk shake to share. We took lunch back to my sisters house and left about an hour later so we could make it to Boise for dinner. Just before we got to my sisters house we heard Joshua exlaim 'I like this place!!' I said 'Oh, yeah? What does it have?' He said 'The ball thing!!'. 9 months ago we visited my sister at her house for about 3 hours or so and Joshua loved playing with the pool table. I am blown away by his memory.

We stayed Tuesday night in Boise at our friends and drove back home on Wednesday. Wednesday was a very long day. We did stop for lunch and little breaks along the way. Whenever we stopped we would get a new Red Box movie for Joshua to watch, we got three that day and it was so worth it. We were on the road for 14 hours and I don't think I have ever been happier to be home.

I'll post pictures soon!!

Third stop Oregon...

Okay... I am so sorry it has taken me FOREVER to get my Oregon Pictures posted. Here they are. The pictures include pictures of my sister with my boys, my dad with my boys, Oregon mountains, and my sister and I. We had a great time in Oregon, even though we were there only two days. It was great being able to see my dad, step-mom and sister again. It has been way too long since our last trip out there. Joshua LOVED seeing all the animals my family have chickens, two horses, and three dogs. Joshua was 'farmer Joshua' whenever he would go outside with his Grandma. I thought he looked cute in the hat and had to take some picture. I thought the picture of him in the hat turned out rather well. :)

The night we got into Baker City we drove to LaGrande to see my sister. It was great to see her and have her meet Will for the first time. The mountains were beautiful driving in, Joshua and Will fell asleep on the way over. Joshua in his BK crown was too cute to pass up taking pictures of him. We were able to see my sister's place and hang out there for a little while before heading back to my dad's house. We had some good conversations, lots of games of hide wood eggs and find them, and lots of good food (as always thank you Linda for your wonderful hospitality).

On Friday we drove to Boise ID to see some GREAT friends of ours who used to live here (you are greatly missed). We had great conversations, games, and food. Thank you for entertaining us, we look forward to our next visit. For the fourth of July we went to a parade downtown and ment to light fire works that night and watch the local fireworks. I came down with a sore throat that as of TODAY is finally going away. So I went to bed and the guys played games. The 5th of July we lit some sparklers and smoke balls. One of the green smoke balls rolled under our green jetta. It looked like our car was melting. :) It was great fun.

We took the entire 9 hour trip home in one day, however, it took us 12 hours to get home. It has taken some time to get on a schedule again but I think we are finally back to a normal life here. Enjoy the pictures.

Our trip to Idaho... First Stop Utah...

Will in my new sling.


Joshua swimming like a big boy.






Our hotel bathroom

Our trip to Idaho went very well. Will and Joshua did great the entire way. There were a couple sad moments (Will wanting to be out of the car) but other than that we did great. We decided to leave on a Thursday June 25th instead of that Friday. That way we could break the driving part of the trip into two days. We found cheep prices for the Hilton on priceline.com. We were very pleased with the hotel, it was SO nice and Joshua loved the pool. He can now float his way around the pool all by himself. He is such a big boy. That night we asked for a crib to be brought up to our room (we were on the 5th floor). When the bell boy came I thanked him and shut the door. Later Michael said we probably should have tipped the guy. I felt bad, but I had never tipped anyone before for bringing stuff like that to my room. Now we know. :)

That night we ordered Olive Garden, that was located right next door, I walked over to get it so we could eat in our room. Here are some pictures of our hotel stay and Michael and Joshua in the pool. Will and I decided swimming wasn't our thing this time around, that and I didn't bring my suit.

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