Good Ol’ Idaho

Well June 3-10 I was in Good Ol’ Idaho!  I have been many times in my life to visit my grandparents but this was one of the greatest of all.  I was babysitting my little sister Danielle while my parents and two sisters Ashlee and Savannah were doing EFY.  So we all ventured to Idaho on Friday the third.  It was a long drive, or so it felt I soon learned driving to Nauvoo (that’ll be in a post to come).  We arrived and instantly went to the tramp and swings.  I mean hello, they are one of  the many things that makes our grandparents home as magical as it is.

Aren’t my sisters purty?!  haha Idaho also brings the country girl out in me.  We had a great first day at Idaho!

The next day our sweet cousins came over.  We had a lot of fun together!

We had a BBQ, painted nails, played games, and just enjoyed being as a family.  Then we said goodbye to our Dad, Mom, and Savannah.  (Ash stayed home, she had a party or something of that sort)

The next day was Sunday.  We had a lovely church and dinner with our grandparents.  While they were at choir practice Danielle and I got bored so we took best friend pictures

When they got back we went to our cousin McKayla’s piano recital and she did a wonderful job.  We were not feeling so good.  The day before when our cousins came over, three of their little ones were throwing up.  Apparently they thought they were just upset so they would throw up?  Well here’s a little history with as little details as possible.  I haven’t thrown up in 10 years and I was very proud of that!  I hate, no despise it.  Anyway…right after we get back from her recital we get VIOLENTLY ill.   It was the WORSE.  Then I found out my dad was really sick back at home and that is when I got upset, he had so much to do this next week!  So ALL NIGHT I was taking care of Danielle and myself.  I was sicker than I had been in 10 years so I was just upset and should have had a better attitude.  No worries, no pictures for this part! haha.

One reason being sick was such a hard part of being there is because the next day a huge birthday party was planned for Danielle!  It was super frustrating but Heavenly Father blessed her with strength and she had a fabulous TANGLED party planned be my amazing aunt Mariann and grandma Janet.  Here are yet more pics!

One of my gifts to her was a tangled shirt to wear she looked so cute!

Then Maximus came and gave the children a carriage ride.

We then had games, cake, and presents.  It was a fantastic party!

The next day we just chilled.  Continued to heal, played games, made jewelry and more!  One of my favorite parts was driving through the country with my grandpa, while he told me countless stories of his beautiful town of Blackfoot Idaho.  IT IS BEAUTIFUL.  I truly discovered that there IS a huge part of me that is a country girl.

Then my lil sis and my sweet cousin Sam decided to get crazy for the camera.

In conclusion, my trip to Idaho was crazy, fun, sick, and full of adventure!  Thanks to my family for making it great!