Saturday, August 28, 2010
ATV fun at the lake!
Rented a couple of 4 wheelers today and rode the trails near the cabin. Fun day!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Boise, Idaho
Our room at the Owyhee Plaza Hotel, where the test was being done. We traveled with some strange bedfellows!
Boise Temple.
Right off the freeway and next to the church house. Not sure if the outside was marble but it was very pretty.
Capital of Idaho.
Woke up in Jerome, Idaho with ash covering our car on the way to Boise. There was a brush fire several miles away that had been started from lightening. The ride into Boise was smoke filled.
Twin Falls, Idaho. Evil Knievel tried to jump this gorge years ago.
Here's a video I found of the jump:
Did you know Twin Falls has a beautiful temple too?!
The temple and Stake Center were in a very new housing development. What would it be like to walk right outside your home and have the temple right there?!
Made it home late last night after dropping Jessica back off in Idaho Falls. Was hard to leave her there. Here's hoping she passed the practical section of her exam. On Friday, she takes the written portion in Pocatello! Good Luck Jessica!
Boise Temple.
Right off the freeway and next to the church house. Not sure if the outside was marble but it was very pretty.
Capital of Idaho.
Woke up in Jerome, Idaho with ash covering our car on the way to Boise. There was a brush fire several miles away that had been started from lightening. The ride into Boise was smoke filled.
Twin Falls, Idaho. Evil Knievel tried to jump this gorge years ago.
Here's a video I found of the jump:
Did you know Twin Falls has a beautiful temple too?!
The temple and Stake Center were in a very new housing development. What would it be like to walk right outside your home and have the temple right there?!
Made it home late last night after dropping Jessica back off in Idaho Falls. Was hard to leave her there. Here's hoping she passed the practical section of her exam. On Friday, she takes the written portion in Pocatello! Good Luck Jessica!
Westside Diner
Picked up Jessica in Idaho Falls and then drove over to Boise for her Boards. I just happened to read a blog the day before I left about this diner in Boise so we had to eat there when we got to town. It was featured on Diners and Drive-Ins last year. We couldn't find the prime rib on the menu but the food was good. I had french dip. Jessica had a grilled chicken sandwich and we shared the spicy french fries and the ice cream potato. It was a fun lunch.
Guy signed the fridge.
Here's the "Baked Ice Cream Potato". It was ice cream rolled in chocolate powder and then sliced like you would a baked potato with whip cream on top. I was expecting fried ice cream so this was different than we thought it would be.
Guy signed the fridge.
Here's the "Baked Ice Cream Potato". It was ice cream rolled in chocolate powder and then sliced like you would a baked potato with whip cream on top. I was expecting fried ice cream so this was different than we thought it would be.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Pics from a busy weekend!
Can you see the 3rd flag that "someone" drove to Logan to buy? It's pretty funny now driving to the cabin and seeing other flags flying on other cabins. Guess everyone is trying to show their alumni spirit.
Love, love, love this outfit. And the cutie pie wearing it!
Drove on Saturday to help the YW do baptisms at the Salt Lake Temple. Joel came with me since his knee was messed up and he couldn't run the Raspberry Days 5k with Janessa (came in 19 out of 41 in her age group---which was great since she stopped to help dad) and dad (came in 12th out of 17 but had to stop since he got dizzy---I think from stress and dehydration).
Finally saw the bull moose at the cabin!
Hasn't been a great, warm summer. Beautiful stormy sky that we had one night at the lake.
Wow! Kasey and Janessa worked really hard earlier in the week to make a firepit in the trees! It was wonderful being able to sit outside and have a nice, warm fire going. It's definitely a highlight for the cabin! We took our bench over there to put beside it so we can have a permanent place to sit.
Janessa had to get a henna tatto for her upcoming 5K race the next day!
She also made us stop so she could get her frozen yogurt. Corbin was hoping she would feed him some more of that good stuff!
On the way back to the car while at the booths at Raspberry Days, Janessa and I asked Tyson if he wanted to go on the bouncy toys. He ran in there and started playing before I could even get the waiver signed and give the worker the $5 for half hour of playtime! Jason said Tyson has never wanted to play on these kinds of toys before....well, you sure couldn't tell it was his first time! He loved it! Jason, Emily and Corbin were in Logan so they didn't get to see all the fun Tyson was having until the next day when they took him back to play again.
Here's what bouncing for 1/2 hour does to you!
Or you look like this after bouncing so long!
After the parade, Janessa and I found Jason, Emily and boys at the park. We hopped a ride with them back to my car since we had parked up by the yogurt shop and had walked pretty far down the road.
It was a fun, busy, long weekend! Hopefully everyone can mark their calendars so we can all meet up at the cabin next year on August 3-6, 2011!
Love, love, love this outfit. And the cutie pie wearing it!
Drove on Saturday to help the YW do baptisms at the Salt Lake Temple. Joel came with me since his knee was messed up and he couldn't run the Raspberry Days 5k with Janessa (came in 19 out of 41 in her age group---which was great since she stopped to help dad) and dad (came in 12th out of 17 but had to stop since he got dizzy---I think from stress and dehydration).
Finally saw the bull moose at the cabin!
Hasn't been a great, warm summer. Beautiful stormy sky that we had one night at the lake.
Wow! Kasey and Janessa worked really hard earlier in the week to make a firepit in the trees! It was wonderful being able to sit outside and have a nice, warm fire going. It's definitely a highlight for the cabin! We took our bench over there to put beside it so we can have a permanent place to sit.
Janessa had to get a henna tatto for her upcoming 5K race the next day!
She also made us stop so she could get her frozen yogurt. Corbin was hoping she would feed him some more of that good stuff!
On the way back to the car while at the booths at Raspberry Days, Janessa and I asked Tyson if he wanted to go on the bouncy toys. He ran in there and started playing before I could even get the waiver signed and give the worker the $5 for half hour of playtime! Jason said Tyson has never wanted to play on these kinds of toys before....well, you sure couldn't tell it was his first time! He loved it! Jason, Emily and Corbin were in Logan so they didn't get to see all the fun Tyson was having until the next day when they took him back to play again.
Here's what bouncing for 1/2 hour does to you!
Or you look like this after bouncing so long!
After the parade, Janessa and I found Jason, Emily and boys at the park. We hopped a ride with them back to my car since we had parked up by the yogurt shop and had walked pretty far down the road.
It was a fun, busy, long weekend! Hopefully everyone can mark their calendars so we can all meet up at the cabin next year on August 3-6, 2011!
Brigham's Arrow
The story goes that when Brigham Young came through this area, he wanted an arrow to point the way to Salt Lake. Orson P. Pratt was with Brigham Young in the first company that came out west and was the surveyor for the Saints. He marked this spot with this rock arrow to show the Saints to head straight ahead instead of verying off to the NW and on to the California trail.
Very obvious graves near Brigham's Arrow. They are closer to the Mormon Trail than the California Trail so I wonder if they were Mormon pioneers.
Sign a few yards in front of the arrow to show the split of the trails. You can see in front and to the left of the sign the wagon ruts for the Mormon Trail.
Showing the ruts and trail heading to California.
Went with the Young Women to see this site on Wednesday. Can hardly wait to show the family! Very interesting to see where our ancestors walked as they headed to the Valley of Salt Lake!
Very obvious graves near Brigham's Arrow. They are closer to the Mormon Trail than the California Trail so I wonder if they were Mormon pioneers.
Sign a few yards in front of the arrow to show the split of the trails. You can see in front and to the left of the sign the wagon ruts for the Mormon Trail.
Showing the ruts and trail heading to California.
Went with the Young Women to see this site on Wednesday. Can hardly wait to show the family! Very interesting to see where our ancestors walked as they headed to the Valley of Salt Lake!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
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