Hurst Family Reunion in Idaho

We had a great Hurst reunion this week in Idaho. Kevin's sister Terri and her husband Roger rented a cabin just outside Tetonia. It was so fun to get together with family we haven't seen for years and reconnect with them. We really appreciate your efforts Turners.

As we drove up to the cabin, we were following Roger and he stopped suddenly in the middle of the road. We couldn't figure out what he was looking at at first, but suddenly Kevin saw this beautiful Bald Eagle sitting on a phone pole.

On Tuesday we all headed to Yellowstone. Jacob's wife Nia is from Tonga and so she really wanted to see a bear. We gently explained that in all the times we've been to Yellowstone we've never seen a bear and not to feel disappointed so when we came to stopped traffic she yelled STOP and leaped out of the car because there was a brown bear lumbering through some trees not many feet from the road. Kevin got some great shots. He was really excited too because he had never seen a bear before.

Of course we stopped at Old Faithful. It went off right as some of us walked up so we unpacked our food and waited for the next round. It didn't disappoint us. We also stopped at the Upper and Lower Falls by Artist Pointe and were awed by their beauty-until it started to rain and blow and we ran for the cars.
A trip to Yellowstone isn't complete without being in a Buffalo traffic jam. We saw a huge herd with some real impressive specimens on the East side of the Lower Loop.
I'm always amazed at how fearless the deer are. They seem to know they're protected.

Probably the best thing we saw on this trip was THE BABIES. It was so fun to play with the two great grand sons. Ethan is 7 months and Villi is almost 4 months. Ethan rode in our car and was a fabulous traveler. We're so glad the next generation is coming to the Hurst family. Hope it's a little while before we add a contribution.

It was really fun to hang out with cousins we don't see so often and make memories and share our love for each other and the gospel. We have a great family. Thanks everyone who was able to come to the Hurst Reunion.

Bear Canyon Campout

We had another great camping trip this past week-end. Thursday we headed to Bear Canyon on the back side of the Nebo Loop. It was absolutely beautiful. One big plus is we had the whole campground pretty much to ourselves.

We went for a drive up the Loop on Friday. As you can see we had some spectacular views.

The girls took some really fun pictures in the flowers. I just had to collage them. Aren't they beautiful? The flowers are too.

The boys made a damn in the creek and had a really cold bathtub to play in.
Shhhhhhh! Don't tell we let the kids ride in the back of the truck as we went for our ride.
And of course, WE ATE TOO MUCH!

Thanks for a fun campout Crimans and Daniels. We love hanging out with you. Especially in the mountains.

Lagoon

It's been a really long time since we've gone to Lagoon. Janna doesn't even remember it because she was a baby so Kevin decided we needed to go this summer. I'm so glad he did because can I just say FUN! It was so fun to go with our BIG kids. We arrived at 11:00 right as the park opened and left at 10:00 right when it was closing. It was a very memorable day. Thanks Kevin.

Cammie brought her friends Haley and Lindsay and at the last minute Michael joined us. The kids all got along great and it was fun to ride with them sometimes and send them off while Kevin and I hung out alone. Best of both worlds.

I realize many may think I'm behind the times, but even though I've heard about dippin' dots many times, yesterday was my first time to experience that wonderful pleasure. I had two. I'm ready to have more. YUMMY!

Bear Lake

Our friends Mark and Saundra Harris rented a place at Bear Lake for the 4th of July and invited us to come up. It was a spur of the moment thing, but we decided to head up Thursday night and we stayed until Saturday afternoon. It was beautiful. We had a lot of fun at the beach and boating. It was fun to spend time with their family and renew a great friendship. Thanks Harris family.