Idaho

anthony took a wrong turn making a 5 hour drive an 8 hour one, finally one of his giant atlas's that he carries around in his briefcase came in handy!rise & shine after 4 hours of sleep
breakfast with the rotheys
the biggest pancake i have ever made
saddle up!
hillary and i enjoying the smell of the pine-trees

my baby sister
this is what henry's lake looked like on our way out in an aluminum boat with 4 adults & 5 kids, it didn't take long before the thunder rolled and we hightailed it back to shore!
twinkies

the girls watching the daddys load up the boatthe tuna barhillary kept talking about tuna-fish sandwiches, it provoked a cravingmy boyscabin livingthe catch'es' of the dayremember the titansmy grandpa kershaw and aunt launa have shared a cabin in island park for as long as i can remember, we have spent summer's, falls & winters there: fly fishing, bait fishing, hiking, sledding, snowmobiling, cooking, eating, playing board games, and eating peanut clusters & mallow nuts (i hate both kinds, but i think i am the only one)...it is a special place in our family, we were lucky enough to stop at the rothey cabin this year and carry on the traditiongoodbye island park!!!

The First of 4 States: Utah

making lemonade out of lemons after we missed our 7:30am flight, (i don't know what we were thinking)
we shooby doobied on down to ruby's for some cinnamon-roll french toast
finally we made it to midway, papa & tony took the kids swimming at the homestead

grace, mia, faith where i come from it's cornbread and chicken
this was the first of many meals that my mom made for us, i have now dubbed her mama contessa. she has always been an amazing cook, but lately, she's kicked it up a notch, or ten. the merrills joined us for a yummy bbq on our deck
some of the fixin'smia is actually MY cousin, she is my dad's step-brother's beautiful daughter, and the girls adore her!we stopped in slc at so cupcake for dessert, our only contribution to the meal, we had major jetlag!we also brought sprinkles from ca for the merrills to try for the 1st timechurch

my mom has always loved to read, and has passed that on to her daughters, and now grandchildren! "d is for dizzy that's good enough for papa" my dad is the king of nicknames and little jingles, he sang this one to izzy all week, and by that end of the week it had turned into "p is for papa that poops in his pants"! nice, frellmy coy boyanthony rigged this cowboy hat holder, he was pretty proud of himself, i think it is the most white trash thing i've ever seen!

Baby Liam

last week, our friday flight to utah was cancelled, so i was able to meet maryam's new son...what a treat! i LOVE newborns, they bring a calm and a special sweet spirit with them during those first hours/days... like his sister layla, liam is adorable! congratulations maryam and tom!!! we are so happy for you.