Road Trip June and July: Day 4

We started out this morning in Sandpoint, Idaho. We had a late check-out so we could attend church this morning before heading out. We LOVE attending church when we travel. It is a great reminder that no matter where we go in the world, the church is the SAME. The testimonies were amazing, the "locals" friendly, and we enjoyed every moment here... After sacrament meeting, we went back to our room and changed, packed up and headed for Coeur d' Alene. We decided that we would stop at Texas Roadhouse for a late lunch. This was our awesome waiter "Zachy Poo". The name on his tag reflects a lapse in judgement when he left it at work one night and it fell into the wrong hands! He was a lot of fun... and this was the scene of one of our favorite moments on the trip...

Vacation just wouldn't be vacation without a shot like this one of Courtney! Our cute girls!!!

Courtney decided she wanted to dance with the waiters and waitress's... this cute girl took the time to teach her the steps!

Lookin' good Courtney!!!

I love how brave and confident she is!!!

A shot of the scenery on our way to McCall, Idaho...

Kenna's favorite activity on our roadtrip...

One of Courtney's favorite activities... playing games on her DS...

On our way, we realized we were literally yards from Washington state, so we drove over and let the girls "step" into Washington! This made it officially 5 states on this trip!

On the opposite side of the road we took this shot...

The scenery along this route was unbelievable!!!

This was going over "White Bird Pass"... We needed a break to stretch... What a manly man...

A "Courtney" pose...

She is thinking about wether or not she wants to get back into the car...

Me and my man...

We came through McCall about 4 years ago and have looked forward to going back and staying at some point. Little did we know that the 4th of July is THE time for the ENTIRE state of Idaho to come visit. It was CRAZY! There were more teenagers in McCall than anywhere I have ever seen. I'm just sayin'....avoid it unless you love lots of noise and half-naked people! Oh... and if you want to get REALLY crazy, go to the North Shore of the lake. Aparently most of the people who go over there end up naked, drunk, and in jail. So weird... it seemed like such a nice quiet town...

After checking in, we went and got some dinner. This is Courtney posing with the biggest bottle of wine we have ever seen. Maybe this is what they are drinking on the North Shore?...

Another of our favorite waiters... he was hilarious!

Time to head to bed... this has been a wonderful day! We just need to come at a different time of year!

Road Trip 2011: Day 5 & 6

We got a late check-out this morning...and after heading across the street for breakfast at the famous "pancake house" we headed down for a quick swim before heading out for Twin Falls... Dan saw this striped marlin and had to get a picture... this is what he caught on our Hawaii trip...

This is our "little fish"... she LOVES swimming!

Enjoying some frozen yogurt on the ride...

What a gorgeous view!

It was beautiful until just after these shots and we got to Boise...

We stopped for a quick lunch in Boise... for whatever reason this has become the favorite pastime while waiting for food on this vacation. Balancing Courtney's crayons and then balancing sugar packets on them...

After arriving in Twin Falls, we checked into our hotel and took the girls down to swim again... Courtney is about to jump off Dan's shoulders...

Blurry... but I thought this was a pretty awesome shot!

After everyone cleaned up, we headed over to Shoshone Falls... this is looking down the canyon. It was beautiful!!!

A shot of my 3 favorite people...

Me and my girls... with the falls behind us...

Looking down at Dan and Kenna... I must admit I got a little nervous when we walked out there...

Here are the falls!!! Amazing!!!

After the falls we headed over to the Twin Falls Temple. I wish we would have had the time to go through for a session...

Now time for fireworks! We couldn't believe that one of the best spots for viewing the fireworks was our hotel! We pulled up some blankets...got some KFC... and enjoyed some time as a family!

Our cute girls...

While we waited Courtney lit some sparklers... this was a crazy shot because you can see the smoke that we couldn't see while just sitting there looking at her... but it showed up in the picture!

Writing her name...

Time to snuggle up and watch the show!!!

A few minutes into the show, the funniest thing happend.... the sprinklers came on! We screamed...jumped up and grabbed the camera and our things and ran! Kenna went in and told the hotel staff so they could turn off the sprinklers... and then she ran and found the owner of this car. This sprinkler head was broken and was just shooting tons of water into the air! The worst part? Their windows were down! What a funny memory!

That was where we were sitting...

And the show was GREAT!!!!

After the show, we headed in and Dan took Courtney for one last swim in the pool while Kenna and I got ready for bed. I can't believe I didn't take any pictures at breakfast or on our way home...but we made it home safe and sound on Tuesday about 3 pm. What a great vacation!

Girls Night Getaway!

This week McKenna is at "Girls Camp"...and it is the first time in 3 years that I haven't gone with her! Courtney and I decided that we needed to do something fun together...and since Dan was going up for the 4th year overnight hike with McKenna, last night was the perfect night for us to go on a "Girls Night" getaway! Courtney was thrilled to be headed to the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City... here she is in the car as we are ready to head out... A shot of the two of us...

Our room was incredible! Courtney was very impressed by the valet parking and them bringing our bags to our room... that just meant lots of $$$ in tip money to me! (Thanks for the heads up Alona!)

Courtney loved the fireplace...

A view from our deck...

Courtney posing on our hot tub... which we did use later in the evening...

Courtney being impressed with the entry way of the lodge...

Time for a little lunch...

Me and my girl...

This is Court's impression of Uncle Rico..."that felt really nice"...

After lunch we went back to our room to unpack...

Time for a dip in the pool...

She was the only kid in the pool... and the only kid I saw until this morning!

She wanted a "jumping shot"... nice!

After swimming we went back and got cleaned up and then ran down into Park City to buy "Rodrick Rules" and some pizza for dinner... We came back and had a little "movie night."

What a fun night with my girl!

Time for a little dancing on the bed...

We then jumped in the hot tub... curled up in the big fluffy robes we found... and then got our pj's on and watched another movie. We finally went to sleep around 11 pm...

This morning we headed down to breakfast and then Courtney wanted to take one more swim in the pool...

Courtney is a HUGE fan of hot chocolate! She will order it even if it's 100* outside! A little whip cream on her nose...

Finally someone her own age! We met a really nice family at the pool...and I even had the chance to talk about the gospel with them!

We checked out at 11 and headed for the Park City outlet stores...

What a great getaway with one of my favorite people in the whole wide world! I sure love my girl!!!! Now time to go meet Dan for lunch on his way to work after a night at Girl's Camp...