I love my In-laws and I love going to Idaho to stay at their house. It had been quite a while since we had been up as a family and we decided to spend the 24th of July (Pioneer Day) visiting them. My sister Lindsay came along with us to play.
While there, Aunt Kim, Aunt Lindsay and Matt and I took the kids swimming. We figured our odds were good if we were on a 1:1 ratio. Swimming would be one of those situations that the Twins personalities stick out.
Lucy is our little water bug. The girl could swim all day if you let her. She will dip her own face in the water and look up to see who would do such a thing to her, but eventually keeps talking up a storm and laughing away. Lucy was mad when we took her out of the water.
Logan on the other hand, HATES the water. We took him in and he instantly started to cry. It took me being in the water with him (he is a huge mamma's boy) and holding perfectly still for him to calm down enough to stay in with us. Apparently I had him so still that he fell asleep in the water. Logan lasted in the water for a total of 20 minutes out of our 2 hours of swimming. Thanks to Lindsay for sitting with him while he slept on the side lines.
Pioneer Day is a Utah holiday, so when you go to Idaho and they have a parade and a big party in the park to honor the day, it is a fun surprise. Actually, Dallas and Brenda's Stake puts everything together. We went to watch the parade which involved lots of Tractors, about 3 or 4 members of Matt's family participated, and it was very short. My cousin Angela and her family came out to play with us. I am sad that I didn't get a picture of them or of Lindsay,her, and I. It was fun to see them. They only live 20 minutes from my In-laws.
Sammie loves going to Idaho to see her Great Grandparents, Leland and Ila. Grandpa Leland is a big guy, but is very love able and playful.
One of the things that the do every year on this day is have a fish pond. This isn't your usual fish pond of goldfish and you try to catch it with a net and then you can take it home. This is of mass proportions.
They take big trout and fill this big area with water and tons of fish. When it is your turn you get into the big pool and try to catch the trout with your hands. Eston was SOOOO excited to do this until one of the fish touched his legs. He then started to freak out and wanted to be taken out. However, he still wanted his fish. So. . . .
So, yours truly ended up reaching in and catching one for Eston. It was gross and awesome. Eston was so proud of his fish, but wouldn't touch it. He wanted to show everyone. We had the option of taking it home, but I decided to play catch and release. this guy was tiny compared to the rest of the Trout there. Some of them were the size of a small child.
Over the weekend we had a lot of fun. Matt's family loves to play a lot and we spend a lot of time outside just enjoying the open air and relaxing. We met some new "Friends" of his siblings, and enjoyed getting to know them. Hope they stick around.
We had so much fun, that we might try and go again in a few weeks.
While there, Aunt Kim, Aunt Lindsay and Matt and I took the kids swimming. We figured our odds were good if we were on a 1:1 ratio. Swimming would be one of those situations that the Twins personalities stick out.
Lucy is our little water bug. The girl could swim all day if you let her. She will dip her own face in the water and look up to see who would do such a thing to her, but eventually keeps talking up a storm and laughing away. Lucy was mad when we took her out of the water.
Logan on the other hand, HATES the water. We took him in and he instantly started to cry. It took me being in the water with him (he is a huge mamma's boy) and holding perfectly still for him to calm down enough to stay in with us. Apparently I had him so still that he fell asleep in the water. Logan lasted in the water for a total of 20 minutes out of our 2 hours of swimming. Thanks to Lindsay for sitting with him while he slept on the side lines.
Pioneer Day is a Utah holiday, so when you go to Idaho and they have a parade and a big party in the park to honor the day, it is a fun surprise. Actually, Dallas and Brenda's Stake puts everything together. We went to watch the parade which involved lots of Tractors, about 3 or 4 members of Matt's family participated, and it was very short. My cousin Angela and her family came out to play with us. I am sad that I didn't get a picture of them or of Lindsay,her, and I. It was fun to see them. They only live 20 minutes from my In-laws.
Sammie loves going to Idaho to see her Great Grandparents, Leland and Ila. Grandpa Leland is a big guy, but is very love able and playful.
One of the things that the do every year on this day is have a fish pond. This isn't your usual fish pond of goldfish and you try to catch it with a net and then you can take it home. This is of mass proportions.
They take big trout and fill this big area with water and tons of fish. When it is your turn you get into the big pool and try to catch the trout with your hands. Eston was SOOOO excited to do this until one of the fish touched his legs. He then started to freak out and wanted to be taken out. However, he still wanted his fish. So. . . .
So, yours truly ended up reaching in and catching one for Eston. It was gross and awesome. Eston was so proud of his fish, but wouldn't touch it. He wanted to show everyone. We had the option of taking it home, but I decided to play catch and release. this guy was tiny compared to the rest of the Trout there. Some of them were the size of a small child.
Over the weekend we had a lot of fun. Matt's family loves to play a lot and we spend a lot of time outside just enjoying the open air and relaxing. We met some new "Friends" of his siblings, and enjoyed getting to know them. Hope they stick around.
We had so much fun, that we might try and go again in a few weeks.
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We had fun seeing you guys too! I had to laugh when you said the parade was short because I was actually thinking it was one of our longer parades ;)
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