Island Park

We went to Island Park, Idaho with the whole family for our big summer trip this year. My aunt and uncle have a cabin there and they were kind enough to let us all stay. We used to go to this cabin almost every summer when I was a kid. My newlywed brother David and his wife were even able to come for a few days. It was so fun! I was a little worried about the long drive (about 10 hours each way), but the kids were pretty good. We broke up the trip and spent a night in Logan, UT on the way there and Pocatello, ID on the way back. While we were in Logan we got to meet up with the Zern family for pizza at a park. It was so good to see ALL of them. I wish we lived closer! We also got to go to the cemetery and visit our angel baby Alex.

When we got to the cabin we spent a lot of time relaxing, but we also did all the "traditional" cabin activities ... hiking at Big Springs and visiting the Johnny Sack cabin, visiting Yellowstone, going on walks along the river, fishing, canoeing, driving up to Sawtelle peak. Unfortunately the boys weren't able to go on their overnight campout at Shoshone lake in Yellowstone. Luckily they were able to at least go on a day canoe trip to Shoshone. Just don't ask Brian what its like to have 3 people in a canoe!

Looking for minnows and swimming in the river (brr!). Too cold for me, but Alli and Nick couldn't resist.

Courtney and Russ in Yellowstone
Nick eating ice cream at Old Faithful - another tradition
Playing at my cousin Keri's house. When we stopped in Blackfoot/Pocatello, we got to meet up with some of the Goodwins. We had so much fun playing in Keri's 2 acre (!) yard, complete with swing set, mini-tractors, and a trampoline.