[ Road Trip ]

It's been a few years since we were able to go on a vacation together as a family. No. Moving to Nebraska did not count last summer.

Our destination...

Mt. Emily will always be home!


We did a lot of driving!


A LOT of driving! Fortunately, we only had one instance of car sickness. But this little boy used that to his advantage. Any time Morgan wanted to ride in the center seat he quickly reminded her of his car sickness. Morgan wants a new car - with a third seat.

Maybe Zane should have slept more. Morgan put in her headphones and closed her eyes to make the miles go by faster. (The dvd player died early on day two which made the trip a little rough at times.)

We took the scenic route around Bear Lake and through Logan canyon. It was beautiful!

In Oregon, we camped out in the trailer at Scott's aunt & uncle's house. It was fun to have our own little space but still have the shower & big screen in the house.

(Thank you Rick & Sharon!)

The weather was actually pretty warm. (I was prepared for cool temps this time.)

The kids had lots of fun swimming with lots of cousins.

We paused for haircuts at the beauty shop.

(Thank you Mom!)

Happy birthday Zane!

Happy birthday Morgan!

We HAD to celebrate birthdays while we were there.

Then we went back to Brittany's and took over her apartment. Brit and Levi were so good to us. We ate good food, watched fun movies, did some shopping (the new tires don't count) and went on a quick hike. We didn't want to leave.

The trail was pretty gentle and had some fun little bridges. Some spots were a little steep but the kids didn't give up.

They wanted to pick all the beautiful flowers and had fun chasing the cattle off the trail.

We found the waterfall! That is Levi standing up on the side of the mountain. We stayed down at the bottom while him & Brit climbed to the top. The water shoots straight out of the side of the mountain so they filled our water bottles there for the hike back down.

Back at the trail head was a large rock. The kids still had some energy so Levi helped them climbed on top of the rock and pose for a picture.

And no road trip would be complete with out a visit to our favorite rest stop. The kids always want to pose with "Air-o-ton" Lincoln.

We came home exhausted and with TONS of cherries and wonderful memories!