Vacation Summer 2012

     This year we decided to take a looooooong vacation! We found out that my cousin was going to be getting married in Montana so we decided to try to make it to that. Well you can't plan on going that far north without visiting Utah and Idaho as well. So we planned it out and decided to do all three states! Russell had to go to his annual New Tech conference for work in Michigan so he left a few days before we did and then we all met up in Montana. This trip was so fun that I just didn't have time to take out my camera and take very many pictures.
The Road Trip:

   Since Diana and Aaron and family were going to Montana for the wedding as well Kennadee and I hitched a ride with them.

 We left really early in the morning so we could make it to Denver for the first leg of our trip. The kiddos fell back to sleep pretty quickly! Yes Kennadee's asleep she just never closes her eyes all the way LOL! I was glad she was able to fall asleep though because just before that she had thrown up due to car sickness and she doesn't get as sick when she sleeps.
  We got to Denver and stayed in a really nice hotel. It had two bedrooms and a kitchen and livingroom it was great for 11 people!
   The next day we continued onto Montana! Luckily Kennadee didn't get sick that day but unfortunately Gabe did. It was so sad!

In Montana we had lots of fun! Still not very many pictures though! We played and got reacquainted with all our Montana cousins and their kiddos. We attended Nanna and Grandpa's 90th Birthday combined birthday party! We attended the wedding which was so much fun! We danced the night away it was great! Unfortunately I was really sick with a bad cold and suffering with some major back problems so I didn't get to have near as much fun as everyone else but all in all it was a great trip!

The Beautiful Bride and Groom!

 Cole and Ashtyn dancing

 Kennadee waiting to catch the bouquet

 The hubs actually let me take a picture with him! 

 The wedding party dance!

 The have a cute tradition where you pay a dollar to dance with the bride or groom. Kennadee chose to dance with Birch. It was so cute!

 Nanna and Grandpa married 60+ years! So cute!

 Getting to dance with Grandpa!

Nanna, Uncle Carl, Law, Jessica, and Cole getting their groove on!

It was such a fun reception! We had a great time.

The last day of our trip we visited with Nanna and Grandpa over at Breeze's house. It was so good to see them again. We haven't seen them since Kennadee was like two years old!

Russell, Kennadee, Mom, and Pete and I headed to Utah. We stayed with Grandpa Mote for a night and then headed down to the Utah Valley. Since I was having back problems and still sick and I had been sleeping on an air mattress for a week Russell and I decided to get a hotel in Orem for a couple of nights so we could get some rest. Kennadee and I are avid fans of the show Cupcake Wars on Food Network. There is a bakery (Sweet Tooth Fairy) in Utah that was on the show so we just had to go have a cupcake there. Kennadee was so excited!

We visited my Dad for a little while and just spent some time as a family getting some rest. We drove around looking at places that we are interested in moving to then we headed to Laura and Ben's to stay a couple days. Laura and I attended our cousin Nikki's baby shower and the later that day we had our Crandall family reunion. It was so fun to see everyone! There wasn't near enough time to visit with everyone as long as I would have liked but we had a great time! We stayed through Sunday with Laura and Ben and had fun visiting and spending time together. Kennadee loved being with Evan, Dillon, Kaylee, and Owen. 

   Sunday we headed up to Idaho to spend time with Russell's family. We went camping at Anderson Ranch Dam. We love it up there. It was so peaceful and beautiful and not too incredibly hot. I was sad though because when I went to take some pictures my batteries were dead and I didn't have any replacements with me (I found out later that my mom had packed some for us in the trunk!) So I didn't get any pictures of the camping trip. We spent a lot of time at the lake. We played in the water and took turns riding the tubes pulled by his brother's boat. It was really fun. I think I got a bit of whiplash from the tube though. My neck hurt for days! We also got to spend time with his Aunt's and cousins. I really enjoyed hearing stories about his Mom growing up and family history. It was great! We stayed for four days and had great food, fun, and conversation!

   Thursday we headed back to Twin Falls and spent some time with Dan and Heather, Russell's Mom, and our awesome friends Dustin and Marren. We also ended up running into our friends Aaron and Louisa and got to catch up with them a bit. We also got to go to the temple with Dan and Heather. It's a beautiful temple.

     We headed back to Utah to spend some time with my Mom and Pete in Richfield. Mom made cinnamon rolls for us and we ate those for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Jessica and the kids came to spend time with us also and we spent time at their house as well. We went to the county fair and had fun watching the shows and playing. It was great fun!

 We headed back up to Salt Lake on Friday so we could fly out the next morning. We met up with Grandpa and went to Temple Square and The Church History Museum. It was so nice. Kennadee had fun playing in the kids section.

    

     After we went there we headed over to meet with Johnathan for dinner at Coachman's. Yum-O! We had a great time visiting with John and Grandpa. 

     

  Then we flew home. It was the first time we had flown together as a family. Kennadee and I had flown together before and Russell had flown by himself but never as a family. It was so nice to be together. 

    We had a great trip all in all! We were so glad to be home though!