A Month in Review a.k.a. pic overload!

So where have we been for a month....stay tuned!

Emma started swimming lessons. She did really great! Her friend Laney is in the background. I am told that that is the only reason we can live in CA is because Laney does. :) She did great and loved it! Then we headed off to Idaho! Do you ever drive and drive and can't take it anymore? Yeah we couldn't, so we stayed in Reno! Here is Brandon having a make-shift breakfast...cereal in a cup!

Reno!

Isn't Nevada so interesting Cami? BTW, thank goodness for dvd players. How did we ever travel without them?

We arrived and celebrated the 4th of July! (And Mom's birthday the day before.)

Then we went swimming. Proof that my dad does get in the pool. He went down the slide and so did my mom!

Then off to see the Grandmas. Grandma Jenkins had this when we were growing up. My girls loved the Little People castle!

Grandma Jenkins and the girls. (Emma split her chin sliding down the slide at the pool)

Grandma Benson and us girls. Thanks for letting us come! Traveling is hard because you don't have enough time. I wish we had more time to visit everyone!

Then off to Island Park for a family reunion!

Here we are at Quake Lake. It is so cool. My girls kept asking why the trees were in the water. (there was an earthquake that created this lake, thus the trees ended up in the water.)

At Wade Lake. My Father-in-law's paradise...in a canoe with his wife.

At Hebgen Lake. It started to rain so we took the scenic route home and it wasn't raining at this lake.

Hebgen Lake

Then of course, a trip into Yellowstone...one of my favorite places on earth.

Gibbon Falls.

A buffalo. Emma yelled, "he is so ugly. I want to see him poop!" Nice.

Too much traveling makes really dirty kiddos. :)

Sibling pics. From oldest to youngest. Me, Rich, Stephanie, Brandon and Alicia

Upclose.

And tallest to shortest. My little brother hails in at 6'8". And Alicia is an inch shorter than me.

Then we headed home! We miss everyone!

Kevin got tickets to the Giants game! Fun story: when we were in high school, we came on choir tour to San Fran and sang the National Anthem here for a Giants game. Fun memories and it was fun to go back.

At the game. Sad story: the public transit took really long so we made it for the ninth inning. :(

And last...whew...did you make it? Cami is our little fit thrower. We were in Yellowstone and she just decided she wasn't going home with us. Not even the bribe of ice cream could get her.