Family Vaction 2009

Our fam just got home from our two week excursion. Marcus has always wanted to take us back to Colorado where he served his mission, so we finally did it. We went through Tahoe and stayed a couple of days and then on through Nevada were Daddy and James had to stop at the new Cabela's. Which was awesome I love it too. Then we drove to Idaho to see family that we rarely get to see. We stayed with his Aunt Connie & Uncle Don. They have a wonderful home that is very accomadating for guests. We were there for about four days. They took us all around were Marcus' parents grew up and where he and his grandparents use to live. We even ran into a friend that Marcus and his brothers and sister use to play with. That was fun. We visited with his Aunt Carolee and His Uncle Stan & Aunt Marilyn, their son Allan and his new wife Whitney. From there we drove to Wyoming. Part of his mission covered some of Wyoming. There we visited one of the families he has stayed in touch with since his mission. He showed us where he lived and showed us around some to the town. We went on a tour of a mansion that he did service for. We also went through an old prison that housed "Butch Cassidy." We stayed there a couple of days and then went on to Colorado. It was so pretty there. We drove through the Rocky Mountain Nationl Park which cost us $20.00 just to drive through, but it was worth it. We saw herds of elk. We got pretty close to some of them. We saw a mother moose and her baby. That was so cool. Oh and in Wyoming we saw Antalope. Then from Colorado we drove to Utah to see my Brother and his family. They live in a little mountain town called Midway just 20 minutes or so from Park City Utah. My sister-in-law hooked us up with a great room a litte place called "Inn on the Creek", where she works setting up weddings and rececptions. The kids spent the nights with their cousins on their cots. Which was better than any fancy room. We went on a hike up to the Mt. Timpinogis cave. It is a mile and a half all the way up. There is really steep parts and then just regular steep parts. With the kids it took us about an hour to hike up. But I don't think they had as much trouble as Daddy and I did. Plus the altitude was getting to us. That's a good excuse right! The cave was awesome and cold. We were sweating all the way up and then wearing coats in the cave. The next day we all went to Park City which is a fun yupie town, and we had really delicious carmel apples there. We then went to the Olyimpic Park. That was really neat to see. We had a great time with everybody and enjoyed seeing some of the country. Lauren and James traveled very well which made it possible for us to take our time and stay longer.