Sunday, July 18, 2010

And Here We Have Idaho...

We were able to have a family vacation up to Idaho for a Winkel family reunion. It was fun to be able to go back to the place of our early days when we were dating and first married. The day we drove to Idaho was our 6th anniversary and so we celebrated by visiting our old apartments, the spot where Jason proposed to me, and stopped by to get some beloved bambinos (the delicious pizzas from where Jason worked when we met and while we were first married).

I never really brought the camera out except for the Sunday we were there and went to the beautiful Cave Falls. We used to visit this place while going to school, but it had been around 5 years since we last went. The only thing that changed was the cave being buried, which I guess makes it just the Falls. So much for the whole cave part of it. It was still just as beautiful as I remember it.


It was fun experiencing these places with our little family instead of just the two of us.



Grammy, Aliyah (not looking so thrilled) and Jason




Aliyah was happy once she was able to throw rocks in the water just like everyone else.


Aliyah loved following the little girl cousins around at the reunion. She was their little shadow most of the time. It was adorable. You can tell they didn't mind having a "live baby" to play with.


With it being around a holiday the Rexburg temple was closed around the time of the reunion. We were hoping to stop by for a session since it would be a while until we could visit again. Jason secretly took off an extra day so we could go after the reunion. It was just beautiful and I was grateful for his sacrifice and the opportunity to go.


My sister and her family were gone on vacation and we didn't get to see them on the stop in Utah. Thankfully, she allowed us to stay at her home while they were gone. Aliyah made herself right at home and even climbed up herself to change a baby's diaper. I don't know how she did it since I turned my back for a few seconds. I was just grateful everything was still in one piece when we left.


It is always nice to finally come home, but I sure loved being away from responsibilities. Now it is back to life and it sure did not slow down any while we were away.