Hill Air Force Base

Last Saturday we woke up early and headed down to Utah for a fun weekend. 

Ivy woke up with some serious bed head. 

I tried to tame it with curlers, but those lasted like 2 minutes into the ride. 

 Hill Air Force Base Museum

We have driven past this thing 1,000 times, and never stopped.  So glad we did!

 Air Force One!

 Jack had to have his picture with this one that said Idaho. 

Yup, that plane behind me says ANG

 Coolest day ever!

Then a little treat from Paces Dairy Ann in Bountiful.  The perfect ending to the day!

Somebody just turned 7!

Jack's Birthday!

This guy has grown up so much in the last year!

 Just look at how short his jammies are!

When he went to bed the night before his bday he said, "Mom, I can't wait to see what kind of decorations you put up."  GAH!  We have been so busy with selling the house that I wasn't going to set much up!  Last minute theme....camping.  The easiest, and pretty darn cute!

 I left his map and banana chair unwrapped so he had something to play with until Daddy got home to open presents. 

This kid LOVES maps!

We opened all the presents when Dad came home, and Jack was so sad that he opened mostly clothes. 

Til Daddy told him to go look in the garage!

He was spinning 360's right and left!

All the sudden it was the best birthday ever!

I made him Bacon for Breakfast, he also LOVES BACON!

He opened a plethora of Slip and Slides from Grandma Wheatley! Phew, no more clothes!

Then we all got to go Birthday Shopping with Grandma Jane and out to lunch with the cousins!

 His loot from Grandma Jane! 

Then it was time to PARTY!

He desperately wanted a grocery store cake with the good frosting this year. I am not mad, no stress in making a cake.  He wanted the decorations on the top to be a surprise, and he loved the camp cake I picked out!

 He wanted to play a game with the cousins, so this last minute "Make a Camp Scene" got thrown together!  

I love that little kids are so easily pleased!

They did a mighty fine job!

The kids rode bikes in the garage (since it was raining outside).  

And leave it up to Ivy to take the easy way out!

It was a great Bday for my Jack-er-loo!

Sunday Drive

Sunday we took a little  7 hour drive through Scenic Idaho.

Now that Ivy has officially discovered the tv in the car, trips like this are possible with minimal screaming from the babes!

3 Cheers for Ivy!

 First stop, a little water fall near Palisades Reservoir

 Then we stopped at Lunch Counter, and watched rafters come the Hoback of the Snake River. 

Ivy was getting a little too close to the edge for my liking, and every time I yelled at her to get back, she made this face. 

 A little hike.  It was SOOOOO HOT!  Close to 90 I think. 

 When we got down the bank, we saw these crazy surfer dudes surfing on the River. Absolutely amazing. It was my favorite part of the drive!

Group shot

The surfers would have to wreck and get out of the way when a raft came through. 

Don't judge, but stopped for lunch at a little grocery store outside of Jackson. 

The treats I had brought were not cutting it!

After passing through Jackson we stopped at the West Piney Girls Camp just to look around. 

There was this cute older couple working there for the Summer and they asked if the kids wanted to go down the slide.  We figured they wouldn't let us because it was Sunday, but they did! The kids were so excited, I was NOT!  That slide is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO steep!  And LONG!

 I still can't believe that Brooke did it. 

Jack did it twice, but Brooke did not want to do it again. I don't blame her, I didn't do it once! I have heard horror stories about that slide!

And since we figured we had already broken the sabbath once.... we stopped for a famous square icr cream cone in Swan Valley. 

Oh Ivers, always a sticky mess!

Jack started sobbing in the car when we told him we were heading home.

He said it was the best day of his life.

It sure was close!