We arrived back at home after our annual summer pilgrimage to the North. This vacation was a little more jam-packed than usual since we went to two family reunions. We drove to Joe and Chantelle’s house the first day and had a great time swimming with them and staying at their place. The Parkin residence was the next stop. We always love to see their family. Finally, we arrived in Blackfoot at the Watt Farm. After a quick one-day visit there, it was off to Driggs for a day. Then we headed to Montana for the Watt Family Reunion. It was at Shaun and Mary’s house. It is beautiful country there. We hiked to a beautiful waterfall with many of the kids. We went on a boat ride on Flathead Lake and even got in a little golf. It was lots of fun. The kids loved to spend time with their cousins, including riding the wagon down the hill.
After Church (or at least part of it) we headed back for Idaho. Montana was sure a beautiful place. We stayed one other night at the Watts with the Petermans and then we left for Utah the next day.
The Woolley reunion started with a trip to the Joseph Smith movie at Temple Square and then a quick tour of the conference center, including the rooftop gardens (very cool). We went to dinner at the Red Iguana (as seen on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives). We spent the next couple of days around Matt and Marci’s place in Lehi and the surrounding areas. We did some swimming at the local rec center, which was very fun!
We played a little golf, visited the Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point and even got up to the BYU campus for some BYU Creamery Ice Cream. We had a lot of fun. Then we loaded up all the cars and traveled to Capitol Reef National Park down in Southern Utah. No one but Matt had ever been there and it was quite a treat. Beautiful red-rock sandstone cliffs and narrow canyons. We did a couple of hikes and enjoyed the camping.
From Capitol Reef we traveled to St. George, where Isaac decided he wanted to help pay for dinner with the dollar he got from Uncle Quinn. We stayed at a hotel and then we headed home the next day. It was a long drive back to San Diego, but we made it.
Overall, we had a ton of fun visiting with family and friends. Thanks to everyone who is always willing to open their homes to our family of seven now.
School started on Wednesday the 17th for the kids. Isaac started kindergarten and he is enjoying it. Hyrum is in third grade and Emma is in fifth grade, her last year in elementary school. Hard to believe how fast time moves by.
