Lavender Vacation Fun

The third week of August the Lavenders headed to Lava Hot Springs Idaho. We rented at large house called Inn at Owl Hollow. On the way there we stopped at The Golden Spike National Historic Site at Promontory Point. It was a special train day too so they had extra activities for kids such as buffalo chip throwing, coloring pages and train hats. The program that they reenact is a bit long even for adults. Plus you are in the hot sun the whole time but overall I we had fun and I'm glad we stopped.

Once at the house we played games, ate food and watched movies. Cousin time is the best!

The kids had fun watching for animals like birds, squirrels, deer, rabbits and snakes. Uncle Kyle even caught a snake for Emma to hold. She loved it of course.

One night we had the Lavender Family Olympic Games with basketball, golf, target shooting, ping pong bounce and the javelin with straws. Quinn took the silver medal!

One day was spent at the pool. James and Emma loved going down the slides. James and I were brave and went down the slow slides and Quinn and Emma were brave and tried the fast slides. Emma also enjoyed jumping off the diving boards. That night we relaxed in the hot pots which were really hot! Only one was very enjoyable. 

The most fun I think was running the river. I think we had time to do it 4 or 5 times and everyone had a blast. Mia stayed home with Grandma though. But Quinn and I had double tubes which we shared with one of the kids. James we nervous at first but then quickly decided it was a blast. However when he switched and went with Dad they flipped over! He was okay even with Quinn landing on him. Uncle Shawn went by right at the right time and just picked him up out of the water and put him on his lap. The only casualty was his hat.

August Fun

Quinn's work had a family night at the Bee's Game on Aug. 4th. Since it was free we decided to take Emma and James and see how they would do. They had tons of fun riding the train, eating ice cream and playing at the play ground but other than that they were pretty bored.

One summer day we took two friends to the Children's Museum with us and had a blast. They played with balls, flew in a helicopter and found out what a hurricane feels like. While there some other friends invited us to go on a tour of the Conference Center with their Grandpa who is a missionary there. I have always wanted to take the kids there but had never done it. This was the perfect opportunity because we were already downtown. It was so neat. There are so many wonderful works of art in this great building too. That night I was beat but the kids were still up for going to the Davis County Fair with Dad. What a great Dad. Mia and I gladly stayed home with our feet up!

Our very last two days of summer were spent playing with Cousin Lyla. Daniel and Hannah stopped in Utah for a couple weeks of fun as they were moving to Reno. We had a blast at Cherry Hill. It was our first time there and even though the kids were tired they didn't want to leave. I can see us getting a summer pass there in the future when they are just a bit older and can go along on things. The next day we visited the Curiosity Museum at Thanksgiving Point. This was also our first time there and it was a free day so it was super busy. The kids didn't get to do everything but still had fun exploring. The day was cut a bit short because they were tired still from Cherry Hill and Daniel and Hannah needed to stop along the way home and shop for a new car. Plus school starts TOMORROW!