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.
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