McCall is Calling

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Kami Hymas

Our next trip this summer was up to McCall to pick up Levi and Cade from Scout Camp.

We had two boys and a grandpa up at Camp Morrison again this year. Same grandpa, different boys.

We drove up to the Brundage Reservoir before heading home.

I love this place!

The kids found a frog and proceeded to argue over the best treatment of said frog. Levi wanted to pick it up, Reagan wanted him to leave it alone, Cade and Libby, well they didn’t care. Levi won.

Letting the frog go–after arguing about the best way to let him go.

I’m sure the campers nearby were thrilled to be such an intimate part of our family bonding.

Amazing views!

Can’t go to McCall without going to Ice Cream Alley.

Once home, we celebrated Liberty and Cade’s birthdays. 9 and 15

On her birthday Liberty finally got to buy the bunny she’s been saving for. Meet, Amber!

How many kids does it take to catch a bunny?

We are now up to two pets, believe it or not!

And this summer I FINALLY got petunias to grow in a pot on my patio! I’ve been trying for years and they always die. But this year I figured out how to kill the blasted caterpillar that is eating them! Woohoo!

The 4th of July-Coeur d’alene Style

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Kami Hymas

We decided last minute to spend the 4th of July in Coeur d’alene this year! Believe it or not when we asked the kids if they wanted to go they didn’t jump at the chance. They love our neighborhood 4th of July pancake breakfast/parade and our cul de sac fireworks so much that they almost didn’t want to go. We finally convinced them but only by promising to leave after the breakfast. Then a neighbor found out my kids were going to miss the fireworks and several of them offered to join us in shooting off our fireworks early! So the kids ended up getting the best of both worlds.

A neighbor family that just moved in has a kid the same age as all of our kids. Libby has been praying for a little girl her age to move into our cul-de-sac since she was four! She finally got her wish.

Then it was off to Coeur d’alene

Amber Waves of Grain!

We drove all day in time to get there to watch the big fireworks over the lake. The kids were doubtful it would be as good as their beloved neighborhood fireworks, not having been to many big shows in their life. But they were blown away…no pun intended.

No I didn’t take this picture. 🙂

The next day we played around Coeur d’alene. Levi and Rock went cliff jumping:

We ate Gooeys at the Coeur d’alene resort. They were as big as Liberty’s head and so delicious!

Libby was thrilled, but Levi was not so sure…

We were all hot and tired after a long day exploring Coeur d’alene in the heat, so we went back to the hotel for a swim and some popcorn.

The next day the girls rented bikes to ride along the lake and the boys hiked Tubb’s Hill.

You can see Levi on the middle rock if you look close.

Then we played at the beach.

And got some more ice cream.

Coeur d’alene was beautiful!

And if you noticed that we are short one child, that is because Cade is working up at Scout Camp this summer.

Yellowstone Part II

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Kami Hymas

On our second day in Yellowstone we covered the southern portion of the park-ie, fewer animal sightings and way more geysers and hot pots.

Old Faithful

Kind of anti-climatic, but hey, now we can say we’ve seen it.

Grand Prismatic Spring

Blue smoke!

This one was kind of a mystery to me. They have gone to great lengths to build and maintain a walkway up to this pool, but unless you are 10 feet tall, you can’t really see how cool this is. It takes a helicopter ride or the internet to give you the real view:

From West Thumb we continued south out of the park to see the Tetons and Jackson Hole.

I LOVE the Tetons!

No trip to Rexburg is complete without a trip to my favorite frozen yogurt on the planet-Millhollow!

It has not changed one single bit in (almost) 25 years.

On our way home, just outside of Idaho Falls and luckily near civilization we got a nice flat tire. Drove over a screw that popped the tire in two places.