Jac's and Boise

The kids (minus Blair) had a mid-winter break so we decided to make a trip up to see my sister and to check out Boise.  I hadn't seen my sister and her family for almost 3 1/2 years!  It was a nice trip but way too short.  Hopefully we can get together sometime this summer. 

Thank goodness my sister takes pictures and sends them to me...I'm usually really bad at remembering to take pictures.

Would you guess that these two are only 3 months apart and in the same grade?  I'm not sure if my child is a giant or Jac's is a shorty...maybe both?

This is the one auntie on my side I think KK gets her personality from.

Uncle Brandyn multitasking!  Making breakfast and baby holding!

Adisyn taking her turn with Eden.

We went to this fun park.

All the kids (Kadyn and Easton-13, Ashlyn-12, Blair-11, Dyer and Adisyn-9, Blakely and Karsyn-7, McKinley-3 (almost 4), and Eden (9 months)

Ashlyn (aka baby hog!!!) and Eden

KK couldn't get enough of this Twix fruit salad.  She was licking the bowl!

One last cousin picture before we left!

Thanks for letting us stay with you guys for a couple nights!

Karsyn and Eden

We decided to check out Boise since it is one of the few places we think we might want to end up if we decide to get out of the military in less than 1 1/2 years.  Nathan's aunt and uncle live there so we were able to see them and they were so kind to have us over for dinner a couple nights while we were there.  Also, his uncle drove us around some areas we were interested in seeing.

Nathan's mom decided that she was going to come up and see us and then his sister said that her family was going to be up in Boise that weekend too!  Eventually Nathan's other sister said she was coming too so we decided to go to Dave and Busters one night for dinner.  The kids had fun but I can't say that I was a huge fan of the place.  I've always wanted to check it out but I would be okay if I never made it back.

This was probably the first inside public place the kids have done since COVID happened!  Also, this trip was the first time my kids have eaten at a restaurant in almost a year!  It was nice to get out of California for a while and feel somewhat back to normal for a bit.

So apparently this is what studying looks like...

As you can tell she is working really hard while Nathan and I are out driving around the area!

Poor Blair still had school work to do while we were on vacation.  She did a decent job of not getting too far behind.  

Playing at the park with cousin Hudson before they left to go back to Idaho Falls.