and now we're back

for the last 2 1/2 weeks andrew and i have been at family reunions, back to back. one being in provo utah and the other at the oregon coast! and now here we are back in boise, jobless and tired...

let me tell you alittle of what happened at each. first we went to andrew's family reunion which was in provo. it was the first time that we had officially all been together since his parent's returned from their mission in brazil. it was a lot of fun. we stayed in a masion that was big enough to fit us all. (a total of ) so it was nice to see them all. so one of the days we went to the building that had a lot of those big blown up jumpy castles. it was so fun there were big jumpy slides and obstacle ones. andrew and i had so much fun. a lot of the days we swam and just hung out. it was so nice to relax! we went to BYU one day and walked around campus for a while. i had never been there so that was neat. we went to out to eat a few times and everything was really good. after this wonderful family reunion we returned to boise for one night only to embark on another family reunion the next day.

off we went to the oregon coast with my family. we drove with my parents because gas is so expensive. so there was andrew and i my mom and monte and then tonnns of food and suitcases in the back. so on the way there we saw lots of wind surfers and kite surfers. it was really cool. so we had to pick one of my brother's up from the portland airport. so then it was even more squished. we finally made it to our rental house which was really neat. it was three stories high and had everything you could imagine. it was amazing. just a few feet from it was the ocean. outside our widow you could see it and go stand out on the balcony. it was so pretty. everybody came except for one of my brothers and his family.. those party poopers. we did a lot of fun things. one day we went down to the pier in newport oregon, another day we went to the aquarim, we went to play in the ocean, we had good food and good company. we went to tillamook where there was this really cool steam train. the kiddies loved it. we then had lunch at the tillamook cheese factory and had some of their delicious jerky. everynight we would play games into the wee hours of the morning... that's something that my family does best. it was really just such a blast!

we are just so thankful for family and the love that we feel from them. we are so grateful for the support and love they give us. it was nice to renew friendships and meet new members of the family. it's hard to be back and not on vacation anymore. anyways thanks for the amazing two weeks we had moms and dads. we love and appreciate you guys sooooo much.
XOXO