Summer Vacation Part 3 - Island Park, ID

We were fortunate enough to be able to end our travels at the Yospe Cabin in Island Park, ID. We left from the Jeppson family camp and met up with Grandma Ricks and Aunt Christine for a few of days of fun and relaxing. We visited Mesa Falls, fed the fish at Big Springs, walked down and played at the river, and floated down the snake river to coffee pots campground. It was a great end to a crazy month of traveling.

Summer Vacation Part 2 - Jeppson Family Camp

With summer comes the Jeppson family camping trip. This usually consist of games, playing with cousins, wonderful food, and the dirtiest children you will ever see...at least mine were. This year we made camp at Kelly Canyon in Idaho. Nate's siblings are spread out all over the U.S. This is a perfect way to spend time and reconnect with those who we don't get to see very often.

Kennedy's pants had fallen down and apparently was walking around like this for a while before I noticed and helped her pull them back up.

Taylor performing in her first skit. She did a great job! Kennedy at Rigby lake
Grandma and Grandpa Jeppson singing us an Austrian song

Kennedy and I with Talia and Sarah

Nate and Kennedy during our evening devotional All the cousins filling up on candy during talent night

Kennedy sporting the light saber

The kids (and Nate) had a great time burying each other in the sand

Amberly as a mermaid

Taylor as a mermaid

Kennedy swimming laps at Rigby lake

Amberly, Kennedy, and Callie

Taylor and Tyson playing chess. Surprisingly both Taylor and Kennedy spent most their time under this canopy with the older cousins.

"light saber" fights with swim noodles. Kennedy loved to get her daddy

If I couldn't find Kennedy right away I knew she must be washing her hands at the water pump.

Taylor helping her cousins put up the family flag for camp

Summer Vacation Part 1 - Salt Lake City

When summer comes around we like to spend a little of it at Grandma Ricks' house in Salt Lake City. As usual we spend our time there doing a little bit of this and a little bit of that...

Paisley turned 2 and they had a pool party to celebrate!

With daily highs in the 100's, It was a perfect excuse to share one of my favorite childhood stomping grounds with the girls. Sugar House park was a huge part of my summers as a kid and it was fun to see the same excitement my girls seemed to have for it as well. There is this great little stream that runs through the park that my siblings and I would wade through, swim in, and explore around. Some 20+ years later it still holds its magic.

We went with Grandma Ricks to This is the Place Heritage Park. Among many things, the girls loved the horse rides and petting zoo. Taylor would have spent all week with these baby sheep if we would have let her.

As a child I fondly remember going to a park with Cinderella's pumpkin coach. I thought since the girls are in the height of their princess obsession that they would enjoy it...and I was right!!

The two amigos. Kennedy and Paisley are only a couple months apart and partners in crime! The are so cute together. This was taken on the day we arrived. They practically had the same outfit on and the same hair do. To top it off they had matching shiners under their eye.