Montana

The best part of our vacation was visiting Amber and her family. We are so happy that Kathy and the girls could come too.

The tire swig was a hit!!!

 We had a picnic at Ryan's Dam??? We are not sure if the name is right.

 The suspension bridge was pretty cool. It leads to a small island. There is a sign that warns people to get off the island if they hear eight short blasts. We assume that means the dam is breaking.

 The island

 We then went to a state park where we went ice blocking. It was a blast. Apparently people don't know about this cheap activity because people kept stopping to watch and wanted to know what was going on.

Thanks Amber and Neil, we had a great time.

Lava Hot Springs

Our vacation this year was a little disjointed. We went to Lava for a couple of days, came home for jr. high registration, kindergarten testing, and a couple of interviews, then went to Montana to visit Amber.

 Cade was excited about the Olympic sized swimming pool and platform diving boards.

 Grace loved the curly slide.

 Grace in line

 Cade on the highest platform.

 We had a great camp spot. It was on someones farm property near the hay fields. It was grassy and we had plenty of space

 Jacob had a loose tooth that he didn't want out. Grace tackled him to the ground while we tried to pull it out. Jacob hates to pull teeth!!!

The campground had the Portneuf River run through it. There was a nice, but cold, swimming hole.

 We also floated down the Portneuf River. It was a blast!!!

Air Force Museum

 We had the opportunity to spend some time with Summer and Whitney in July while their parents were out of town. One day we went to the Air Force Museum. They have a cool educational center now.

 They have a variety of fight suits to dress up in,

 different types of flight simulators,

 they helped the kids build rockets which they launched using an air compressor,

 and a variety of things to experiment with.

 We ran into the Wisers there.

I love free entertainment! Especially when it is educational.