Summer Vacation

This year for our family vacation we went to Yellowstone for a family reunion with Travis' family. We actually stayed in a large cabin with all of Trav's family (30 people) in Island Park, ID which is about 45 minutes from Yellowstone. On our way to the family reunion, we made a couple of stops. Trav was in New York for the entire week before our trip so he decided to fly into Boise and meet me there. I drove to Boise by myself with the 4 kids the night before he flew in. An hour before I was supposed to leave Portland, I found out that my friend, Stacy, was going to be driving to Boise by herself with her 4 kids the same day. We decided to caravan which took a lot of the worry from our husbands. Actually our kids had fun switching cars and riding with their friends for part of the drive. It is a 7 hour drive to Boise and the kids did great, especially Brynley.

We spent a couple days with the Meikles in Boise before continuing on to the family reunion. Brynley got to meet the Meikle family and her new buddy, Benj.

Bryn (almost 3 months) and Benj (almost 7 months). Benj weighs almost 10 lbs more than Bryn.

Travis, Bryn, Jess and Benj

One day we took a long walk along the Boise River and let the kids play in the water.

Sydney did not want to get her dress wet, it was so cute seeing her Tinker Bell panties.

Trav is such a cute dad carrying Bryn in the Baby Bjorn and checking scores with his Blackberry.

After we left Boise we drove to Jerome, ID to see my good friend from college, Caroline, and her kids. She made us lunch and we had fun catching up. Her daughter, Hillary, loves Travis and has been waiting for us to come visit again so she could see him. She was really sad when we had to leave, especially Travis.

Travis and Hillary

Everyone loves Travis!