Shoshone Falls

I think Avery looks sooo cute here!

We drove through the town of Hailey!

Karis coming down a hill on her bottom! Nice and dirty!

The next day on our little mini-vacation we went to Sun Valley and Shoshone Falls. (We stayed in Twin Falls both nights since it was centrally located and much easier to stay in one place than pack up and stay in a different. We found a great hotel with fresh cookies, a 2 room suite with a sitting room, and free breakfast! Can't beat that! Also a fun pool that the kiddos spent a lot of time in.)

Our 2nd day was a little disastrous in that the night before Avery threw up! Thankfully, she was the only one. However, Alex ended up with a fever and near throwing up several times. We decided to make the best of it and drove to Sun Valley intending to bike when we got there. Let's just say that taking 6 bikes on a mini van is no small job. Poor Scott did all the loading and unloading, thinking it would be worth it as we would happily bike around Sun Valley enjoying the beauty.

Well, we got there and Alex started throwing up....but nothing coming out type throwing up and was burning up with fever. Avery was better so Scott took her and the girls to bike some and I stayed in the van with Alex. About 10 minutes into the ride, Hailey took a major crash. In fact the foam on her bike helmet even broke on part of it. Thank God she was wearing one. We always make our kids wear helmets for this very reason. So Scott returned with a crying and sore Hailey.

We put the kids in the van and started the long process of loading up the bikes. At one point 3 out of 4 kids were wailing in the van. I looked at Scott and we burst out laughing. He said, "Next time we should come here without kids so we can really bike." I said, "Umm...great plan....we'll try this again in 10 years." It was a little disappointing but just part of having kids! On the way back we stopped at Shoshone Falls and it was beautiful. The girls loved it but poor Alex was really feeling yucky. It was so pretty though and we had a nice time. Then back to the motel for some swimming!