Karla and Kids: July 2008

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Mark and Rachel went to Salt Lake City

July 7, Mark and Rachel decided to drive to Salt Lake City and go to Temple Square. This was the first time for both of them to go. Since Rachel couldn't get her cast wet. This was a good opportunity for a day trip.

Minnetonka Caves, ID - Rachel's Broken Arm

On July 6, on our Bear Lake vacation, we took an afternoon and went to Minnetonka Caves. The caves are 40* and are 444 stairs in and 444 stairs out. The cave was discovered in 1907 by a grouse hunter and the caves were opened to the public in 1947. It is a live, wet cave. Rachel literally could "see the light at the end of the tunnel", she only had a few sets of stairs left to exit the cave tour and she slipped and fell on the wet stairs and broke her right arm.

So we got to spend the rest of the afternoon in the Montpelier, ID Hospital ER. They had to call in the xray tech, he showed up in shorts and a t-shirt, then they had to call in the ER doctor, he showed up eating peanuts in the shell. He was talking to Rachel eating/cracking peanuts. It was a very relaxed hospital!!!

Monday, July 21, 2008

Rachel's 4th of July Birthday

On the 4th of July, Rachel's 22nd Birthday, we had more family company come visit for the day. Erik Richardson drove down from Rexburg, ID, he is going to BYU-Idaho. Jason, Laurel and Isabel Richardson drove up from Payson, UT and on their way, they stopped in Provo and picked up Kendle Farr who is going to BYU-Provo. We love our nieces and nephews! Thanks for making the drive. Sorry we didn't have more SUN for you! We boated, tubed, wave runnered, etc. Isabel played in the sand. The Claytons were sunburned from the day before. We bbqed for a late lunch and then had all the extended Claytons over for birthday cake and ice cream. Rachel had a total of 20 people for her birthday party.

Isabel was the entertainment for our bbq lunch, she walked right up to Laurel's plate and took Laurel's corn on the cob and actually started to eat it! So we gave Isabel her own plate and let her munch away on the corn!

Bear Lake Vacation, July 2-9, 2008

On June 30, Aaron, Rachel and Mark drove from Vancouver, WA to our house in Meridian, ID. On July 1, Bret, Susan, Hannah, Mikaela, Grandma Lois, Brittany, Aric, Clayton and Dylan made the same drive, they spent a short night with us and on Wed the 2nd, we hooked the wave runner up to Bret's van and the boat to our expedition and loaded up Aric & Brittany's car and loaded up our second car. 15 of us headed off for vacation in 4 cars to Bear Lake and 3 World Mark condo's.