Every year we make the pilgrimage to Utah and Idaho. It's like the Muslims going to Mecca. We go to Utah first, visiting family and friends and then we travel up to Idaho for the Phillips' Family Reunion. I drove with the kids to Utah. The kids were pretty well behaved on the trip. We always stop in Boise to split the trip up with me being the only driver. Neile, Cheyenne, and Grandma and Grandpa Fahsbender met us in Utah. We were able to go see the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. I had never been to an open house before and I wanted the kids to see the inside of the temple. I think everyone had a good experience. While we were at Grandma Virginia's we did lots of eating. The kids played well together. They were so excited to see their cousin, Cheyenne who was not even 2 years old the last time we saw her. The kids enjoyed going to the playground almost daily, despite the high 90s and low 100s. At least Utah has a dry heat. Dad and I did our usual running. Well, not as much running as he probably would have liked. I was battling a bad chest cold and the altitude just killed me. Dad went out before me and then came home and ran with me. We also took Mom's death walks right up the mountain, hoping that we would have buns of steel after them. Mom walks at a pretty good clip. We went up American Fork Canyon to have a picnic with the Mehlers. Unfortunately I did not get any pictures of that outing. It was a nice visit with Grandma and Myron. Myron spoils us with fresh fruit and homemade bread daily. In fact, one day he made cinnamon raisin bread that was devoured within about 15 minutes of taking it out of the bread machine. We wore him out I think. We sure appreciate the hospitality that is always shown to us when we stay there, although I always feel a little, or a lot, guilty about not doing more to make their lives easier. We look forward to the next trip.
While I was in Utah, I got to see Laura and Carrie Moeaki and Sally Cannon (only briefly). It was fun to catch up and reminisce. It is incredible that we can pick up with each other as if we lived next door and saw each other daily. I love that about my friends. I wish that I did live next door and saw them more frequently than I currently do.
Kevin met us a couple of days before we headed up to Idaho. We drove up on Friday and went to the reunion on Saturday. It is nice to get to see two sets of grandparents on one trip. The reunion was fun, as usual. We always hold it at Downata Hot Springs so the kids get to go swimming. Marin didn't want to go down either of the big slides but Andrew went down one of them. They also went down on some of the smaller ones. We left right after the reunion for Boise and made our way back to Portland. It was a whirlwind of a trip that we do annually. That is about all the car riding the kids will stand.
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