4th of July Weekend

This 4th, Devin and I were able to go up to Idaho to spend some good old quality time with the family. We spent the day of the 4th up in Island Park floating down the river. By floating, I mean canoeing.

Devin and Dave (my mom's "friend") helping Chris get strapped in. Lucky him, he had the best seat in the house-a camping chair tied to the canoe.
These guys wish they could row as well as me, Devin, and my mom. No, they were pretty good.

This is my look of bewilderment. Unlike Chris, I did not get a good seat. I got to sit on the cooler in the middle of our canoe. Yippeee.

Occassionally, I would decide to help out with the rowing duties.

Occassionally, I would not.

Devin, being the eagle scout that he is, had to keep us on track most of the time.

Christopher enjoying the ride. You can't see it, but his life jacket had a handy dandy pocket knife attached to it too...you know, just in case we ran into any sharks in the water.

For lunch, we just pulled up onto a sand bar and set up shop. Jennifer is helping Chris get his hat on or something in this picture, while Dave is kindly chopping up vegetables and fruits.

Enjoying the good meal.

After the canoe rides, we got to ride in the back of Dave's truck to go back and get the other car. It has a top on it too, so we pretty much were dying of heat. Devin took advantage of the time by taking a nap.

Saturday, we spent shopping and buying way too much baby stuff. We had a BBQ at my dad's before leaving for Provo. It was a lot of fun to see everyone and we sure enjoyed all the good food. Sometimes, I just really miss having someone cook a nice big meal for me. I think about my mom and dad's Sunday meals and I just want to be there, just for the food. How horrible is that? But, I can easily say now that I cook on my own (or heat up) that it was nice to have parents who cooked so well for me growing up.