Summer Vacation

I used to be so good at keeping my blog updated! I seriously have SLACKED!!! We went home to Idaho this summer and had a great time. When we first arrived we stayed with Jeff's brother, Jared in the Boise area. It was so nice and hot! We had a great time at the water park in Meridian. Aunt Topaz did the girls' hair before we left. (that's why I have pics of the back of their heads). It was so cute, I didn't take it out for a week! We then traveled through Twin Falls and saw a friend of ours from Moscow, Idaho. While we were there we took the girls to see the Shoshone Falls. After we left, the girls asked where the big ones were at. We told them that was it! The see the very tall Multnomah Falls on the Columbia River Gorge when we come home and they associate all waterfalls with that one. :) I loved seeing the Shoshone Falls, I don't remember the last time I've seen them. We stayed in Bear Lake with my family next and enjoyed a wonderful fire work show in Logan, Utah. We were in Soda Springs on the 4th and saw so many people at the city park. It was great seeing friends and Jeff's old schoolmates. All in all, it was a great visit home and we always miss everyone one when we have to leave. A big surprise to me and Jeff was not bringing our girls home with us! I know right? Jeff's parents offered to keep the girls while we drove back home. As soon as we got back we were moving into a different place and they knew how much easier it would be without the girls there. It took me the whole time there and the very morning we were leaving to decide what to do. In the end we left them, it was so hard! I have never been away from them for more than 12 hours or so. Once we got to Boise, we were okay. It turned into a long date and we enjoyed ourselves. Moving is never fun, but it was a lot better without having the girls to take care of too. My parents also got more time with them and everyone loved taking care of our twinners. Jeff's mom, grandparents, aunt, uncle, and two cousins came out on July 18th and brought our girls with them. We were away from them for 10 days! What was kind of sad and also good, was that the girls didn't have a problem with us gone. In fact, they didn't ask about us too much! At first that hurt my feelings, but then again it was nice for the grandparents to watch them without meltdowns. Gracie and Madi understood we were back in Oregon and that they were going to come home soon. It was a chance leaving them, but now we know we can leave them again and go on a "real" vacation in the future.