Stanley and Sun Valley

In the middle of June, Ammon had a 2-day golf tournament in Ketchum, Idaho. Ketchum is almost 3 hours away from Salmon. Josh had to stay home to work, so I took the boys and we left really early in the morning on Wednesday June 15. The road follows the river for 2 hours, and we only had to make two puke stops along the way! When we got to Stanley, I dropped off the younger 3 boys at Josh's Aunt Janet's house and I drove Ammon to the golf course in Ketchum. He liked the 9-hole course; it's really long, and surrounded by homes and condos, and there's a lot of bunkers. But the coolest part was that their driving range is over a pond! The driving range balls are floater balls, and you hit the balls into the water! Neither of us had ever seen that before!

When he was done golfing at the end of day 1, and I was done scorekeeping for another group of boys, then I took Ammon to downtown Ketchum for lunch. Ketchum is part of Sun Valley, a resort spot in Idaho. It's very pretty and full of unique shops. It's fun to drive around and look at all the different things they have. We found this cool house made of sticks, and had to stop for a few photos! 

When we got back to Stanley, the younger boys had just gotten back from a hike with their cousins. Jonah, Micah, and Kanyon had so much fun playing with their cousins Orson, Sammy, and Bubba when Ammon and I were gone! They sure love going to Stanley!

I took the boys and Bubba to Redfish Lake that afternoon. When we first got there, the boys said they were freezing, because the wind was blowing, and they wanted to go back to their cousins' house.  

I told them we'd drive around the lake before we would head back, and along the drive we decided to stop on a different end of the lake. It was warmer on that side because the wind wasn't blowing as bad, and the boys all gave it a second chance, and they got out and played in the sand and water for a couple of hours.

They tried to dig trenches and holes in the sand near the water, and that kept them busy for a while.

Bubba and Ammon dug the deepest holes.

Since we didn't come prepared with beach toys, Kanyon used his croc to play with the sand!

Jonah and Micah made sand angels.

And Bubba was the only one brave enough to jump in from the dock and swim back to shore in the freezing water!!!



That night, we stayed in the hotel that Aunt Janet's family owns and runs, and the next day, I took Ammon back to the golf course for his 2nd day of the tournament. He played pretty good, but he didn't place. Then we drove back to Stanley, picked up the boys, and drove back to Salmon in time for the boys' last soccer game. And we made it without any puke stops that time! It was a short and nice vacation, and the boys all had a great time!