Day 1 (Saturday June 27): We drove to the Tolman Family Reunion in Tremonton. We talked to relatives, the boys played with cousins, Ammon went golfing, I went to Shaylene Barrus's weddding reception, and we spent the night at my parents house.
Day 2 (Sunday, June 28): We played chess and Dr. Mario (on the wii) at Grandma & Grandpa's house in the morning, went to church with them in the afternoon, played croquet in the yard in the evening using a set I just purchased (Ammon won the first time and I won the second time), ate yummy food, and spent the night at their house again.
Day 3 (Monday, June 29): We left Tremonton at 6am and drove to Idaho Falls for Ammon's Jr. IGA tournament tee time at the Idaho Falls Country Club at 9:00am. Thankfully the boys mostly slept on the car ride. We watched Ammon golf the first 9 holes, then the other boys and I left to go shopping, eat lunch, and I took Jonah and Micah to their dentist. They both got good reports, and had no cavities!! YAY!
After the dentist, we went back to pick up Ammon at the golf course; he shot a 92 on the 18 holes. He played really well, but he had a hard time on Hole #2 (which was while we were still there watching him, and he pretty much told me it was my fault because he said he always does worse when I watch him and told me he wished I would leave, but I didn't, and he played better anyway after that!), and that unfortunately affected his overall score, or he would've been right with the top players--most of whom were in the high 80's. He got 8th out of 14 players in his age group.
It was a super hot afternoon (it was in the upper 90s just like the previous few days), and I took them all to the air-conditioned Edwards movie theater to watch the matinee of "Inside Out". We all loved it! The boys especially loved the feeling actor "anger".
After the movie, we went shopping again, got some pizza for dinner, and drove to Rexburg to go swimming at Rexburg Rapids. On Monday nights, they have a family special of buy one get one free, so it cost only like $12 for all of us to get in! I thought it would be a great activity to keep cool after such a hot day, but unfortunately about a half hour after we got there, a huge rainstorm came through and it was really chilly. We only stayed for about an hour and a half, because the 3 older boys were freezing and huddled in their towels by our beach chair. I still had fun, though! Kimi came with us, and we just chatted away while floating in the lazy river together. At one point, we were floating along together, and Kanyon swam along beside us. We got him a tube so he could float with us, too, but then one of the lifeguards said only 2 tubes could be connected, not 3 (Kimi and I each had a hand on the other's tube and one hand on Kanyon's tube). After he said that, Kimi and I both instantaneously took our hands off of Kanyon's tube so that we were both still connected to each other, and then we both laughed so hard realizing what we'd just done! We decided to go down one of the body slides since there wasn't a long line, and we even got Kanyon to go down the big water slide, too (he refused to go on the big water slides last year; he just stayed in the kiddie area with the little slides)! As we were in line on the platform, we could see the 3 other boys below us shivering and having a miserable time, so after we went down the water slide, we decided it was time to leave.
(Funny side story: Apparently the same storm blew through Salmon that evening. Josh was weed-eating up on the terrace by our house when out of nowhere a huge bolt of lightning struck our neighbor Tim & Barb's power box on their house. It was so close to our house that Josh could feel and hear the strike. He instantly fell to the ground, so that he wouldn't be the highest thing up on the terrace for it to strike next. He laid on the ground for several minutes, waiting for the storm clouds to pass. He hadn't seen any lightning before that strike, and he didn't see any after that. He had just decided to get back up when his mom came to see if he was alive. Apparently she could see him weed-eating from her kitchen window, and when she heard the lightning strike, she looked out and he was laying on the ground. She feared that he had been struck, and came to see if he was okay before calling 911. Thankfully, he didn't get struck!!!)
After the water park, we drove back to Kimi's new apartment in Idaho Falls to spend the night. The boys watched a movie while Kimi & I made dinner and unpacked all her kitchen boxes. They slept on air mattresses in her living room, and I got to sleep in her comfortable bed with her! I just love this friend of mine!
Day 4 (Tuesday, June 30): Ammon and I left Kimi's place about 7:30 that morning for his Jr. IGA tournament tee time at 8:30 at the Blackfoot Golf Course. I dropped him off and went back to get the other boys in Idaho Falls, who were thankfully still sleeping when I returned. We cleaned up and packed up all our stuff, and headed to the Edwards Theater again, because they have a special on Tuesday mornings in the summer: they show family movies at 10:00, and charge just $1 per person. We watched the movie "Paddington", then drove back to Blackfoot to pick up Ammon. He scored a 90, and placed 5th in his age category. Then we headed back home to Salmon, ending our road trip.
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| Ammon picked out and bought these new clothes when we shopped at Ross just the day before |
We had a lot of fun, and on a budget, too! I liked getting out of town, spending time with my kids, visiting family and friends, and feeling like we were doing something summer-y!!
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