Idaho Trip

Since we were sick and weren't able to make it up to Idaho for Easter this year, we decided to go a couple weeks later for Dad's birthday.  Rob's been wanting to go up w/ us again to the farm, so we brought him along as well.  I got off work a little early on Thursday the 14th, rode the train home, finished packing a few things, then went over got Rob and headed out.  We of course ran into traffic as it was a weeknight, but once we got out of Salt Lake area it was just fine.  We had a little rain at times, but for the most part had good roads.  We only made a couple stops for the bathroom and made it up to my parent's place around 11pm.

The next morning Dad, Steve and Rob went up to Anderson Dan to do some fishing.  Nyles and I hung around the house w/ mom.  Nyles found all the toys and was loving life!  The wind was blowing really hard so we didn't go outside much, but we still had fun.

Nyles riding the 3 wheeler forwards and backwards.  He's getting pretty good at it.  His legs are just the right size now.  Before he couldn't reach the pedals.  

Nyles had some noodles w/ Parmesan cheese for lunch.  He got a milk mustache while drinking his milk and thought it was the funniest thing.  He kept purposely trying to get a mustache from then on and had to show it to everyone.   

The guys caught a few fish up at Anderson.  Nyles was excited to see them come back.

Dad took the fish and put them in a vacuum packed package then froze them for later.  

Nyles thought it was pretty cool to watch.

He also got to learn a few new games w/ Grandma, which he thought was pretty awesome!

After the guys got back from fishing and we had dinner, we went and had our Easter Egg (sack) Hunt.  Nyles was waiting the whole day; he was so excited to finally go find his sack.  He even found some chocolate on the grass on his way to find his sack.

Nyles found his Easter sack in the tree.

Then Rob, Steve and I found ours too.

After doing our Easter Egg Hunt, Steve and Rob headed out to CJ Strike Dam to go Stergeon fishing w/ Mark Gasper (from the Grandview Ward).  Mark had been telling Steve about it for a while and got him excited to go.  Luckily they caught some!  The fish were 5ft, 6ft and even a 7 foot long one!  Steve said it took usually 3 of them to reel one in because they were so big and strong.  They would take turns until their arms hurt, then they'd switch off to someone else.  They weren't able to keep the fish, but they did get some fun pictures.

Steve posing for a picture showing how big it is (Steve is just over 6ft tall).

And another.

And now Rob.

On Saturday, Dad's birthday, the guys went fishing at CJ Strike.  They caught a couple there too.  That afternoon Steve, Nyles and I went back out and fished on the dock for about an hour before dinner while Dad and Rob watched his new Star Wars movie.  We had many fish bite, but only brought in one.  It was still a lot of fun!

Nyles waiting for a fish to bite.

Nyles and Steve waiting patiently.

Nyles caught one!

And he had to play w/ some trucks too in order to stay focused.

We made a chocolate cake for dad for his birthday and sang "Happy Birthday" to him that night after dinner.  Nyles loves birthdays, especially the cake and ice cream part.

On Sunday, we went to church w/ my parents.  Nyles was a little scared again, and asked that I stay w/ him in Primary.  There were a few visitors, so his Sunbeams classes was quite big and combined w/ kids up to age 6.  For that reason the lesson was a little advanced for him, but he made it through.  Barbara and her kids (minus Mikey) showed up around sacrament meeting time.  It was great seeing them and Nyles just loved having cousins around.  They played after lunch for an hour or so as well until we had to go.  He was sad to leave, but Grandpa took him on one more motorcycle ride before we left.  That made his day!

Abby jumped on the back of the motorcycle as well and took a ride w/ Grandpa and Nyles.

We left around 3pm in the afternoon, and made it home by 8pm.  Thankfully Nyles did take a nap this time.  He actually fell asleep shortly after getting on the freeway.  It was a fun yet short trip.  The Internet wasn't working the whole time we were there so I couldn't help mom order her pictures for her Scouts, but we did at least get them put on her computer.

This was our last trip up to Idaho before the baby comes.  I am 33 weeks today, so w/in the next 4-6 weeks the baby should be here.  Nyles was 3 weeks early, so we're trying to get things done and ready just in case this one comes early too.  I'll have someone cover my book at work while I'm gone, so I just need to have things in order so they can continue to work while I'm gone.  We had a Dr appointment this past week and the baby is growing right on track.  My back hasn't been hurting as bad (knock on wood), so hopefully I'll be able to continue to have good health to the end.

We went to our ward again today.  They read in our names officially, so I guess we're part of a ward again.  Everyone has been so nice and welcoming.  Nyles went to Primary/Sunbeams by himself this time (though we had to sneak out).

Well we hope everyone has a good week!  It's the last week of April already.  Love ya lots!