Vacation #2: Idaho

We got back Wednesday night after spending 8 days in Washington and Idaho. It is seriously beautiful up there, and we had a great time getting to know Holly's family better and seeing where she grew up. Holly is my new sister-in-law (in case you didn't know) and she grew up in Spokane but spent her summers on Hayden Lake in Idaho. Her parents now live on Hayden Lake permanently, and that is where we spent most of our time. After an eventful day of traveling...delayed flight by two hours...try to catch a different flight...miss that flight...get on a plane from San Diego to Seattle...then Seattle to Spokane...arriving at midnight...hour long drive to our rental house...only to find it wasn't cleaned from the previous renters...eeck. Our rental house was in the city of Coeur D'Alene, near Hayden Lake, and we settled into a routine of traveling to Holly's parents house and hanging out on their dock, boating, slalom skiing (my first time learning), sailing and just hanging out.

Jordan and Clara getting off the tram (the way to get from the house to the dock).
On the back deck, overlooking Hayden Lake.

The primary reason for the trip was that Holly and Jesse were having a second reception up in Idaho for family and friends that didn't get to travel to the wedding in San Diego. It was at the Coeur D'Alene resort which was very beautiful and right on Coeur D'Alene Lake.On one of the days Holly's dad took us to Lake Pend Oreille, we sailed for the day on his racing boat. I only took one picture...Taylor was taking pictures this day mostly.We had a girls night and went to see The Sound of Music in Coeur D'Alene. I loved it, the music and singing was amazing. It is one of my favorite shows by far. Jordan and the boys stayed behind to put the kids to bed and watched a movie. Then we met up for drinks downtown afterwards.Holly's sister Heather, her friends Jessica & Matt...and the rest of the Abeel Clan.

On one of the days they took us to Colfax, Washington, which is a cute farming town, to visit the grandparents. They lived on a cute farmstead and we spent the day visiting with them and exploring their 12 acres.Hanging out on Dock wasn't the easiest for Clara to run around freely and swim, so we took her to a beach on Coeur D'Alene and let her splash in the water and run around in the sand. The trip home was much less eventful...thankfully! The kids did pretty well on the plane, every flight was completely full, and two lap children make things kinda crazy. Coleton doesn't like being held for long, he especially isn't good about napping while being held. It would take him about 10-15 minutes of crying before he would settle down and fall asleep. It's kinda funny watching everyone around you squirm and glance back, wondering if your baby is going to be crying the entire time. I knew he wouldn't be though, so I just tried to ignore them ;) We spent some great quality time together in Idaho and Washington, and got to know Holly's family much better, they were excellent hosts. It is nice to be home though, and we have a pretty busy couple of weeks before we are off again!