rexburg trip

facebook reminded me today that 2 years ago, jared graduated with his masters degree! how is it even possible we have been in the Boise area for 2 years already!?!? we have really enjoyed our time here so far, and really don't have any plans to leave any time soon. jared's job is going great, we live in a great neighborhood and ward, we really can't complain.... EXCEPT.... we have no family here. and it kills me! i hate not living close to family. luckily jared's WHOLE family is just a hop, skip and a jump away in idaho falls, and my sister carissa and her family are just up the road from them in Rexburg. it's about a 4 hour drive to IF and 4.5 to rexburg, so we have made quite a few trips over that way since we have lived here. last week, jared flew to California for work, so i threw the kiddos into the car and drove over to rexburg for the week. i'm glad i did, we had a great time seeing family.

 cutest cousins around!

 parker and kyler were the best of friends all week and for the most part played pretty well together with limited fighting.

 brooklynn is turning into quite the sassy, spicy little girl and would scream NO, MINE! everytime she was around brant. poor kiddo became almost scared of her :(   i dont blame him though, she is quite the pill. 

 while we were there, carissa and kyle were moving just a few yards away into a bigger town home, so i was on kid duty all week. we took lots of walks and went to the park and played outside a lot. the kids loved it. 

when i was growing up, my dad was stationed in spokane, washington.... i had an aunt and uncle and cousins that lived in seattle at the time, which was about a 4 hour drive, so we made lots of trips over to see them. my mom and aunt would pile all the kiddos into the suburban and we would just party. flash forward 15 years, and here carissa and i live 4 hours away from each other and are now piling our kiddos into the back of my MINI VAN! EEEKKK!!! where has the time gone, and how is it possible that we are old enough to be responsible for a car full of kiddos?!?!