Summer Trip to Idaho

This summer we got to go to Idaho to see my family.  Brady got to stay for a week and Alayna and I stayed for two and a half weeks.  We had so much fun and got to do lots and lots of fun stuff!!

We got to go horseback riding...

 

Brady, Kate, and I on our horses

 

We went to Bear World...

Alayna was more excited about sitting in the front seat than seeing Bears. Haha

Brady is such a cute bear :)

Alayna LOVED the petting zoo

They even had little kiddy rides for us to go on.  Alayna hated them.

 

We took Alayna and Brock to the splash park in Rexburg...  Alayna also went on her first merry-go-round but she didn't like that very much.

They had so much fun!!

We went to our neighbor's farm to pet their goats...

She gets a little too excited to pet animals...

We were also there for Pioneer Days!  Yay!!  That is one of my most favorite holidays ever and it is not celebrated in Oregon. :(  The 24th of July is a BIG deal in my home town.  We went to our towns play, went to the parade, and also went to the rodeo.  Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of these. 

We had a HUGE bon fire in my parents pasture.  While the fire was calming down so that we could get closer to it, we rode the four-wheeler and the boys played catch...

Alayna loved riding the four-wheeler!

My 2 older brothers and I with our kids next to grandma.  My little brother's baby is due in November :)


 

My little brother Brian and his wife Emily got sealed in the Idaho Falls temple!  I was so happy that I was there for that and I also was able to be there for Emily to take out her endowments.  It was such a good day! 

So happy for them!

My brothers and I

Our family all grown up...

The whole Rhodehouse side (minus Brady, he had to work)

We had so much fun being in Idaho and we can't wait to go back to visit again in October!

Alayna's 1st Birthday and Rhodehouse Reunion

Alayna turned ONE years old on July 13th, 2012!  The day before Alayna's birthday we drove through the night to go visit my family in Idaho. We were having a little family reunion with all my brothers and their families in Island Park where we stayed a couple days in a trabin (it's a mix between a trailer house and a cabin). The first day we got to the Trabin was on Alayna's 1st birthday! We just had a good day visiting with family. That evening we ate Alayna's birthday cake that my mom made her, and opened Alayna's presents. We have a little ONE year old now! Crazy!

That weekend was a little rainy but we still had a ton of fun four-wheeling, playing games, playing basketball, playing tether ball, eating food, and even boating! I even got to learn how to wake board! I got up on my 2nd try. :) We had so much fun there! After our fun weekend we went back to my parents house to finish our vacation.

Here are some pictures of the birthday girl...

Alayna and her Birthday cake

She didn't like everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to her.

She liked her cake though! Haha

Time to open presents! 

 

Our sweet little baby girl is growing up so fast!!!

Here is our little family at the Rhodehouse family reunion

And here I am beating Brady at tether ball. Haha. Just kidding, I lost.

This is Alayna and her cousin Naomi in there matching outfit. :)
 

 

  

Labor Day

Brady didn't have to go to work on Labor Day so we decided we were going to do something fun so we went to the beach!  This was Alayna's first time ever seeing the ocean and going to the beach.  Saying that she loved it could be an understatement! She never stopped moving the whole time!  She just wanted to run run run! 

After the beach we went back to Brady's parents' house and hung out with the family.  It didn't take long before Alayna was asleep and she slept the whole way there!

 We had a great day!  

                                         Alayna LOVES puppies!!

Alayna doesn't like swings yet. Haha