At the beginning of April I had Spring Break. I decided to go on a road trip up to Washington to see Derek and Jill and the kids. I didn't want to go alone because of the long trip so I invited Kerian
n, a girl fom the ward, to come with me. This would be her first road trip. We left just after the first session of General Conference on Sunday. To split up the driving we stopped in Boise at the Palfreyman's house and spent the night. When we first got to Boise we stopped to see the Boise temple. Monday morning I went running and we headed off to Derek's.
On Tuesday we decided to go down into Oregon and see the Silver falls. We had a picnic and then ventured out to see three different falls. It was a great little hike for all of us down to some of the falls and we were even able to walk behind some of them.
On Wednesday we went north and visited Mt. Saint Helens. We were only able to visit the farthest visiters center because the closer ones were not open yet. We went on a little nature walk and saw two videos about the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens.
On Thursday we went again into Oregon and went to the beach in Seaside. It was the first time for Keriann to see the beach. We played around on the beach for a while thowing a frisbee and playing in the sand. I had thought of bringing my swimming suit but thought it would be too cold. After a while I just gave up and went swimming with my clothes on. Ellie was really cute running after the waves. We buried each other in the sand and had lots of fun. Afterwards we went down the street and got some ice cream.
We left Derek and Jill's house on Friday and took a detour to visit my first roommate, Kori, in Pasco. I hadn't seen her for about 3 or 4 years. It was good to catch up a little. I can't believe she has been married for about 6 years. That night we spent the night in Boise again and this time stayed with the Palfreyman's daughter Rachelle. We stayed there because they were giving a surprise party for their parents. Carrie and Camille came over that night just after I had gotten ready for bed. It was nice to see them.
About the second or third week of April Megan called and wanted to take the kids camping and invited me to come along. We headed down to Green River, UT and stayed the night in the state park there. In the morning we drove out to Goblin Valley to see the rock formations. If any of you have been there you would know how amazing it is. Kayla and JT did really well camping and it was really fun trip.
At the beginning of April I had Spring Break. I decided to go on a road trip up to Washington to see Derek and Jill and the kids. I didn't want to go alone because of the long trip so I invited Keriann, a girl fom the ward, to come with me. This would be her first road trip. We left just after the first session of General Conference on Sunday. To split up the driving we stopped in Boise at the Palfreyman's house and spent the night. When we first got to Boise we stopped to see the Boise temple. Monday morning I went running and we headed off to Derek's.
On Wednesday we went north and visited Mt. Saint Helens. We were only able to visit the farthest visiters center because the closer ones were not open yet. We went on a little nature walk and saw two videos about the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens.
