Fall Break Vacay

We decided to be brave and adventurous (vacations are stressful for me) and plan a fun trip for the kids' Fall Break. It ended up being a lot more driving than fun, but I'm so glad we did it.

We started at Hill Air Force Base at the Aerospace Museum. There is a whole section named after John A. Lindquist, who is Adam's great great grandpa's nephew. I'm not sure what that makes him. Some kind of removed cousin?

 This is the kind of plane that John Lindquist flew during the war.

We drove to Logan that night. Adam took the kids swimming at the hotel while I worked on homework. Then we went to the Logan Cemetery where a lot of Adam's relatives are buried. We hurried and found all the Lindquists we could find so we could get back in the warm car. Then we found a really cool pizza place for dinner called Factory Pizzeria. It's in the basement of another restaurant. The food was good and the atmosphere was fun and family friendly. There was a pool table and all the tables have been carved into by hundreds of people. 

After dinner, we went to the Aggie Creamery where Adam has memories of going with his Grandma when he was young. Adam got Aggie Blue Mint and it was AMAZING. I regretted my choice of cookie dough. Penny got a flavor that tasted like Froot Loops. 

In the morning, we drove to Lava Hot Springs, Idaho to check out their hot springs. On the drive there, we saw so many beautiful little towns that we dreamed about living in. We were on the Utah Real Estate app checking out how much houses and land would be in each town. Adam has decided he was born to live by the Snake River. 

The hot springs were....HOT. They had different temperature pools but they were all hot. Bridger went to the hottest part and went underwater! He came out steaming....

Then we drove over to the indoor hot springs pool. It was much cooler, but still a perfect warm. The kids had so much fun in the kiddie area.

After having our fill of water fun, we drove to Pocatello and stayed with my cousin Dennis and his family. My kids warmed up to him immediately.

We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and then stayed up late talking, laughing, and telling stories. This Dennis is a treasure. He is so real and I love that. He is hilarious and I could listen to him tell stories for hours. His wife, Krysten is the sweetest. She got us donuts and poptarts in the morning for breakfast. Beckam loved playing with little Denny.

 Bridger loves himself some babies!

Next we were on our way to Caldwell to see my Grandma and Aunt and Uncle. We stopped at Shoshone Falls. It was amazing. I can only imagine how much more amazing it is in the spring when the falls are full.

We got to Caldwell right at dinner time and my grandma had dinner waiting for us. I hadn't seen her for 3 years and it was so good to see her. She lives on the same land as Uncle Bert and Aunt Lova now so we got to see them all. She made curly noodle casserole and the kids got ice cream cones. It was really neat for me to have my kids in my grandma's house. They were so sweet with her- especially Brody. He even fixed her broken lamp.

We got a tour of Uncle Bert and Aunt Lova's new beautiful house and had a good talk with them. In the morning, we walked back over to Grandma's house for a pancake breakfast. I wish we had had more time with her, but we had to head back home.

I love her so much. I have such tender memories with her. She is a really great lady.