Flashback Friday: Island Park October 2010

For Flashback Friday I thought I would share pictures from last October. We went up to Island Park, Idaho with my extended family. It was so fun! We loved it! We stayed at an awesome cabin. I was still recuperating from my Hysterectomy so I lounged a lot on the bed watching movies, sleeping, enjoying my family, hot chocolate and Fall! It was perfect!

There was hiking, hot tubbing, games, movies, a trek into Yellowstone, and a ton of great food!

nate, ally, julia, evelyn, ryland

nate and ronda

garrett, tyler and ethan

mom and bob

travis and heidi, nate and ronda, kim and louis, joe and shelley,

mom, travis and sarah, jen and ryan

ryland, ethan, tyler, garrett, ally
We didn't bring swimsuits for our kids so the boys hopped in in their undies,

ally just climbed in with her clothes on.

sydney, sawyer, ally and shaylen

ryland, carson, julia, ally, sydney, ethan, wyatt

ally and sawyer

On our way home we stopped in Rigby, Idaho to see my Grandma and Grandpa Burke's

old farm. It's been a few years seen we have seen the old place. It hasn't changed much. The new owners were kind enough to let us take some photos of it.

I loved that the old screen door was still on.

4th of July Slacker

I have been meaning to get this post put on here since the Monday after the 4th. You can see how far meaning to and actually doing it have been from each other! Anyhow...here goes!

We ran away to our favorite nearby vacation spot...Bear Lake! We had a bunch of the extended Burke family in town so it was a huge weekend PARTY! On Friday Nate and I took Tiny Man and Ladybug to the Pickleville Playhouse with the rest of the adults and watched "Annie Oakley". It was great! Front row seats aren't too shabby either!
After the play we got to meet the two main characters. Ladybug was really cute and asked her if her name was REALLY Annie. Annie then told her that she had a friend that was named the same as Ladybug. Instantly Ladybug told her that that made them friends too. It was fun!

On Saturday we went to the lake of course! All day fun in the sun! We played horseshoes on the beach, applied a ton of sunblock, ate yummy food, Jet Skiied, ate yummy food, canoed, ate yummy food, applied a ton of sunblock, ate yummy food, laughed our heads off, applied sunblock and then ate some more yummy food! It was great!



Ladybug dancing an outcropping of rocks with a pool of water in it. She was having a great time in the warmer water until we told her that it was probably warm from all of the younger kids going potty in it! Which wasn't 100% true!
Evidence in Tiny Man's braces of the yummy food we ate all day! Yum! Yum!


That night we had a family baseball game at the park, had a BBQ, and watched fireworks.
The next day we cleaned up and hustled home so Nate could turn right around and head to the airport for California! A way fun weekend!

"When are we going back to the Lodge?"

Last weekend was the Burke Family getaway at the Laketown Lodge. We spent Friday night arriving and getting settled. Saturday was full of activities. After a great breakfast we went horseback riding, for most of us if it wasn't the first time ever than it had been 15 years or more since we had been on a horse! Which if you let your imagination go than you get the idea! We had a pinata party for the kids, a family baseball game (again very little imagination required to picture that one!). The Sister-in-laws all went for a 4 mile walk together and later that night rewarded ourselves with a little jewelry shopping! Sunday was spent cleaning and packing up and finishing off all of the great food! It was a great time had by all and we can't wait til next time! Before we had even made it out of Laketown the kids were already asking "When are we going back to the Lodge?"