Busy August, Part III

After finishing all of our fun Utah activities, and after saying goodbye to Alan, who had to go back to California, I was able to take a little side-trip to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Cheryl and Jared were also able to make a flight up there too. The reason for this trip was to see Kyle, Emily, and Milo who were there for Emily's best friend's wedding.  The Crandall's were gracious enough to allow Cheryl and I to stay in their home and Jared stayed with Mark & Xan Pulsipher.  It had been almost a year since Cheryl had seen Milo, so she had a great time getting reacquainted with him.

I hadn't seen him for three months, so I got to get reacquainted also.

We were able to do several fun things while there - most of which had to do with water.  We got up pretty early on a Monday morning to go out on the Crandall's boat for some water skiing on Lake Hayden.  Of course Emily (almost 8 months along) and I didn't water ski, but Kyle and Cheryl did.  They both did very well. Emily's brother, Ryan, showed us his skills and it was quite a show. He is amazing. He looked like a professional water skier with all the tricks he can do.

Later that morning, we took Milo to a new splash pad area in downtown Coeur d'Alene. He had a great time playing with the water. He didn't want to get too wet, however, because the water was quite cold.

After having lunch at the historic "Hudson's Burgers", we went out to the Pulsipher's who live on Lake Coeur d'Alene and they took us out on their pontoon boat.  That boat is perfect for transporting a large number of people. I figure we had about 16 people on board, half of which were children that Xan brought with her (her four kids plus 3 neighbor kids).

Doug & Sally have only been back from their mission for a few months. It was fun to see them again. 

Doug drove the boat to this popular spot so anyone who wanted to could do some cliff jumping.

Milo found Doug's Crocs and hat and had a great time trying to walk around wearing them. He was a crack-up, especially with his life preserver on too!

I had to fly back to California the next day. It was sure fun to spend some time with Kyle, Emily, Milo, Jared, and Cheryl. We need more time with family like this.