Visiting Friends and Family in Idaho Falls (Glacier Trip Part V)

After leaving Columbia Falls, we traveled to Idaho Falls to spend time with some friends and family before traveling home to Riverton, Utah.

Shortly after arriving and unloading our luggage at Paul & Vicki Lee's house, we headed over to Alan's niece's house. Cynthia's family lives very close to the Lee's and Amber's family (Alan's other niece) lives even closer. We had been invited to eat dinner with both families a couple of weeks prior to this and we had looked forward to spending time with both families and catching up on each of them. Little did we know that it would turn into a much bigger affair than we thought. It turns out that Cynthia's oldest daughter, Brook, went through the Idaho Falls Temple earlier in the day to receive her own endowment prior to leaving on her mission to Guyana in January.

Because of that, Alan's brother Kevin and his wife Barbara were in town for the big event. Plus, Cynthia's older boys had many friends attend the dinner, which made for a large group. We found it very enjoyable.

This is a picture of the outside of Cynthia & Brandon's home.

And here's the inside of the home.

The evening was a big success.

The next day after church, we had lunch with the Lee's and with their son Ethan's family. Also included in that meal were some friends we knew from Lancaster - Barry & Phyllis Lewis. The Lewis' are actually in the same ward with the Lee's and Amber's family. So much fun to catch up with all of these wonder people over a delicious lunch. We hadn't seen Barry and Phyllis for several years. Unfortunately, Ethan's family isn't pictured here. We actually got to see the Lee's son, Brett, too, shortly after we arrived. 

We love the Lee family and appreciated them letting us spend the night at their home, eating their food, and getting reacquainted again. We will return the favor next month when Vicki & Paul stay at our home on their way to Las Vegas for a granddaughter's baptism.