Summer road trip part 4

After saying good-bye to Bear Lake, we headed further into Idaho to our next destination; Burley.  This is where David's Dad grew up and his extended family was having a reunion.  It had been way too long since we had seen Grandpa and Grandma Dean!  It was a wonderful reunion and even though we were together less than 24 hours, it was memorable!

We got to the reunion site around dinnertime and then stayed in adjoining rooms at a hotel.  That worked out great so the adults could stay up late chatting while the kids slept.

 

 I couldn't be more thrilled that I got my little David.  He's what I always wanted.

Three generations of Dean HANDSOMENESS.

 

 Cyrena was the photographer!

 Evan is a sucker for a grandma's arms and he knows Deb is a wonderful grandma!

 After breakfast we headed to see where Grandpa Randy had grown up.  His parents owned a restaurant called The Frosty Spot (I think; I need to verify this again!) and he spent MANY hours peeling potatoes in the kitchen!  His family lived in a house in the back of the restaurant.  It wasn't connected to a liquor store back then.

Here he is telling the girls all the different things that were on the menu.  It is still a restaurant now but was closed while we were there.

 We parted ways mid-morning and got back in the van for the next stop: Salt Lake City.

 We love to visit David's Grandmother Gerstner.  We didn't have as much time with her as we wanted but it was great to see her.  Evan was asleep the whole time--he was getting so worn out from traveling!  Natalie wasn't loving the picture taking.

 Anna had to be in her own picture with Grandmother

After leaving Salt Lake City we continued on to Alpine to grab some things we left at my parents house and then continued to Hurricane to stop for the night. We stopped here to check out the Navajo bridge and eat our pb&j's.  It spans the Colorado River.  We could see tiny rafters down there!

 

Natalie just canNOT smile in a picture.  Either the sun is in her eyes, she's cold, or just not lovin' life at the moment.

Our happy traveler; he was a champ!

We headed to Mesa from Hurricane the next morning and there ended our summer adventure.  We had a great time, made a lot of memories and put a lot of miles on our car! I LOVE spending uninterrupted time with my family, especially David, so I treasured every single minute.