Fall Break

Kitty gets a week off from school in the fall.  This is apparently an attempt from the school board to make us forget that she had to start school the first week of August. Their sorcery doesn't work on me. I remember how short our summer was.  But I'll still take their lousy week.

We took ours to Idaho.

It was everything you expect Idaho to be - cold.

But it was also wonderfully wonderful.  Well...it was for me.  Poor Mykey spent the week at his mother's bedside in the hospital.  That wasn't wonderful at all.

My sissy drove down from Coeur d'Alene to be with me, my niece and nephews drove up from Logan for the weekend, and my dear friend from high school spent most of the week with us.  It made my heart happy and was good for my soul.

So what did we do, you ask?

Well...we went to the museum to look at reptiles.  Kitty was in heaven.  She even recorded her sentiments on the provided blackboard.

We had fish tacos then went to the dairy to eat ice cream with my niece.  Booney was in heaven.

We watched another niece and nephew run a cross country race.  It was freezing cold but I loved cheering them on.

We also made a day trip to Logan, where we ate tiny spicy chicken, hit up the Pepperidge Farm factory, and ate Aggie ice cream.  Booney was in heaven again.

And while in Logan we found ourselves waiting for my mom and my dear friend to fix my nephew's bed. The 2 guys I was with promptly began snoozing and snoring in the front seat. Whata coupla geezers-a.

We also went for a Sunday afternoon walk like the good ol' days.  We are quite a mob of hooligans.

And Baby received a gift from Mykey's sister.  It is her very first teething ring. She was in heaven.

I loved watching my family hold Baby.  When she would allow them the honor - she mostly just cried right in their faces.

It was a great week that was over far too quickly.

And suddenly we were riding the tram in the Dallas airport heading for home.  Kitty was determined not to hold on. She managed to successfully keep her balance despite the high speeds and jarring stops.

Well. I guess vacation is officially over.

We had such a nice time that I suppose I should thank the school board for fall break.  I'll consider it.