goodbyes are always sad

Well, vacation is over.. back in Rexburg trying to get used to real life. 

our trip was AMAZING :) 

We left late Thursday to Pocatello, Slept there and got up bright and early to get on the road! Although to be honest it wasnt very bright. It was kinda gloomy for most of the trip but for those of you who dont know I LOVE gloomy weather. Rainy days are my very favorite. Well.. other then when its raining and sunny in the middle of a beautiful street with lots of trees covered in beautiful Autumn leaves. That has gotta be my favorite. But that is not at all the point. The point is I was with my husband on a beautiful day headed on a road trip and the destination was sister time!! I was happy :) 

It was a happy week. 

 If you would like a summery of each day spent in Nevada continue reading :)

DAY ONE 

7:00 a.m. the happy couple is sleepy.. but excited :) 

We drove about 8 hours were we met up with the Millwards at Scheels in Reno. We went on the farris wheel, played on the escalator, and looked at fish.

 We then when to Olive Garden :) 

love love Olive Garden :) 

DAY TWO 

Mini beach day! We drove across the border to California to visit this beautiful beach. I wanna say it was called Vikings Home? I could be wrong about that.. so I guess there was the Sweden queen that spent her summers here and on that little island is a small house that she drank her tea every day, and you can take tours of her castle. We didn't.. I did look through the windows a bit though :) 

Friday nights are pizza movie nights at the Millwards household. But for this week they were with us in Reno Friday night so pizza movie night was moved to Saturday. 

Did you know you can make pizza on the grill? 

Marsha is a genius. It was delicious :) 

DAY THREE

Sunday was one of my favorite days! Marsha does the music for the primary so rather then going to Sunday school Michael and I visited primary with Benjamin and Abram. We sang happy songs and watched the adorable kids learn about the importance of participating in good media and staying away from bad. So cute!

For dinner that night we did something I was especially excited for. Amatriciana :) 
Made with HOMEMADE pasta!

cute outfit :)

awesome and exciting :) 

While Marsha and I are in the Kitchen making preparing dinner Michael (my husband) and Michael (her husband) were outside practicing golf by hitting the balls into a large net. Until Michael (my Michael) hit the ball hard, and outside of the net and hit some guys house. Thankfully not through the window! But both boys came running inside to avoid talking with the person that would probably soon come out of his house to find out what the noise was. I wish I had a picture of their faces. Classic. So Michael joined us in making pasta :) 

also! that night we celebrated national smores day! It was a couple days late.. but still lots of fun! 

DAY FOUR

There is a great swim center not far from their house. We went last time I was there and it was a BLAST! The highlight of that visit was Abram jumping off the diving board into my arms. He wanted to SO bad but was terrified. He got up there and was shaking so bad that the whole board was shaking. I had seen knees knock together before in cartoons.. but never in real life. He finally jumped and squealed with excitement once  in the pool again. That was a memorable experiences for sure!

Abram didn't jump this time. We just watched Michael do tricks off the diving board. One of the best parts of that swim center is they have two large slides and there never seems to be a line at them for some reason. So we run up the stairs and slide down over and over! It can be great exercise for sure!

OH! and Trader Joe's of course!! Trader Joe's is pretty much one of the coolest grocery stores ever! Honestly.. I couldn't tell you why I like it so much.. but happy things always happens at Trader Joe's. The nicest people work there! Its like Costco! Only.. like 1/8th of the size. And, ok its not like Costco at all. But I do love Costco. Anyway, They have cool bathrooms.. that is probably the best part of Trader Joe's :)

DAY FIVE

I honestly cant remember what we did on this day.. it was Tuesday. And I know that we went to the temple in Reno. It rained on that day. We ate grilled cheese. Humm weird. Maybe that was the day that we went to Costco to buy socks and cereal. Haha could be.

RENO TEMPLE :) 

DAY SIX 

BEACH DAY! 
SAND HARBOR 

Other then forgetting the beach umbrella, that day was perfect.

First of all, I normally don't get in lakes and such because its always so cold and i'm kinda a wanny about it. BUT this water was AMAZING!

We built a.. mm.. I don't really know what you would call it actually.. in the sand. And ate sugar snap pees and probably the best PB&J I have ever had. AND PEACHES! We did that on Tuesday too! Farmers market to buy peaches. Almost forgot.

 We all got a little burnt I think.. Except for Michael who got way burnt! The tops of his feet are still red. Poor guy. I guess from now on we should put sun screen on every hour instead of every two. :) And me and Marsha both look like we have a dandruff problem from sun burnt scalp. Still, so worth it! Best day ever! It was SO fun!

We had a dance party and made home made chicken pot pie that night
then went to bed,
and in the morning said goodbye.as
I cried driving away from the Millwards home toward our next destination.

Thanks for the great week Marsha and family!

WE LOVE YOU! :) 
cant wait to see you again!