Sydney Gale has arrived!
And she came 2 1/2 weeks early, surprising us all! She’s absolutely adorable! (of course) :) The big kids are pretty excited about having her home. So here are a couple of pictures of our little girl.
Here she is, ready to go home from the hospital. Hopefully I can get more pictures up regularly, but don’t count on it.:)
I just wanted to put up the last of my pictures from Driggs. So here are the last random pics that I have.
I know there aren’t many people who read this blog who would recognize this house. Maybe just Chris, and he’s the one who took this picture. But this is my Aunt Valone and Uncle Guy’s house in Driggs. Well, it’s where they lived all the time I was growing up (they have since moved to Idaho Falls). Aunt Valone is my dad’s older sister. As kids, we spent plenty of time here on our vacations to Driggs. I know that I have so many memories here! Like playing Annie-I-Over (I have no idea if that’s how you spell that), playing cards, sitting at the counter talking to Aunt Valone, and Chris do you remember the multi-hour home video we watched of Uncle Guy and Randy fishing in Alaska? Anyway, it’s fun thinking back.
And I just had to put this picture in. This is a piece of land that we saw for sale. For those of you who might care, that white building is the Legion Hall – just so you have an idea where this land is located. Anyway, I think it was .79 acres, and the asking price was $1.2 million! What?! What has happened to the little Driggs that we visited as kids. It has changed so much!
While we were there, Grandma Fullmer gave Linus his first hair cut. I could hardly stop looking at his cute face, and those big beautiful eyes! I think he did really well for his first cut (and I think Fenna did really well too) :).
One of the days we were there Adam and I and the kids went over to Jackson Hole.
These are a couple pictures of the Tetons from the Idaho side.
And lastly, the day we left Driggs to return home, we were able to spend a little time at the Fullmer Family Reunion. Emma and Ben got their faces painted. And then the kids played in the creek for a while.
I’m a bit behind in blogging right now, so I’m going to try and get caught up quickly. So first, is the rest of our trip to Driggs over the summer. One of the things we used to do as kids when we visited Driggs, was walk down town and go to the Corner Drug store for candy, shakes, ice cream, etc., all the things you can find in the drug store of a small town. One of the treats they sold there was called a lime freeze. Apparently, over the years they have become quite well known for their lime freezes. So I was so excited to be going to Driggs to stuff myself with them. :)
Here we all are walking down town.
This is the sign over the door.
It’s much fancier now than what I remember as a kid. :)
A couple pictures of the shop.
Spencer and Emma eating blue “play dough” ice cream.
Linus really liked the lime freezes. Maddie, Fenna, and Linus.
Grandma, Emma and Maddie on the way back home. I just love this picture!
At the end of July we went to Driggs in eastern Idaho (where my dad is from). We were able to meet up with my parents and also Chris and Fenna and their kids. It’s been 4 years since Adam and I were there, so it was really fun to be there, and especially to see family! When I was growing up we spent about 2 weeks there every summer. I have such great memories of those times! And wow, Driggs has changed so much since then! I might have cried a little seeing how different it is (I am such a pregnant girl).
So I have a bunch of pictures of some of the things we did while we were there, but honestly I don’t really remember what order we did them in, so I’ll just do a couple posts in random order.
One of the days we all went on a hike in the Tetons. Well, I’m not sure I can really call it a hike – with 6 kids 8 yrs. and under, a pregnant girl, and two sprained ankles (poor Adam and Fenna). First we climbed this huge rock. And yes, I’ll admit to being freaked out that one of the kids were going to fall off. But of course it was just fine and I didn’t need to worry at all.
Then we walked back down the mountain past a beautiful river/water fall. This is one of the pictures Chris took. I think he did an open shutter. Anyway, it turned out amazing! I really like this picture.
The kids also tried to catch butterflies, but without any luck.
Once we were back down the mountain, we went and played in the creek. And oh my, that water was SO cold! But I think it was good for the sprained ankles.
