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Cross Country Trip Day 13 (Tuesday): Orem
Since this is the third time I've (tried to) load pictures with captions, I'm going to let the pictures mostly speak for themselves. It seems that one of Travis' favorite things to do is go to...
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Cross Country Trip Day 15 (Thursday): SLC to Orem
We decided to spend the morning at a museum with Amy's kids. We packed a picnic and headed over to Thanksgiving Point. Nana and Nanaunt came down from SLC to spend the morning with us, and we had a...
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Cross Country Trip Day 16 (Friday): Orem, Part Two
The morning did not dawn bright and beautiful, but cloudy and rainy. The kids didn't let that stop them from playing outside! They gathered umbrellas, chairs and created a fort under the picnic...
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Cross Country Trip Day 17 (Saturday): Salt Lake City
In the morning the Giauque's and Bailey's headed back to SLC to enjoy "This is the Place" Heritage Park. We joined Greg's parents and our Nana there, and had fun in the park together.Nana, Nica,...
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Cross Country Trip Day 21 (Wednesday, 7/15): Thanksgiving Point
We wanted to get one more trip in to Thanksgiving Point, so we packed another picnic and headed over to the Farm and then to the Dinosaur Wing. I'm not sure which was more entertaining or fun, but we...
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Cross Country Trip Day 18 (Sunday): Church, Friends and Fairies
After attending church with Nana, we spent a quiet afternoon at Nana's house. Our friend, Sister Cox who moved to Utah from NY a few months ago, came down to meet us and spend some time.Carla Cox with...
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Cross Country Day 19 (Monday): Swimming, Temple, and G'bye to Travis
After spending the weekend at Nana's house, and since Travis had completed his conference, we packed up the van. Our first stop was at the Jordan River Temple.Since it had been almost 17 years since...
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Cross Country Trip Day 20 (Tuesday, 7/14): Highland Glen Park with Paddleboards
Another adventure! Aunt Becky packed up her vehicle with all sorts of water sporting equipment and shade, we loaded up food and toys, swimsuits and towels and headed to a little reservoir tucked behind...
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Cross Country Trip Day 22 (Thursday, 7/16): Bridal Veil Falls & Swimming
Hiking Bridalveil is so different from when I was in college. There were dirt trails, slippery steep rocky sides, and the final view left something to be desired. Still, it was a fun walk. Now, it's...
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Cross Country Trip Day 23 (Friday, 7/17): Tuellers
I loaded the girls up and we drove from Pleasant Grove up to Logan to go visit old friends from South Bend. We were able to pick our breakfast from their garden (which is AMAZING! Handfuls of...
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Cross Country Trip Day 24-25 (Saturday & Sunday, 7/18-19): Piece Offerings...
We talked and talked and talked. We enjoyed the amazing scenery in this HUGE "cabin" that was essentially a mansion-cabin. These women are some of the most smart, eloquent, dedicated, honest,...
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Cross Country Trip Day 26 (Monday, 7/20): Aunts' Houses: Becky to Yvonne; UT...
Our last morning in Utah, and our good byes to the Bailey's. We were so grateful we got to spend such wonderful time with Aunts and Cousins!Anna was around in-between camps, so we got to see her a...
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Cross Country Trip Day 27 (Tuesday, 7/21): Grand Tetons- Leigh Lake
Nana packed up and left in the morning after we loaded up our vehicles. Yvonne's truck held all the camping gear, including a kayak and 2 paddle boards, two tents, some sleeping bags, and the food we'd...
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Cross Country Trip Day 28 (Wednesday, 7/22): Grand Tetons- Leigh Lake
The girls woke up shortly after the sun. It was still a little cool, but they quickly headed to the sandy beach and started playing.Sage, little monkey, shimmied up this tree in a hurryMiranda on the...
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Cross Country Trip Day 29 (Thursday, 7/23): Hike Out and Yellowstone
Crystal Lake I woke up and saw the sun rise, caught a few shots, and then ducked back inside the tent when another wave of wind and rain washed over us. We were grateful that the rain cleared long...
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Cross Country Trip Day 30 (Friday, 7/24): Pioneer Day & Swimming
After unloading and unpacking, drying out all the gear and then stowing it (while all the girls played in the house), Yvonne and I needed to have one more fun thing before we Bailey's headed out. So we...
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Cross Country Trip Day 31 (Saturday, 7/25): To Grandpa's House
The morning started out ok. We got loaded up, but I was having problems with my iPad not charging and shutting off without warning. It was my road map (although I did have an atlas in the van and my...
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Cross Country Trip Day 32 (Sunday, 7/26): Sunday Leisure
We decided to sleep in, because of the late night and I was still recovering from the trauma, and didn't want to deal with getting five of us dressed and off to church before 9 am. So we just relaxed...
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Cross Country Trip Day 33 (Monday, 7/27): Mount Rushmore ~ Awe, Hail ~ Teenagers
The kids (mostly) slept on the deck in sleeping bags. They seemed cozy enough...Nica opted to sleep insideMiranda slept indoors, too.Dad let me borrow his little car so we could still make our visit to...
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Cross Country Trip Day 34 (Tuesday, 7/28): Custler's State Park
Packing a picnic and loading up the two vehicles, we drove to Culver's State Park just over the boarder in South Dakota. All of the reviews are right on- this is an incredible drive through the park...
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Cross Country Trip Day 35 (Wednesday, 7/29): Shooting with Grandpa
We drove around a little bit in Newcastle (all 6 of us crammed into a tiny car- shhhh, don't tell the State Patrol). My girls "snuggled" in the back seat of Grandpa's car.We then drove back to Grandpa...
View ArticleCross Country Trip Day 36 (Thursday, 7/30): Drive from Wyoming to Indiana
No pictures. No news. I like a simple straight-forward trip like this. I was tired, and had to pull off to take a nap for about an hour at 8 in the morning, and we didn't get in to South Bend until...
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Cross Country Trip Day 36 (Friday, 7/31): Swimming at the Moore's
We had to choose between a day of swimming with friends or a day touring the Indianapolis Temple open house. It wasn't an easy decision, except when I thought about more time driving, and then a day in...
View ArticleCross Country Trip Day 37 (Saturday, 8/1): Home again- for a few hours
We had an awesome vacation, but we were all eager to get home and be home for a few hours. Zoë and I were already thinking about how much we had to do to get ready for Girls Camp that would start on...
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YW Girls Camp- Seneca Lake 2015
I am missing a TON of photos, but here are some highlights from my week at Girls CampMustachioed cooks in the KitchenMe, Jo, Lynn, Iveth, Holly, Janet, and "McBurney" (aka Jessica)Color Run! This was...
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