Farewell Summer!

It was our LAST weekend before school starts on Monday so we met up with some friends and went down to Lava Hot Springs this weekend. I have very faint recollection of going there as a small girl with my Grandma but the only thing I remember was my Grandma complaining about wearing a swim suit...strange memory.

ANYWAY.....what a fun place! We camped, swam and played until the thunder and lightning shut down the party. It was the first time in a long time that I actually SLEPT while camping. It was fantastic. Thank you Advil PM and long underwear!

We camped right along the river. You can float the river but we ran out of time and good weather so we'll definitely have to do that next time.

The next day we walked across the river over to the pools:

And rode the waterslides over and over again. I can't believe my Parker...the boy who was a good 5 inches too short for the speed slides but he was still determined to ride them. And he did! No one stopped him so he just kept on riding them! He looked to tiny coming down those HUGE slides.
He's one determined little kid.

The the dark clouds rolled in and forced us to leave after a couple of hours.  We found a cute little park nearby and enjoyed our lunch at a covered picnic area while it started to pour rain on us. It was an adventure!

It was a great way to finish out our first summer in Idaho Falls. We've been lots of new places and are learning to love all of the fun things to do in Eastern Idaho. It's hard for me to believe that 2 of my boys will be in school on Monday. We've had a very FUN and very LONG summer and I am going to miss having my buddies around all day. I will however, not miss all of the FIGHTING and COMPETING that goes along with being in a house full of testosterone!