I think a lot of people would declare us insane if we told them we were headed on a 4200-mile road trip with 3 children under 4, the youngest being only 7 weeks old.  But we did it and lived to tell the tale...even had a litle bit fun.  I bought a Nintendo DSi a few weeks before the trip and loaded up games.  I wondered how a two-year-old would even be able to play Nintendo games, but Dallin picked it up pretty quick and Kiara and Dallin ended up battling over the DS throughout the trip, though it was a good sharing experience.  We had the Leapster and the headrest DVD players to keep them occupied as well.

Our first stop was in St George to visit the Baileys and they took us crawdad fishing in Vail.  We had a lot of fun and then I cooked them up for all to share.  It was pretty tasty if I do say so...like freshwater shrimp.

Our next stop took us to Brigham City, Utah to meet up with my mom and family en route to the Munro family reunion.  We took a picture at the temple that is under construction and relaxed for a bit.

We camped at the Montpelier KOA that night and met up with even more family.  The next morning we attempted to drive up Mount Sherman, which turned out to be quite an endeavor.  Most of the caravan was driving in minivans up an unimproved road that could be described as a jeep trail at best.  I was nominated to lead the way because I had looked up the route on Google maps, but I was leary the whole way.  We actually got up to the top and there was snow but I was trying to find a way closer to the top and end up going around the other side and down a road until we passed a point where we could get back up.  My brakes were burning and this bad road was taking its toll on our van, so I just pressed on and went down the mountain while the others stopped at the top to play.  It was quite an adventure, but one that I won't attempt again.

Since we had to wait for the others to get down off the mountain, we stopped at Arctic Circle and then went to check out the mighty Soda Springs geyser.  The kids were terrified at first, but then eventually warmed up to it.  We also visited Hooper Springs to make some carbonated Kool-Aid for the kids and let the play on the playground. 

Our next stop was the Munro family reunion and we had fun at Indian Springs RV Resort with family.  We played a lot of games and Kiara had fun in the little creek that had a bunch of little fish.  Dallin had fun playing Nintendo with the cousins.  The kids ended up getting good and grubby.

The next segment of our journey was very long as we traveled from American Falls to Seattle, staying the night at the Ellensburg KOA.  Along the way, we stopped at the Twin Falls, Boise, Columbia River, and Seattle Temples.  We barely survived this portion of the journey and we had a kid crisis at the Columbia River temple.  Better days to come though.