Greenway's 1st Family Vacation!

So, after not returning to my homeland Florida after a little over 2 years I got homesick and Joel relented and let this be our first family vacation!

As you can see the 1st day after traveling was a catch up day before the fun began, Logan was so tired that if we tried to lift the pillow he would start to cry so he slept with a pillow that he himself put over himself.


We decided to try Logan out on the pool and see how he liked it and of course he loved it!


Brenda and Shepherd of course were there!


Aren't my toes sooo pretty?!


Bob found Logan to be fun to play with!

We did get a chance to go to I-Drive and get some brazilian food! yum! (Logan slept while we ate in his car seat next to us)


Next was the main event... DISNEY! Joel has never been so we went, and to start it off we took the boat across to Magic Kingdom with Brenda, Renee, Marvin, and Sheppy!


And Logan was excited...




We took Logan to see the real Pirates of the Carribean and Renee our "nanny" came along to help with the kids :)
Logan wasn't that happy about waiting in line... he fell asleep and slept through the whole ride...
Of course we HAD to make it to the new STAR WARS 3-D ride

And we made the 3-D glasses look cool
Joel wants this for Christmas...
And one of these...

I was not ready to go...

So we stopped at Hollywood Stuidos and Epcot!

Next was the beach and we went to New Symerna and Logan LOVED IT!





By the end of the time at the beach, Logan ate 5 lbs of sand and 10 gallons of salt water... ewww

We took one of our last days to visit Jenny and Dave which was a blast!

Sammy ruled the Wii
While Logan loved up on Rachel

We hung out at the beach with them and then went to an amazing pizza parlor oh sooo good!

Last but not least we made it to the temple where we did sealings, President Roti did our sealings while Bro. Crowther sat as one of the witnesses, it was the highlight of the trip to go back to where we were married ourselves and of course it was stormy...

The end

Meeting Caleb's Future Bride...Rose...Soon to be in our Family

Meeting this family for the first time...

takes a great deal of courage...

I don't think Caleb could have warned or prepared Rose well enough...

but, bless her heart...she came to see us, anyway...

Garvin and I drove to Idaho Falls, knowing Rose

was coming to Rexburg...to take care of 

some BYU-Idaho business...

We stayed with Luke/Sarah and family in Idaho Falls...

Rebekah drove up from Orem, Utah

for our little gathering...

Abe and Annie just moved into a "2" bedroom apartment

this same weekend...so we got to see it, as well...

(LOVED IT!) (They live in Rexburg)

Caleb was in Virginia...so she was on her own...

She brought her sister, Katie and her 3 children, on Sunday.

Monday, she, came back ALONE...

(very brave, indeed!) 

(smile)

We had a nice dinner already for Rose and her sister

Annie made "enchiladas" (YUMMY!)

Sarah and Luke pulled fresh beans from their garden...

Bekah made "Oreo truffles" (definitely NOT FOR DIETS!)

and we "bought" the dessert...

 Rose and Annie

Soon-to-be-Sister-in-laws (smile)

(Annie is going to have those TWIN GIRLS...soon!)

Rose showing off her engagement ring to

Sarah and Annie

Abe talking - Rebekah? Not certain what she

is doing...Baby Claira Heiner sleeping through it all...

In case you are wondering...we are all

eating in the garage...at Luke and Sarah's...

Sarah, Annie, and Rose

LOVE how this family is growing...

and such INCREDIBLE..."additions"!

Rose is with us two days...

and already...

 

I have LOTS more pictures from the weekend...

but, wanted to get these up on ROSE

first...SO VERY HAPPY for Caleb...!

Rose is absolutely WONDERFUL!

Now, if Sarah...gets the other pictures up first...

THEN, I won't need to!

(smile) 

Joanna and Stephanie Ebanks - Part 1 - Our Montana Adventures

What a GRAND time I had these past few days...What a way to begin the month of August...Joanna and Stephanie Ebanks came to visit us

here in Kalispell...arriving on August 2 and flew home

on Saturday August 6th...

I do believe I took over 200 pictures while they were here, but

am only going to post only a FEW of them...

This is only Part 1 and will decide, later, if I will

post any others...

We saw so many BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL

parts of Glacier National Park...

This post will only show our

adventures on the Avalanche Trail... 

Again...only a FRACTION of the pictures I took that day...

Joanna teaching me all about

"sprouting"...

Joanna chose to eat breakfast

with T-Bone and Sirloin

Stopped by McDonald Lake before our Hike

Yes, we are reminded that we are truly in "Bear Country"

Joanna super disappointed that we never saw a BEAR! (smile)

Began our adventure on Avalanche Trail

Stephanie and Joanna crossing over a section of the river

We went off the trail a few times

to experience the beauty

and serenity of this area of the park...

I can not begin to tell you how BREATH-TAKINGLY

BEAUTIFUL the Avalanche Trail had to offer us...

This gorge is a must see IN PERSON!

Fascinated by the "rainbow" reflecting in the spray

Thought the SIZE of this uprooted tree was pretty incredible

The river along the path to Avalanche Lake

The "2" mile hike to get to Avalanche Lake was SO WORTH the effort!

There were "5" waterfalls flowing into the Lake

Wanted to get a better closeup of Stephanie...

She had to endure all of Joanna and my chatter...(smile)

July Visitors

There is a saying here in Montana that we have 9 months of WINTER and 3 months of visitors...Actually, I think it is more like 10 months of WINTER and 2 months of visitors...For our family this July...we have had some delightful visitors...I already posted pictures of Bob Shepherd...After he left...we had the following:

Seth Holladay and his family

(L to R) Lily, Seth (holding Adam)

Rebekah and Sam

Kara and John

What is so sad is that I took lots of pictures of Seth and his family - the children feeding the steers...riding in the cart behind the tractor...

etc. and I accidentally DELETED ALL OF THEM!

I was so CRUSHED...

But, I managed to get a few pictures before they left...and I 

managed to capture this darling little face

of Adam Holladay

 Hyrum, also, had friends come to see him...

Scott Hansen, still living in Florida...

Lars Oveson - now living in Utah with his family

They went to the Jewel Basin - tucked in the Flathead National Forest

Managed to download some of the pictures

they took...

Hyrum

 Scott Hansen

 Lars Oveson

Summer is NOT over with, yet...

Tomorrow...Joanna Ebanks and her daughter, Stephanie

arrive to spend nearly a week with me...

(smile)