Back-Blogging: Road Trip Finale-- St. George to Idaho

 Hello. I know you thought the day would never come. But here it is. The day I blog about the last our our road trip from last October. Just to remind you, on my last update, we left off watching the sun set over the majestic mountains of Zion National Park...

From there, we started what we like to call our "family time." We stayed the night in St. George, with my Aunt DeeAnn at the Phelps group's vacation house. It was lovely. I'd heard rumors of how nice and relaxing their place is, and all those rumors are true. Sadly, I didn't go around photographing the house, or the pool and hot tub, or the bed linens. But trust me, they were all top notch!

We got to play with my cousin Reni's kids, who were staying with their Grandma Dee... Here's Taylor, who was quite the conversationalist at dinner (just ask Brian, who got an earful!)...

Halle, who really thought there was a competition with Natalie to see who could be the cutest two-year-old redhead...

And Brecken. We've known and loved Brecken since their family lived in Boise back in 2008-09. She and Samantha reconnected as BFFs. :)

And off we rushed the next morning, on our way to Lehi for some Bishop family time. Oh yes we DID see these fun little road signs for a couple hundred miles!

(and guess who decided to STILL go 75? ;)

We had a great little family reunion at Brent and Jenalyn's house that night, with all the siblings and family that lives in Utah. (Brian has four sibs down there now!) A hayride! So much fun!! 

 Ashton and Samantha -- another reconnection as BFFs! They're just four months apart, and, in my opinion they kinda look (and act) like they could be sisters. Cuties...

 Janice bought pumpkins for each of the kids, and provided fun googly eyes and wires to decorate their pumpkins like spiders. It was a hit!

 Here's one of the gals of the house, after dinner...

The hard part about all our time with family was that it just went toooo fast! We were eager to get home, of course, but we wish we could have spent a few more days visiting around with everyone in Utah, instead of having to rush off and stick to our schedule. Oh well... fun memories, for sure!

Next stop, Blackfoot -- home of Idaho's World Famous Potato Expo. I promise, sometime I will post a photo of that special exhibit. But for now, here's my photo of our Blackfoot trip. It's the Hones.... all 26 of us!

It was a fun reunion, let me tell you! Good food, great company, and an awesome new addition to the Honestead -- my parents just finished remodeling, adding a nice master suite and closet, and extending their guestroom by several feet. Very snazzy! This picture was taken in their new bedroom, in front of the fireplace. The little kids were sitting up on the mantle of the fireplace.

And then, the moment we had been waiting for... home again, home again, finally home. We made it! And I can't find the fun pics we took of our "Welcome Home" banner on the garage doors. Hmm... must be on the iPad. Mark and Dalana's family put up signs and came right over to help us unpack. 

And now, here were are, five months later. Phew! I'm glad I finally got this one covered. Now maybe I should resume blogging some more recent stuff, eh?