Vacation

As mentioned in Kimball's birthday post we spent last week in St. Louis while Joseph attended a medical conference. Joseph did spend a few hours in class but also spent a lot of time seeing the Columbia River Gorge and Mount St. Helen's. He also attended the Portland temple and spent two evenings at his Aunt and Uncle's house.

Hiking the Columbia River Gorge

A pretty waterfall

Portland Temple

Mount St. Helen's

Mount St. Helen's at dusk


We missed Jospeh but we were busy visiting our family and doing some of the following:

We went to a popular ice cream place in St. Louis called Ted Drewes. Kimball fell asleep on the way there and woke up just before we left so he didn't miss out on the ice cream. It was good.

My mom and me

No ice cream for Rebecah, but she was there.

Eating his ice cream


Kimball also played Wii for the first time. He wasn't too bad when his Uncle Scott or I were helping him. He played Wii Baseball and Golf with his cousins He loved playing Wii and wanted to play the following morning too.
Kimball and Scott

Playing Wii

Kimball also had outside water fun with his cousins.
By the wading pool.

Getting cousin Ethan wet.


Our week wouldn't have been as much fun without the cousins. It is great for Kimball to have opportunities to play with boys because most of the children his age at home are girls.