Idaho trip

Sam wanted to take our kids on a road trip to Idaho to see the new construction in Rexburg at our alma mater, Ricks College now Brigham Young University, Idaho (BYU-I). I have to admit I was initially not excited about the loooooooong trip stuck in the van with the screaming, fighting and complaining children but being the optimist that I am....jk.....said it would be worth it. And it was......
We broke up the trip by spending one night on the way up in Provo and then visiting Trudi and fam in Oakley, Idaho. On the way back we had quick visit with Selena & Celeste and families on the way home.
We'd never been to where Trudi, Tyler and Noah live and it was really fun hanging out (......ok and eating and shopping). My sisters have all turned into quite the little homemakers so it was fun to see Trudis projects and go find cute deals at ummmm.....various stores!
The kids loved playing with their cousin Noah, who is soooo cute! We left for the two hour drive to Rexburg the next morning.
Oh my goodness.....how things have changed up there. It was so funny how the kids reacted when we went to have lunch on campus. When we went to school, I worked at The Nordic, the food joint in the Manwaring Center (fondly nicknamed the "MC"). Well now the ENTIRE second floor of the MC is the food court, HUGE with like 8 different options of stuff to eat. The kids were freaking out because they felt so conscious that they were the only kids around. Jacob was hiding behind Sam and I saying through his teeth..."lets get out of here"....... Sam calmed them down by explaining to them that first of all no one cared that they were there, secondly, pretty much everyone was LDS too and was super nice and thirdly because we were Alumni, they had a right to be on campus....it did the trick and they relaxed and had lunch. We walked all over campus, up and down the library, showed them the Snow building where I spent a lot of time practicing piano and taking choir and piano. At one point we opened the door to a little theatre where I used to have choir. Class was in session, I had the kids and Sam stand just inside the door where no one could see us. Immediately the "spirit of Ricks" returned to my heart and I remembered how I truly loved my choir class and learning in the Snow building. Of course the fact that they were singing the national anthem had nothing to do with my swelling heart and leaky eyes!
By the end of the day the kids had decided that they want to attend college in Rexburg. They loved it. Baili was talking about things she could do and Jacob where he would take classes to be a graphic designer. Ryan said he wanted to play basketball there and even got to shoot a ball in the big gym. I know it was a really positive experience for them and that made us happy!