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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Cabela's

And to finish our whirlwind of a trek back home from the East, we stopped at Cabela's in Sydney, NE. Had we known that the interstate would be closed a mere 2 hours later, we would have stayed in Sydney instead of continuing on to Cheyenne, WY and then having to scramble to find a hotel that 1. wasn't booked solid and 2. had a pool to entertain the kids since it was only 6:30pm and they were keyed up from being in the car for so long! Luckily we were able to find one and the kids enjoyed being able to swim for a couple hours before bed. The interstate opened about 8am the next morning and we were back on our way home, making it back to Pocatello about 6pm in time for Joe to get his truck and head to work for the night :)

Niagara Falls

Remington

Remington and Brittyn

Bailey

Bentley

Joe and I

On our drive home, we decided to veer off course by a few miles and showed the kids Niagara Falls. We got there at 4:15pm and the observation deck closes for the day at 4:30pm in the winter so we were pretty much running to make it to the observation deck to get a better view. The worker in charge of locking up was really nice and actually let us stay a few extra minutes to take a few pictures and look through the big binoculars. Man it was freezing, but fun to see!

CoCo Key Boston

Bailey

Bentley and Joe

On our little side trip to Boston, we took the kids to CoCo Key Indoor Water Park. We spent an entire evening and had a great time!

Salem/Atlantic Ocean

Joe, Bailey, Brittyn and Remington in Salem

Joe and Brittyn looking for shells

Remington driving his motorcycle in the sand

Joe, Bailey, Brittyn and Remington at the Atlantic Ocean

Bailey was the only brave one to walk out on these rocks with Joe and I (it was really slipery though)!

While we were in MA we decided to take a side trip up to Boston to see some of the sights. We were able to go to the Salem Witch Museum and show the kids the Atlantic Ocean. With this trip, we have driven over 15,000 miles, seen the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean and a lot in between in less than 2 years! We feel very blessed to be able to give these experiences and memories to our kids!

Pepere's Funeral

Bentley

Brittyn, Bentley, and Bailey

Joe, Bentley, Memere, Remington, Bailey and Brittyn

Danny, Bruce and Joe

Camille, Joe, Bentley, Memere, Doreen, Remington, Bailey and Brittyn

Remington at the Wake

All of the great grandkids that were able to come

Remington

Crystal and Bentley

Brittyn and Bailey

Bailey and Serenity

Brittyn and Serenity

The family that was able to come

Brian, Crystal, Joe, Tanya and Serenity

Brian, Crystal, Memere, Tanya, Serenity and Joe

We were able to take the kids and drive to MA for Joe's grandpa's funeral last month. It was nice to be able to see his side of the family, though we wish it were under different circumstances.

Army Buddies

Will and Joe

Remington

Brittyn and Mia

Bailey and Olivia

Will

Will, Joe and Remington

Since we were back in MA for the funeral, we called Will (Billie to us) and went to see him and his beautiful family. Our loved playing with other kids their ages and it was so fun to catch up after 8 years!