Just a few days in Boise, and then we were off to eastern Idaho to see Matt's brother Chase graduate from BYU-I.
It was a long and awesome day. We left around 9am, got to eastern Idaho around 2. We were able to see my sister Madison and her husband Spencer for a bit. It was the first time Matt had been able to meet Spencer face to face--since Matt was deployed at the time of their wedding last August.
After the visit with my sister, we got all spiffed up and headed for some good pizza with Matt's family, and afterwards headed to BYU-Idaho's campus. Me, Matt, and the boys were a bit early for the graduation ceremony so we walked around some of the new buildings/expansions. Man! The campus is awesome now! An enclosed walk-way between the student center and the library, that's just genius! (Cause it's so bloody cold there 9 months out of the year, with snow and ice and crap like that…. Haha, don't miss that part of BYU-I in the least!)
Eventually we made it down to the graduation ceremony, and were able to watch him walk across the stage. (Me and Matt ended up running into a few people we had known! One person from our first congregation, the other an old family friend of mine from Bama.)
After the ceremony we got some JumbaJuice, said our goodbyes to Chase and Jenese, and went back to our hotel rooms. For the next morning we started our drive to Canada! Alberta, Canada, that is. It was a long drive through the west, but I loved seeing it all! Of course none of the children rode with me and Matt, since being with either Marcie&Tyson&Jackson or Nana&Mume was must more exciting. Hey, Matt and I didn't complain. Actually, the rest of the trip none of the boys rode with us, haha.
Anyway…. Loved driving through the west. I had A LOT of John Denver songs in my head, so at one stop I downloaded John Denver's "essential songs" album. It's VERY essential ;)
Feel free to click any song to hear (cause I know you're DYING to):
Wild Montana Skies
Annie's Songs
Country Boy
Rocky Mountain High
Country Roads
We made it to Canada that evening. Crossed into a new country for the first time for Eli and Titus. Then settled down at Deanne's Dad's home.
And Post Number 3 will go over our adventures from there!
