Summer Lovin'

"Summer lovin' happens so fast..."

The Stowell family has had such a fun, exciting, and busy summer. We have visited six different states and lived in three of those. Leaving Texas was very tearful and our hearts were heavy to leave such wonderful friends. We stopped at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado on our road trip back to Utah. Dave's kind parent's took us in to their home in Salt Lake for six weeks and let us climatize back to the West. We enjoyed time with cousins and especially Aunt Maren's beautiful wedding.

Dave and I enjoyed our first trip away together in 7 years! We went to Boston for a math conference, but oh! we had so much fun seeing the sites and being together. We loved walking the Freedom Trail, reliving history, and eating some great food.

We moved back to Rexburg, Idaho the second week of July. The kids love their own rooms and the big backyard. I absolutely love the garden vegetables and watching Ben and Eliza run around with the neighborhood kids!

We also spent a "cousins week" in Montana. My sister with her three kids and me with mine drove up to Cascade to visit Grammie and Poppa on Sugarloaf Mountain. We enjoyed time at the little community pool, hikes up Grammie's mountain, picking wildflowers, spotting snakes and Poppy (the turtle) in the pond, and lots of sweet treats and yummy dinners! (We even showed the kids "Grease" for the first time-- a movie classic for my sister and I.)

Our family also tried camping for the first time this summer. We love it, especially Dad's cooking, the s'mores, and the stars.

We plan to finish off the summer with a couple of birthdays, hopefully one more camping trip, and most important time together!