We left London on Monday.  We had a very long 11 and a half hour flight back to Salt Lake City.  The ride was smooth the whole way except for that last hour descending and then being put in a holding pattern.  I had to use my barf bag.  Ugh!  Still, we made it down and then got home to our kids around 9pm.  Yay!  Sarah arrived about 20 minutes later driving back from BYU-I with her semester done and we just kept hugging!  It was good to be home and to be together again!  It was also wonderful to sleep in our beds again for a night before heading out the next morning for some camping trips.  Of course, our pipes had chosen that day to clog up but a visit from the plumber had us on our way again.

We drove to Grand Teton National Park to camp with Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik starting that Tuesday night.  They had a nice dinner waiting for us and then we walked down to the lake to enjoy the view we love so much.

The next day we went down to the lake again to swim in earnest and even brought our inflatable Toucan in the which we discovered that yes, all ten of our children can fit on it at once!  That night we drove into Jackson to see the Bar J Wranglers since the kids had enjoyed it so much last year and wanted to show it to Savannah.  Fun times!

On Thursday, we hiked to Leigh Lake, another favorite from last year.  It's a gorgeous hike with stunning views!  The weather stayed good for all of our hike but started to rain when we got back to the van.  So, instead of a late picnic lunch like we had planned, we had an early dinner at Leek's Pizza at one of the bays on Teton Lake.  Beautiful!  AND pizza!  We watched a movie in Grandma and Grandpa's trailer after that and when things had dried out a bit more, walked again to the lake.

The next day we packed up again, said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik, and headed over to Bear Lake where we said hello to Grandma and Grandpa Skinner, Uncle Matt and family, Aunt Dena and family, and Uncle Todd and family!  They fed us well and helped us set up camp and then our girls went and found some boys from Central America to beat in a pick-up basketball game.  What are you gonna do?  They're pretty well trained.

On Saturday we played at Bear Lake and the kids all got lots of turns on Uncle Matt's boat being pulled in the tube!  We also hung out at the shoreline and floated on rafts and Aunt Lynzy's paddleboard and played in the water.  We had a terrific dinner back at camp and had a fun time talking and playing games into the night.  We love the Skinner reunion!

We packed up the next day and drove home in time for 1pm church.  We were all pretty exhausted but we had a grand time and made great memories.