Fun with Grandma and Grandpa

So Pason and Carter left with my parents after Eli's birthday party to spend the week with them in Idaho. It was SO quite here that week. I loved being able to clean the house and have it stay clean for longer than 15 minutes, but we missed them. Especially Eli. He kept crawling to the gate by the stairs and looking to see if the were downstairs. However, I do think Eli enjoyed being at the center of Mom and Dad's attention for a whole week! Pason and Carter had a blast with their grandparents. They went for a picnic and hike (which was unfortunately cut short by Pason's allergies), went bowling, mini golfing, saw a movie, played in the water with uncle Erick, jumped on the trampoline, etc. Jared, Eli, and I drove down late Thursday night. Friday got up and all went fishing. We tried to do this last year with Grandma and Grandpa, and it took us several hours to catch one tiny fish. This year Grandpa did his research and found a stocked pond to go to. This time Pason caught a fish on his 2nd or 3rd cast. No one else even had their line baited yet. A few minutes later Pason had caught another. Then cousin Natalie caught one with Pason's pole. Carter was starting to get worried because he hadn't caught one, but a few minutes later, after Jared took him to his "lucky spot" he had caught one. Then another. Then Pason caught another, so of course Carter had to catch one more. If we hadn't been waiting for Erick to catch one I think we would have been done in less than an hour! Anyway they loved it! They even like eating the fish. Saturday we had family pictures taken and then had dutch oven dinner with all my siblings. Sunday my youngest brother Erick spoke in church before he was to leave for his mission in Guatamala. It was very enjoyable to visit with family. Monday we got up fairly early to go home by way of Yellowstone Park. I was afraid the boys would sleep the whole day after such a busy fun week, but they surprised me. I'll post more about Yellowstone later. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Rowan for such a fun time!