Visiting the Jewkes Family in Idaho!

What a wonderful trip to go up through beautiful country in Montana and Idaho to see Troy, Cherlyn, Kaylee, TJ & Michael!  The Horton's took Grandma along and I thoroughly enjoyed traveling with them~We made enough "bladder & treat-stops" that made it very enjoyable ... you know..."easy travel".   It was so much fun to see the Jewkes family again!!  Their home is beautiful, on the first hole........... and Troy is literally a few steps from the clubhouse~~(not fair when you think of our commute here right folks?)  Kaylee and TJ have grown so much~Kaylee is proficient on the computer, while there she had an interest in both the Titanic and Alexander Graham Bell~~for a first grader, let's just say she really pulled the brains lever when she left Heaven!!!  She's read 46 AR books, the closest classmate to her had read 14 for the year!  TJ is equally bright and such a sweet face when he is explaining something to you.   We went to a matinee with the Horton Family while Kaylee was finishing up her last couple of days at school. He helped me when we played scategories and came up with some amazing words!!! TJ and I took Michael in the stroller for a nature walk and we really got into the nature, finally TJ said, "Grandma I think this is a dead end"............I agreed since the stroller was wider than the path!  We got the opportunity to see Kaylee do a talent show as an adorable cheerleader, what a great job she did and she and her little school chum were dressed in of course COUGAR BLUE!  Now about Michael, he is the splitting image of his dad at this age and also looks and acts so much like Mason did as a toddler.  Big blue eyes, so absolutely cute you want to eat him!!!  But, here is the deal....he likes the guys, and except for his mom, doesn't want any females feigning over him!!  They have to keep all the chairs around the table on their side as he is a climber of gigantic proportions!  His laugh is so cute- his favorite was Kobe!!  Cory, Mason, Kobe and Troy got lots of golf in~~The kids swam and we ate well!!!  Troy's signature chicken "hot" tacos and a new recipe Cherlyn invented with Chicken and Portuguese sausage that was delicious!  We had lots of watermelon each day, which is my favorite!  We played "catch phrase and even Kobe and Brooke were in on the action!!"  Cherlyn showed me some amazing coupon sites.  She is ggooooooooooooooddd at this..  she said it took her a lot of time to get it down but now she "coupons" like it was second nature!  All too soon it was time to pack up so Cory and I could be back at work the following Friday.  It is always hard to say goodbye to someone you won't see the very next day..........I'm so proud of Troy and the sweet and precious family he and Cherlyn are raising.  We drove the 12 hours home in one day coming back but it really wasn't bad.  Mason, Kobe and Brooke are pretty good travelers from their days as babies going back and  forth from Denver!!  With plenty of water, some cherries, cookies and sunflower seeds everyone seem to be happy!   I'm going to attempt to get some of the great pictures I caught onto my blog............we'll see...........I may need Jen and Stacey's assistance!