First Idaho Vacation of the Year, with hopes of many more to come

Ted catching some hang time at the top of Kelly Canyon Resort! "Fly Like an Eagle"!

Kelly Canyon...isn't the snow and trees beautiful? We miss the snow, mountains, trees, but not the snowy roads and cold temperatures.

Garling Brothers at Kelly Canyon. Left to Right: Jake, Jon, Adam, Ted

Garling Family after Jon's Endowment Session. Left to Right: Jake, Karleen, Anna, John, Adam, Nate, Charity, Jon, Kaylee, Ted, Jake, Melissa.

Idaho Falls Temple...it was snowing lightly, and made everything feel surreal! We went to Idaho! Yippee! It was a lot of fun! We flew directly from Mesa to Idaho Falls on Allegiant Air, which was really nice. As we were flying into snowy Idaho Falls, everyone was holding their breath that the airplane would land without sliding off the icy runway, but they did it like a pro, and no worrying was needed. At the airport we got a wonderful surprise, Ted's mom and brother, Jon, were waiting with my mom to pick us up. We all went to Applebee's for lunch, which was a blast. Ted's dad joined the party, and we had a great meal.

On Tuesday, we had Hales Family Pictures. I am excited to get those back, even though it was sooo cold, I think I was slouching in most of the pictures. We had a entertaining family dinner at Stockman's, and we got to hang out with our friends who moved us down to Arizona, Katie and Jared. We love them!

Wednesday was a busy day, we went to Pocatello for Breakfast and had a wonderful time with the people who bought Ted's store. Frank and Whitney (the people who purchased Custom Cellular), have a son who is on a mission in Tempe, Arizona, so we had Jake (Ted's dad), and Jon Garling go to Pocatello and meet with Frank and Whitney. It was so good to see them again. Then, Ted and I went to a foot zoning treatment in Riverside. It was AMAZING!!! I love Jackie, she is a miracle healer! If you have never had foot zoning, get it done! It heals more than just your body. Later in the afternoon, we went to the Idaho Falls Temple with the Garling Family and went through an endowment session with Jon. It was his first time going through, so it was incredible. The spirit was very strong, and it was great seeing all the Garling Family there (except for Zac, who is on a mission in Lubbock, Texas, and Josh and Rachel, who are in the army in Virginia). We ate at Sizzler after the temple session, and they had some delicious steak! What a fun night.

On Thursday, we went up to Kelly Canyon snowboarding. It was a lot of fun watching Ted and his brothers slide down the hill. After the day in the mountains, we had dinner with the Garling Family, and then headed to Rexburg to see one of my past employees who just moved to BYU-Idaho, Chelsea. She is from Arizona, and is an incredible young woman. We took Lissa and Jon with us, which made the trip more fun.

On Friday, we flew home. So, as you can tell, we stayed busy, and enjoyed every minute of the trip! We are excited to go back up in March for Jon's farewell, Zac's homecoming, and Lissa's receiving of her Young Women Medallion. There might also be another event taking place, but we will have more details on that one to come. ;) It is good to be back in Arizona. We love the warmth and even though the city is crazy busy, it is nice having so many people around. Hope everyone had a great week, and thank you to everyone who made our week fantastic! It was awesome spending time with family and friends. We cherished every moment!