Trip to the Tetons

I just got back (literally 45 minutes ago) from my trip with Matt up to the Tetons. It was absolutely beautiful. We camped by a lake called Lake of the Mountains and went 4-wheeling on Friday and Saturday. I met Matt's brother and his Uncle and his family. I also reacquainted myself with his sister. They are a great family and I was put at ease quickly.

The setting was gorgeous and we would ATV up to lakes and snow packs and places that you normally wouldn't visit on foot. It was a fun trip but I have never been so dusty and dirty in my entire life. Nor have I eaten as many hotdogs as I did over the weekend. Oh and the mosquitoes were horrible and I have a ton of bites -especially on my buns :(.





I dropped off Matt at the Jackson Hole airport and began my trip home Sunday afternoon and that was sad. But I got over it, filled up the tank with gas and headed home. Then suddenly I started to notice that I didn't recognize where I was and suddenly I am in Montpelier, Idaho. That sucked rocks -apparently I am one who always needs clear directions when driving. It added an hour to my drive home, but I was able to speed past Sweetwater Condos and have flashes of memories of our trips there -roller skating, the witch who stuck needles in you, skiing, and playing in the pool and hot tub. Great times.

If you are dying for an update on me and Matt, there isn't one. The weekend was a lot of fun and we won't see each other for another month, but that is okay. We both have big tests next week (Bar & GMAT) and then we are both headed on big trips -me to Sweden and Denmark, Matt to Cambodia and Thailand. It would have been fun if we could have worked it so I could have done both, but the trips are at the same time. Oh well.

Love you all lots and I'm excited when I have time again just to sit and talk.

Kara

Happy Fourth of July

HEYA,

We had a really fun weekend. We went to the four corners area and stayed in Cortez one night. The next day we visited Mesa Verde and the ancient Aztec (or Publeons) cliff dwellings. That was really amazing to see. Its crazy to think they had nothing and were still able to do so much. I can't imagine how they got there sick, old or really young people up there. It would take a lot with modern convenience. The kids had a really great time.

The next day we went to Telluride, a cute little ski town in Colorado. That whole area is so beautiful. We took the kids on a pretty hard hike up to a really beautiful waterfall. It took well over an hour to hike up to it, all up hill, and the kids were such troopers. We were so proud of them. On the fourth we went to the main street parade, which reminded me a lot of Park City. The kids loved the candy of course and Lincoln was only able to tolerate the whole experience because he was the "Candy Lord" and hoarded every piece. Thankfully our kids are so nice that they brought every piece to him.

Later that day we took a Gondola ride and accidently got off at the first stop. Who knew there were three stops? So, like the crazy people we are, we "death marched" the kids on another, some might say much harder hike to the mountain village. That was really hard because none of us had the right shoes on. We were all wearing sandals. But our kids are little warriors and did a great job again. We rewarded them with the most expensive ice cream cone on earth. Totally worth it. The mountain village was really wonderful. We rode the Gondola back down ... we aren't that cruel. Plus, I could not have handled it ... my poor toes were all blistered.

That night I took Cora and Brig to the fireworks display. We got caught in a rain storm, but once it passed, the fireworks were really great. The setting was so spectacular. It was in a field at the base of a canyon so the back drop to the fireworks was three pine filled mountains and a full moon. It was so beautiful.

Linc has had awful allergies. His ear looks like Will Smith's ear in Hitch when he has the allergic reaction. And a few days ago his eyes were so bad, that I actually took him into an acute care clinic because I was so worried. His eyes were swolen shut and his whites were inflamed and turned yellow ... yummy! So we did not subject him to a fireworks display.

Well, we love you guys and miss you.  Love, Marisa, Rick, Cora, Linc, Brig, Lyds and baby