"Two hotels and a gas station"

The first weekend in May, my brother Brett and his wife Sheree blessed their cute little baby.  We made the trip to Rexburg, and since Steve had some places he needed to stop by in Wyoming, we tagged along for a couple of days and made a trip out of it.

9 of the 12 Bingham cousins after John's blessing (we always miss our Indiana cousins!)

Jack was very into fuzbol.  We had dinner in the clubhouse at Brett's apartment complex and Jack now thinks that Brett lives there and wants to go visit again soon.

Steve and Dusty in a mean game of pool.

After everyone else went home, we went with Brett and Sheree and took a little walk around the BYU-Idaho campus.  It has sure changed a lot in the 10 years since I graduated.  There are several new building, and some that are completely renovated.  I was making a big deal to Jack about the fact that this is where I went to college, so when we walked in one of the buildings and saw some comfy chairs he said, "is this where you used to relax."  Then we walked by the cafeteria and he saw some tables and chairs and said, "is this where you use to color."  It was fun to see my old stomping grounds for a few minutes.

The next morning we headed off for our tour of Wyoming.  We decided to stop by bear world on the way out of Rexburg, but it was still off season and not open on Monday.  It was a little sad since we had talked it up to Jack, but he moved on quickly.  Steve was really the disappointed one.  We made the pretty drive through Driggs and into Jackson. 

Beautiful spring day in Jackson!  Ella had so much fun spending 3 days non stop with her hero, Da!

We had to take a picture under the famous antler arch

We had lunch and let the kids stretch their legs by walking around a toy store, and then we hit the road again.  We drove to Star Valley, and then over to Pinedale.  By the time we arrived in Pinedale, we had been on the road for 11+ hours.  Basically like driving to Disneyland, without the end result :)  The kids were trooper and were really great to travel with.

Jack unwinding with an I-pad show after a long day in the car.

The next day we drove through Kemmerer, Evanston, and made one last stop in Coleville, Utah before making it home.  The things I learned from this trip were:

1- Little kids don't care where you go, they just have fun seeing new places as a family.  Case in point, when we got home Jack was telling our neighbors about our awesome work trip family vacation and said enthusiastically, "we went to two hotels and a gas station!"
2- I'm so glad I don't live in Wyoming!!!