Daddy and me!

This is what Daris would look like if he was a girl!! Scary how they look so much a like now!

Family Vacation

We had our every two year Couch family reunion!  Here is our trip in a nutshell! 
July 1 - Crammed five people into our car. Started driving to Wyoming and only made it to Boise, ID.  Robyn was done being in her car seat for eight hours. We stayed in a hotel and even took Robyn swimming for the first time.  She didn't really enjoy herself and she didn't like it when Daddy jump in and made a big splash.
July 2 - Made it to Draper,UT, where my sister-in law lives.  Had our first In&Out Burger for lunch and enjoyed Cafe Rio for dinner!  Aunt Tiffy and Alex were excited to see all of us.
July 3 - Finally made it to Wyoming where we met the rest of the family at church to bless our new nephew Eli ( we share a birthday now )  Had a great get together with all of the Wyoming Conrad friends also a great firework show!
July 4 - Made it all the way to Idaho Falls and met the rest of the Conrad family!  We checked into a great hotel!  Joined the extended Couch family in the park to watch the fireworks and to eat a picnic dinner!  Had some great fun meeting everyone again and meeting the new family members.  I didn't last very long ( there was cotton wood everywhere and I was sneezing up and storm and Robyn was ready for bed)  We enjoyed the around the world firework show from the hotel bed
July 5 - Daris and I got up early and went to visit Robyn's great grandma for their first visit!  It was wonderful to see them getting to know each other.  Robyn didn't disappoint.....she put on a great smile and showed off her crawling skills!  Had lunch at a park and enjoyed the Couch family history tour of Idaho Falls.  Went back to the park for dinner and family pictures!  Later that night, Grandma offered to babysit so we could head out on a date.  We went to see Transformers 3 in 3D.  Fun movie!
July 6 - Daris and the boys went off for an all day rafting trip.  We took all the kids to the local zoo.  It was a good thing it was so small.  The kids were hungry and falling apart.  After lunch the kids calmed down and were having a blast at the pool where all the Dads joined us.  Had family dinner and some said their goodbyes.
July 7 - The reunion was coming to an end and Daris and some of the boys headed home.  They had a long drive but they made it!  I was hanging out for another couple of days.  We also went to the temple.  Realized I forgot my temple recommend.  They had to call my bishop.  Everything work out ok!  Idaho Falls has one of the most beautiful temples I have ever been inside of!
July 8 - We helped Great Grandma paint her backyard fence and her deck!  The work went fast because of the amount of people and the heat!  90ish degrees :)  Later that night, we all headed over to Brad and Roz's house to help bake cookies for Kate's wedding.  Had a wonderful time hanging out.  Back to Great Grandma's house around 130am, where Robyn was coughing and crying really hard and we ended up taking her to urgent care, where we found out she had a full blow ear infection going on ( just thought it was more teeth coming in )  Got home around 330am, where she cried for an hour or so.  I felt just rotten!  There was nothing I could do for her, she finally feel a sleep and at 730 woke with a smile on her face!!  Thanks for all the family members that pitched in, couldn't have done it without you!!
July 9 - Katie and Luke's wedding day!!!!   Went to the temple to see them be sealed to each other!  Almost cried!!  They had a great luncheon and a rocking reception!  Katie just looked SO beautiful!!!
July 10 - We all went to church but, we didn't make it all three hours!  Everyone was falling a sleep!  Had a great family lunch.  We packed up and made our way back to Utah.  Drove into a great thunder storm!  Went to In&Out a second time (Kathy lost a bet with Tiff about a rest stop, so she was buying)
July 11 - Kathy, Robyn and I headed to down town Salt Lake.  Use the trax system!  Wish Seattle had something like that!  Walked around Temple Square and visited some of the buildings, learned tons about church history!  Headed home and picked Tiff up from work where we later met up with Tiff's friend Tammy and headed out to a bar-b-q restaurant!  Great food!!  Great company!!  Packed up for Robyn's first airplane ride in the morning

July 12 - Got up early and actually had to wake Robyn up.  Dropped off Tiff at work and headed to the airport.  Kathy got a guest pass to help me threw security and wait for the plane.  Salt Lake airport was great!  A security guard let us cut in line and helped out with going threw the metal detectors.  We let Robyn crawl around while waiting for the plane.  Said our goodbyes and Robyn and I boarded the plane!  Happy to say Robyn did GREAT on her first ride.  She slept the first half and just hung out the last half!  Scott picked us up at the airport and I about kissed my kitchen floor!  I was SO happy to be home and sleep in my own bed ( which is where I'm headed now)