Summer Vacation: Part 1

Since I have a new job and have to earn PTO over time before I can actually take a vacation, this has been my one long-awaited, much needed summer vacation (Ricky has had two trips home to San Diego this summer while I've been busy working).

We've been looking forward to this trip all summer, and it was packed full! We got to see and spend time with lots of family on both sides and spent time within 4 states during our 9-day vacation. Our vacation began on Friday when we flew in to Salt Lake City. My parents picked us up, and we spent the evening with them. We went to visit my Grandma and Grandpa Carlson in their home since they're moving to a retirement home soon. It was nice to visit with them and be in their house one last time...lots of memories there!

Saturday was the Hirschi Reunion, which was a main reason for the trip. It was at a park in Hyde Park, Utah, which is by Logan. Ricky and I went with Ricky's whole immediate family, minus Jake who was in France. Dean Jr. and Adelaide drove Uncle Dean there. And Dan drove Ricky's grandparents there, so it was a great turn out from our portion of the family!

The whole group. We had people there from San Diego and San Jose, CA, New York, Ohio, Bountiful, UT, and Meridian, ID!

Ricky and I with his grandparents and Uncle Dean

Ricky pointing to the line he comes from on the family history chart. He learned that Milton Hershey is his 6th cousin 4 times removed!

After the Hirschi Reunion, we of course stopped at the Pepperidge Farm outlet and the Gossner Cheese Factory. That night, Ricky and I spent time with my family again to celebrate my mom's birthday. We went to dinner with my whole family and my Grandma and Grandpa Coulam. Then we went to the Hale Centre Theatre to see the Newsies! It was a fun night!

Yellowstone
On Sunday, we traveled to Yellowstone! We camped there for two nights. Besides getting a moth stuck in my ear the first night, it was a really fun trip!

It was really neat to see lots of bison pretty close

The "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone"

The crew

Old Faithful

Ricky and the Economic Geyser. It fits him well!

Stay tuned for Part 2 of our Summer Vacation! We traveled from Wyoming, through Montana, to Meridian, Idaho to visit Ricky's grandparents. Here is the Meridian trip from last year, which was a blast!