We kicked off our two week vacation with a brief, but fabulous weekend in Bruneau with Lee's family.  Lee's grandparents planned a 3-day reunion the weekend before the 4th of July.  We missed day 1 (we were at work and then stuck in horrific traffic), but days two and three were great.  Day two started on 3 hours of sleep but was well worth the sleep deprivation.  With the exception of just a couple adults and a few young children, everyone had the pleasure of floating down 10 miles of the Snake River.  The river was pretty calm, but so much fun.  Kate & Eli (6 and 7 year old neice and nephew) loved every minute of the new experience and the water fights with the other boats livened things up.  It was a really great day.

Off the river we had a few meals together, a brief program and Lee successfully managed a group photo of everyone.  After the festivities on Saturday night we spoiled our neices and nephews with a few presents from home.  We got Eli a rocket that required assembly and promised to shoot 100 feet in the air.  Giving it to him at 10pm at night was just cruel as he had to wait until Sunday afternoon to actually see it in action.  He slept that night with the parts and told his mom on Sunday morning that he read the directions and they said it was OK to build the rocket in the morning.  :) He was one patient kid! Fortunately the rocket launching was a success and we had lovely afternoon hanging out before we all went our separate ways.  We had a great time and look forward to seeing them again in just 10 days!

Pictures are in the gallery....