Great Weekend Trip

We took a great weekend trip to eastern Idaho. We made our first stop at the Twin Falls Temple open house. It is a beautiful temple, inside and out. I love being able to take my children to a temple open house so they can see what the inside looks like and we can explain a little more of what happens inside while they are actually there. They loved walking through it & thought the murals, chandeliers and etchings were amazing.

Twin Falls Temple


After walking through the temple, we drove about 5 minutes to this amazing water fall--Shoshone Falls. About 2 weeks earlier it was running at full force--it has gone down a lot since then, but it was still a beautiful site for us. We changed our clothes here & ate lunch then walked around for a little while. The mountain formations around the falls were amazing, too.

Shoshone Falls

Our next stop was the Craters of the Moon National Park. I went here when I was a little girl, but I didn't remember anything about it. There are no volcanoes here, but the earth opened up & lava came out & poured for miles over the land. It hardened forming many different formations & caves. The girls had a great time exploring the area, even though it was so hot outside. We didn't think we would walk around much, but the girls surprised us & we went all over.
Nicole & Allie walking up Inferno Cone. We walked up about 1/2 mile of it. The girls did a great job & wanted to keep going, but standing on black rocks in the hot sun was not a good combination while going uphill.


Walking on one of the trails towards the caves. The lava was really cool to look at--and it was so light weight. The girls liked seeing the sparkles in the lava.

Brooklyn liked riding on Jake's shoulders. She kept telling him "Better Daddy". We think she was fixing his hair and asking him if it felt better.

We went to the easiest cave for kids to explore. The other ones, we were told, you have to crawl on your hands & knees at the beginning before you can get to an opening where you can stand up. The girls loved this cave & it was the best choice for us. Someday I hope to go back & explore the others when the girls are older.

The girls like having their own suitcases & feeling independent rolling them around.

We drove around Idaho Falls a little bit & loved the scenery around the Idaho Falls Temple. The Church is amazing being able to find such beautiful areas to build their temples.


Our last stop was Rexburg, Idaho. We saw the new Rexburg Temple. It is set up on a hill next to BYU Idaho. You can see it from miles away. We were able to see all 4 temples in Idaho this weekend. My kids were proud of that.
Jake's cousin, Lisa, got married & they had a reception here, too. She looked beautiful & I'm so glad we were able to drive over there & support her & her new husband, Ryan. Unfortunately, I left my camera in the car & didn't get any pictures at the reception.
It was a fun, fast, eventful weekend & we had a great time. We haven't traveled much since coming back from Europe, so it was fun to do one of our quick weekend trips again. Hopefully this will get us back in the groove again & we can do some exploring in this part of the country.