The night before we left, Kevin and I spent cleaning the house so that it was spotless for when we got home.  I had everything ready and was finally settling down to try and sleep before we had to get up at 3:30 am, when at 10:30 pm I got a phone call from the airport.  They were changing our flights, and our departure city – which, as stressful as it was, actually worked out better for us since we were able to fly out of Savannah instead.

DAY 1:  So, at 4:30 we got to my friend Kristi's house, and she took us to the airport.  The flights were good, and even though we were late taking off from Atlanta, we still made our very tight connection in Salt Lake because our ex-fighter pilot Pilot flew as fast as we could possibly go :).  He was pretty hilarious. 

We were so happy when we finally landed in Twin Falls.  There waiting for us at the airport, was not only Kevin's parents and my sister Holly with her kids, but MY parents – whom I hadn't seen since Derek was 2 days old.  They had returned home from their 18 month mission to Scotland the day before.  It was so wonderful to see them, and while Kevin and his parents took the kids home to get settled, I went out to lunch with them.  Later, Kevin brought the kids over to play with cousins for a while, and then we spent the rest of the evening with his parents, trying to Derek-proof their house.

DAY 2: Today began Derek and Lily's adjustment to the time change, which did not come fast enough, because they woke up at 3:45 am, and continued that for another few days before they were okay.  Since we were all up anyway, at about 7:30 am, Kevin and I loaded the kids into a wagon and took them to Thompson park, which was just around the corner.  It was very fun, and the kids were hilarious as usual.  Fun times!  And of course, we had lunch at 9 Beans :).

That afternoon, Lily spent quite a bit of time playing "Don't Break the Ice" with Grandma Valerie.  Then Kevin and Dennis went to play golf in Dennis' twilight league, and since Valerie wasn't feeling well, I went over to my parent's house.  Lily and her best friend/cousin, Austin managed to completely cover themselves in mud.  They can get into so much trouble together, but it's all good.

DAY 3: We had so much fun with Kevin's parents today.  Between Kevin and Dennis playing Disc golf at the park, to dinner at Maxi's, and the kids getting to play in the "White Trash Hot-tub," it was awesome.

  The highlight for Lily, however, was her date with Grandpa Dennis.  He took her on his motorcycle and they got ice-cream and played at the park.  I love it when she gets to build great memories like that – and she looked SO CUTE in her helmet!!

PS. I can't neglect to mention Kevin and Valerie's trip to Smiths at midnight to buy 3 copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – they each needed a copy to read on their trip :).