McCall of the Wild...

After the Fourth Mike had to head back to Utah for work while the rest of the family headed up to McCall for the week.  McCall is a beautiful mountain town two hours north of Boise. It's where Mike and I honeymooned and where his family gathers almost every year for a family reunion.  It was a beautiful week with cool weather and lots of rest and relaxation.  But we sure missed Mike.

While we were there everyone got together for a little letterboxing.  Ever heard of it?  Letterboxing is essentially hiking to hidden boxes according to a set of clues you find online.  The box contains a stamp and a book.  You bring along a stamp for your family and stamp it and your name and the date in the book from the box - and use their stamp to put in your own book.  It's really fun and there are letterboxing sites all over the world.

While in McCall we mostly hung out - playing games, watching movies, and reading but the main attraction is Lake Payette... One evening we went late in the afternoon when everyone else had cleared out.  While everyone took turns on the boat we watched the sunset, challenged each other to swimming contests, and built sand castles - it was dreamy.  I love swimming in cold lakes and then sitting on warm sand with a sweat shirt over my swimsuit.  It really doesn't get much better than that.

In the end, the trip wouldn't have been possible if I didn't have such awesome in-laws. Not having Mike on a trip is hard but everyone was always so helpful and gracious. Especially Jodi, whose husband also had to get back to work. We were like sister wives...  Thanks everyone!