The Murray Clan

Well we had a fun filled adventure this past 4th of July weekend. Chad had been waiting all week to be able to go visit his cousins in Nampa. Amazingly enough Chad and Brian were great travelers, and we did not have to clean up any of Chads little messes. He usually gets car sickness or something and throws up at least once, be it on the way to or from our vacation destination.

We got to Nampa (a.k.a. Casey and Coralie's house, a.k.a. Theo and Mercedes' house) around lunch time and made little sandwiches for lunch, and held small conversations while dodging little boys and girls who had been waiting to be reunited for ages it seemed like. We then went over to Allen and Jeanie's house (Marlene's aunt and uncle) to have a BBQ in their back yard. It was very delicious. We then had to go to Melba, a small town just outside of Nampa to see their "Greatest Show in Idaho!" We got there just after 6 when all the fun a games started. Here are some of the Kodak moments we captured.

This is a picture of Luke, Sadie, Maia, Katie Belle, and Chad getting ready to go on a train ride.

See how excited Chad is to go on his first train ride. Katie Belle was really excited as well though her face in this picture tells us otherwise.
Chad is not sure at first if he likes the idea of the train moving and has the white knuckle grip on the wheel holding on for dear life. But things change fast. View video clip of train ride.
Here is Chad and Katie Belle sliding at the festival.

Here is dad and Brian acting as happy spectators. Brian wanted to go play with his cousins and big brother so bad. Someday! Someday!
Luke and Chad found their place in life hanging out in a big tire. Instead of the "two peas in a pod," they are like "two screws in a tire." But hey, as crazy as they are, they are pretty handsome as well.