The Holtom Family

The Holtom Family

Friday, September 23, 2011

Beginning Summer Adventures

Let the summer adventure begin!
We started off the next day school let out by heading up to Kelly Canyon to see what the water had done to the ski resort! Wow, canyon size run-off, they had 40ft. holes right in the middle of the parking lot!  It was pretty amazing how deep it was in places. Yikes!

 







They even had their own River that ran through it "literally" and a small waterfall. The kids had a blast hiking around.






The next stop was the Teton Dam Site.  We had never been over this far before, and took a few off roads to get around.  This was the original site where the Teton Dam washed out, because the engineers used rock/dirt to construct a massive dam, it had a breach in the side wall, and also washed out causing mass destruction to the Teton Valley.  I remember this day very well, as we drove to Rexburg to pick up my sister Debbie from Ricks College. Then we drove up to our cabin in Island Park and heard on the radio that the Teton Dam had broke, how amazing it was that we had been in Rexburg, then exactly past where it had flooded and how lucky we were not to get caught up in the flooding.  I wanted to show my kids a little piece of history, as we lived for several years in Rexburg.  They were fascinated at how high the dirt was, how high the water once was, and how big the wash out was in this valley.








Here is little Abbie running through the tunnel of victory with her little Yellow Lighbulb 5 year old soccer team.  This was a lot of fun, a lot of work, and tried my patience more than any other team I've ever coached.  These little kids are like teaching squirrels how to play soccer! Lots of energy, they run off, they pull their shirts over their heads, they fall down, they are hilarious!!!  (And they say the darndest things) She had a great time, and so did her mom.  I loved being with my little girl and sharing this memory with her!  Love you Abs!

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