FuN iN tHe SuN!

We were only back from Sandpoint for a couple days, when we turned right back around and headed back up to Idaho, this time to Sun Valley. My family's been going to Sun Valley for summer and winter fun my whole life (a bunch of my dad's family lives up there). We had so much fun hanging out with my family and Elina's friend Page. We got to go white-water kayaking on the Salmon River, hiking, biking on the awesome local trails, riding the lift up to the top of Baldy Mountain, floating the freezing cold river (where yes, I definitely slipped of my intertube and got totally drenched while trying to avoid a gnarly tree that tried to attack me), eating out at great restaurants, painting pottery at our favorite spot "Local Color", and attending the ridiculously terrible play in the village. We really packed it in! It was Seth's first time in Sun Valley during the summer, so we were determined to show him a good time. He decided he definitely loves summers in Sun Valley better than winters (even though they are awesome too). We biked or walked almost everywhere. I loved being so active! Elina is a champ at staying fit, so we'd get up early everyday and go workout together. It made it easy to enjoy working out with such beautiful bike/running trails right around our house! It was so fun to do so many things outdoors with my whole family (especially with my mom who recently had surgery on her ankle after a 7 month, stubborn break from snowboarding refused to heal on its own). She was a trooper! Unfortunately, being that active meant limiting the number of cameras we took, and I still need to get the majority of the trip pictures from my family. Here are the ones I have so far though!