Cadisen Haycock: IP, ID 10

Does it get any better than this?

I submit that it cannot.

The "Lazy J" cabin is definitely the place that all Jensen's are aching to be from June until August. How grateful I am to my long ago ancestors who built our cabins and started this amazing tradition!

Once again, like every summer, my family took our annual trip up to Island Park, Idaho. Unfortunately, instead of staying for 3 weeks, we could only stay for 1 :( But that's how life goes, right? The first half of the week was just the awesome and "Lazy J faithful" Swiss family and bits and pieces of the Haycock family. Mind though, that just because there were few there, it didn't take away from the fun! We canoed, hiked the fire tower, laid out, went on 4 wheeler rides, you name it.

The second half of the week our family friends, the Thomas & Fabrizio family, came to join! We wanted to cram all the fun that we could into the weekend to show them why we love our Idaho so much, and cram we did! We went to Bi Springs to see the fish, birds, and muskrat, we jumped off the Tressel(i don't think i'll ever really know how to spell that...), floated the river from talls, went into Yellowstone to shop, see Old Faithful, and swim at the Fire Hole! It was a busy few days! By Saturday we had quite the large group as everyone in my family arrived to be there for Madden's baptism on Sunday.

Madden's baptism was the sweetest thing. Like all of his Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins, Madden was also baptized right off our dock in the Snake River. His daddy, Bill, baptized him and Uncle Doo Doo and Uncle Judd were witnesses. His big brother Mason who got baptized only last November gave a talk that he wrote all by himself! Let's just say it made me tear up.. Mason and Madden have this amazing brotherly connection and are two of the sweetest boys around! His incredible and beautiful mom, my sister Chiara, also gave a touching talk that she directed to Madden. Madden was given the Holy Ghost by his Dad, with his Papa, Great-Grandpa Jake, Uncle Doo Doo, Uncle Judd and Matt Thomas. To top the whole thing off, Madden and his "friend AND cousin" Asher sang the "I Like To Look For Rainbows" song and oh was that the sweetest thing in the world! That may have gotten me teared up as well..ha ha.

All in all, this trip to the cabin was as amazing as every other, albeit shorter! And of course, there must be pictures, and a lot of them. Last year I took a lot of nature pictures, but this year I took more people pictures:) Enjoy.