Vacation in conjunction with daughter's 40th birthday surprise July 8, 2014

July 8

We left Tuesday a.m. and had an uneventful trip to St. George, Utah.  Took a pretty picture of the Mormon Temple there.

Wed.
Drove to Idaho Falls, ID.  After dinner we walked by the river and falls.

Thursday
Drove to Missoula, MT.  We have been through there so many times on our way from Washington State to Tom's parents' in Livingston, MT., but had only stopped once- several years ago with our friends, the Cartwrights.  That time we ate at the Iron Horse Brew Pub, so we decided to do that again.  The food and beer were good, but the conversations and music were so loud.  Then we walked around downtown and over the bridge over the river.  Tom walked around Fort Missoula.

Friday - the big day!
I called her that morning, right after they had started their drive.  Wished them a safe trip and good weekend.

Tom visited a small air museum while we waited for game time.

Terry helped us figure out which ballpark they'd play in and we headed there early since she said Dalton left ahead of them with the team.  I asked some people if this was the right park and told them we were Dalt's grandparents and were there from AZ. to surprise him and Jacque.  They thought that was neat and said he was right there in the dugout and to go on over.  He must have heard us talking, because he came around the corner with a very startled look on his face.  He's 16.

 Jacque, her daughter, Peyton, and husband, Terry walked in, but we were hidden behind a building.  She was bent over looking at a shirt and I said "You don't need one of those."  She was speechless as she looked up and then said "What are you doing here?"  Then some tears.

Granddaughter, Peyton, 9, was really surprised, too!

We watched two games that day and two the next.  Dalt got struck out a couple of times, but had one good streak, where he had four RBI's and him in.  Then he and another guy teamed up to get the second and first basemen out.  We left Sunday afternoon to drive 5-6 hours, so couldn't stay for the 5:15 game that night-the one the coaches had saved Dalt to pitch at.  He got 9 strike-outs and kept them at zero until there was a really bad call.  The umps threw the coach out because he challenged them.  They lost 4-0.

Meanwhile, we drove to Kennewick, WA. to stay with our friends, Russ and Kitty Burtner.  We had dinner and an enjoyable two hours on their deck, which overlooks Canyon Lakes Golf Course.