Memorial Day 2010

Tyler and I had a very eventful Memorial Day. Sunday night we tried to find the Rexburg Cemetery so that we could at least walk around some graves. We drove and drove and googled and drove....and never found it. Eventually we ended up at a cemetery in Menan...but I sure would like to know where the Rexburg Cemetery is!

During our wanderings, we drove by North Menan Butte (known locally as "R" Mountain because of a white "R" painted on the side). We decided it might be fun to hike up. So first thing Monday morning...that's what we did.

This is a view as we were hiking up the side of the butte.

That's what the top looks like.


We climbed up some of these rocks. I didn't have the best shoes for it though, and it made me nervous!


We met a little bunny friend along the way. I don't think he knew we were friends though...the poor thing looked terrified!


And we found some really pretty flowers growing out the side of a rock. All the other flowers looked like wild flowers. These ones surprised us because it seemed like something you'd find planted in someone's front yard.


Here is a little bit of history about Menan Butte. It is an extinct volcano. The only one in North America to erupt in a freshwater river. It erupted in the Snake River and hardened super fast because of that...also changed the course of the Snake River. This picture is looking inside its...whatever you'd call it...where the lava would come out if it wasn't extinct.


Tyler somehow convinced me to let him buy some super cheap golf stuff at K-Mart. He couldn't wait to use it...so started putting in our living room since it was raining outside.

And later that evening, after eating fried chicken and southern mac and cheese with two of Tyler's school buddies, we finally hung the pictures we bought at Ross about a month ago. What do you think?

This was the first Memorial Day I spent without my parents, siblings, and extended Cope family. I missed being able to visit the graves of family members, but enjoyed being with my husband. We had fun, and maybe next year we will actually FIND the cemetery.