Yellowstone

While we were in WY my brother was in the process of moving. RB went over and did some heavy lifting to get a trailer load of things to take to their new home 5 hours away. They live just outside of Yellowstone and so we took the opportunity to head that way and sight see while we were up there. Plus it's faster to go home that way than to go back down and around Yellowstone. 

Jackson for lunch. 

We saw a lot of this! We also saw a HUGE elk in between the trees. However, we were not able to get a pic. of it. 

Learning how to do family selfies. 

This canyon is my favorite. I love it because it looks like a paining. An Asian family took our picture for us. Then as I was taking one of just the kids they came and took one too. It made me laugh. Sometimes I feel like an attraction while vacationing. 

Lil is so funny. She hated the smell of the one area.

  Skipping rocks. RB taught MJ and she did really well. 

                                      

After the trailer was unloaded and we ate dinner, we took the kids to a park. 

Finally after a long vacation away from home, we come home and see this great sight. It was cool to see where it was raining and not raining. Loved it. 

WY

First a shout out to my sister:
Thank you for the bags for each of the kids. They love the bags and now we have something to put our travel to do things in. They are big bags too that work perfect for the car! Thanks!

After our adventure at the Ice Caves we headed to my parents home in WY. We decided to bring our mountain bikes and that was a blast. We were able to go up twice. The intermediate trails were hard! It had just rained and the trails were not in good condition. Shale and mud are hard to pedal up! 

Yep, we biked up this. 

Just a few battle wounds, is all. 

I found an old friend. It's been years since I've seen one of these little guys that I used to catch and take home as pets. 

Ms M loved the fire. She never got close enough to roast anything, but she still liked pretending too. 

 Grandma's and Grandpa's home is always fun!

Logan Hike/Bear Lake

The end of July and beg. of Aug we decided to take a little vacation, which turned out to be a bigger vacation. We started with a rainy hike up Logan Canyon. 

Can you see the hummingbirds?

We then went to Bear Lake for a night. It rained and rained and rained. When it finally stopped we went to the beach. We had fun watching Ms M and Buddy chase the seagulls, and the girls enjoyed collected sea shells. As soon we left to get dinner, it started to rain again. Perfect timing. 

The next day the kids just wanted to head straight to grandmas home, but I wanted to have an adventure. We headed up to the Paris Ice Caves. However, the road was closed due to construction. So we took the kids to the park while we figured out an alternative route.  

After a little drive in a round about way we finally made it to the Ice Caves. They are really cool! I'm glad I trumped my kids and took this adventure. They had fun too!

There is a big cavern in the back of the low rocky area. It is hard to find. RB went down it first and said I had to do it too. So Lil came with me. RB got a pic of us down it and I got own of him looking down at us. There is a spot where it is completely dark till you take three steps forward and then can see the light from the opening. A little unnerving but still really cool!

After the Ice Caves RB rode his bike down the mountain. He got really muddy but had a great time. 

This is some car fun when you are stuck in a seat for a long time. 

Good times and good memories! 

I Am So Behind...

It is almost time for school to start and I still have July things to post about. Ok, not many but still. August has been go, go, go with so many fun adventures. We will get to them later though. For now here is the rest of July. 

We have decided it is time to sell our jeep. We just don't use it enough to keep it sitting in our driveway. Our jeeping friends have moved away, and now our family wont fit in it anyways. It was a great jeep! We are hoping in the future to get another one. 

Buddy got bit by a mosquito. He balloons up in funny ways. Last time it was his ear. 

MJ had a cabbage growing summer activity that she got at the end of last year. Here it is after about 9 weeks. When we pulled it and weighed just the head it was 10 lbs. We were both impressed. 

Every year our neighbor puts on a neighborhood firework show. Tons of families in the ward, tons of food, and a great time visiting and watching the kids play. 

The girls wanted me to watch a movie with them on the computer. Here we are camped out enjoying the show. 

Enjoy!