Jellystone

We love Yellowstone! Have to make at least a couple of trips a year to see the babies in the spring and the beautiful colors in the fall.  It's also a great way to beat the crowds-This is always one of my kids favorite places!  The stink pots!~ Mud pots/mini geysers.  They love to see the mud bubble/boil and feel the spray of the geysers on the boardwalk!



The Three Amigos

The Classic Old Faithful-
(Should have snapped a shot of the little old India man who was literally sitting on Payton.  We had to scoot over 3 times so he wasn't sitting on Payton's lap.  Always fascinating to see/hear people from all over the world come to enjoy this event.)
Love, LOVE, Love that we live 3 hours away from this amazing place!  Unless of course it decides to spout out volanic "stuff" then I'll change my mind.....

The kiddos call this one "The Stink Pot"

Tiny little sweet Bison, we love to see the new babies!
(Before they are giant, scary, beasts!)

A little coyote trying to beg for a fish from a unsuspecting fisherman.



Beginning Summer Adventures

Let the summer adventure begin!

We started off the next day school let out by heading up to Kelly Canyon to see what the water had done to the ski resort! Wow, canyon size run-off, they had 40ft. holes right in the middle of the parking lot!  It was pretty amazing how deep it was in places. Yikes!

 

They even had their own River that ran through it "literally" and a small waterfall. The kids had a blast hiking around.

The next stop was the Teton Dam Site.  We had never been over this far before, and took a few off roads to get around.  This was the original site where the Teton Dam washed out, because the engineers used rock/dirt to construct a massive dam, it had a breach in the side wall, and also washed out causing mass destruction to the Teton Valley.  I remember this day very well, as we drove to Rexburg to pick up my sister Debbie from Ricks College. Then we drove up to our cabin in Island Park and heard on the radio that the Teton Dam had broke, how amazing it was that we had been in Rexburg, then exactly past where it had flooded and how lucky we were not to get caught up in the flooding.  I wanted to show my kids a little piece of history, as we lived for several years in Rexburg.  They were fascinated at how high the dirt was, how high the water once was, and how big the wash out was in this valley.

Here is little Abbie running through the tunnel of victory with her little Yellow Lighbulb 5 year old soccer team.  This was a lot of fun, a lot of work, and tried my patience more than any other team I've ever coached.  These little kids are like teaching squirrels how to play soccer! Lots of energy, they run off, they pull their shirts over their heads, they fall down, they are hilarious!!!  (And they say the darndest things) She had a great time, and so did her mom.  I loved being with my little girl and sharing this memory with her!  Love you Abs!

Legacy

Legacies are a wonderful thing.  They teach you about your heritage, your life, your reason for being.  We had a wonderful example of a legacy, our Grandpa Dave. It's hard to belieive it's been 2 years since he's past on.  But, the legacy that he's left us of with is one to be cherished.  Wonderful work ethic, devoted husband, father, brother, grandpa, friend. Uncountable service hours for the church, and community.  Being positive, and finding the "fun" in everything you do.  Being a great friend, and caring for those who are all around him.  Thank you so much for your Heroic Legacy Grandpa Dave.  We love and miss you very much!!

Quilting Mamas

SO Many things to catch up on.  I have honestly not made the time to keep up the way I want to.  It's so nice to have a few minutes to catch up on people's blogs, enjoy the pics, and the things that they've been up to.  I love seeing the cute kids pics of them having adventures, and growing up!  Here are a few of the fun things that we were able to do this summer, and hopefully I'll get caught up to fall ya'll.




For Starters... we attended an awesome quilt show with our Grandma Anne.  It was really good, there were so many quilts, projects, some super talented peeps we have here in I.F.  Here are the girls using shaving cream and designing quilt squares using fabric paints.  Super fun and squishy!

Sweet little Abbie
who loved the froggie quilt!

These are super cute "Ornaments" that someone has cleverly made sweet treats to hang on your tree!  My girls loved these!!