Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Yellowstone Vacation

Yellowstone here we come!

So we finally went on oour family trip with all of Ryans family. We had
alot of fun. The kids were really good surprisingly ( with some exceptions).
Some of us went all in and rented a cabin in Island Park. Some stayed at Mike and
Jill's family cabin that was also in Island Park. Here are some photos (i have alot more) that I posted to share in our trip! We left on Jax's bithday, July 6th.



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Our first stop on our trip was to Bear World outside of Rexburg Idaho.
This was fun for the kids. We drove through a gated area and the bears just
walked around. I will never forget the girls laughing at the bear who walked
alongside our car. IT was so cute. Kinda a scared/happy laugh. At the end of driving through
they had some carnival type rides. Kids had alot of fun. ( I think Gabe was
a little bored with the rides).











Jax's birthday dinner! (not technically, we went out before we left)
When we finally got to Island Park we went to dinner.






Birthday Boy! The big 8!!!!!


On Tuesday July 7, we went into Yellowstone. Grandpa brought his bike and took
the older kids on it around the Park. They had fun!

I don't remember what this Geyser is called but
it smelled like rotten eggs!!!!!


Gabe and Riley


Gabe and Morgan



Sal holding Grumpy Jenna!



Gabes Turn!
I had to put the Buffalo and Elk in. Those are park favorites!!!!


Lower Falls in Yellowstone. Notice Jenna and Hayley switched places, Hayley's
turn to pout.


Old Faithful


The next few pictures are what the girls took. They had fun
taking pictures. Too bad most of them were of me and Ryan!!!!




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The first part of the day on Wednesday we went to a Bear and Wolf
museum. It was fun to see the wolfs.





Bald Eagle inside Yellowstone
Spouting Geyser


The little runoff behind Jenna is from the Excelsior Geyser Crater,
flowing into the river.

Turquoise Pool

Opal Pool

Excelsior Geyser Crater. It is really steamy cause we had overcast!

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On Wednesday night July 8 we went to Mike and Jill's family cabin and
made smores and rolls with jam in it. They were yummy!





My with my 2 year old niece Avery


One of the girls took our picture! I think it was Hayley.


Avery took a picture of her mom. What a good job she did!



Hayley posing for her picture!

On July 9 we went to a old mining town called Virginia City and
walked around had a old time photo taken with all the grandkids and Sally.
We had lunch and then took a tour of the town. It was fun to see this town.