Yellowstone...Day 2

Day 2....Yellowstone (south end)

The kids ready to go with their lunches.A couple miles into to park, we were stopped at a standstill. "Please don't let it be like this the whole day!" Then to our suprise....a bald eagle sitting in her nest. It was fine once but every time in or at of the park...we stopped! Ugh!!!
Elsie and Carter...BEST BUDS!!!

Firehole Falls (or something like that)

Me and my cute boyfriend posing

We walked around the "paint pots". The kids enjoyed all the colors, geysers, and hot pots.

Care and Hils

Singing in the rain! Livvie and Hilary

John and Gracie by a beautiful blue hot spring

Waiting for Old Faithful (lately, not so faithful)

Big ice cream treats while we wait
Elsie and Carter

Yummy Gracie!

Rock Star, Carter...cool dude for sure!

Gracie

There she blows...

The West Thumb...me and the girls!

Girls only!

Falls Bridge...so pretty

Look Gracie, can you see that?

Pretty Girl :)

We saw LOTS of buffalo.

We enjoyed watching two buffalo swim across the river...it was amazing.

Family Trip to Big Sky Montana/Yellowstone

Day 1...mainly the drive to Big Sky

John, I and the kids met Gramma, Poppy, Meg, Todd and girls in Pocatello for breakfast at IHop. Everyone was so excited. Poppy gave each car binoculars and a walkie/talkie. For driving trips like this, I am so very grateful for TV/DVD's in the car. :)We stayed in fun condos in beautiful Big Sky, Montana right on top of the mountain. The kids were so excited to "swim" in the hot tub. The mosquitoes LOVED us!!

We ate at a fun restaurant called "Bugaboo". I am not sure if they don't have air conditioning or if it was broken but it was HOT!!!

Carter and Gracie posing outside the restaurant.

On our way to Big Sky, we spotted a Moose. Yeah...first animal sighting of the trip.

There she is ...kind of skinny but a moose none the less.

More Swimming

Gracie and Hilary were in the same class with their freinds Rylee and Jayden. They love swim lessons and love the water.
Hilary, Afton (their cute teacher), and Gracie

Carter swimming with his teacher.

Jumping off the diving board on life jacket day...go Gracie

There goes Hilary

Cool Dude Carter wearing googles and holding diving duck

Girls, Girls, Girls!!!

This year we have made friends with the cutest family ever. The Larson's have three girls just the right ages for my three girls. We got to have them over for a day and sleepover. The girls had so much fun! We get to see them at dance but wish they lived closer (they live in Buhl) so we could get together more often.Hannah and Gracie
Abbey and Jessica after they had done crazy hair dos.

Hilary and Sammy

Sun City Carnival!!!

Yee Hah!! John, Brandon, Lindsay, and I went to see Kenny Chesney in Boise for his Sun City Carnival Tour. Kenny is quite the performer. We had a great time.
Someone in the audience gave Kenny a Boise State hat. He wore it for the end song. He also put a video together with things from the Boise area that played while he sang one of his songs. Everyone got pretty excited about both things.

Care and John getting ready for conert to start.

We also saw Miranda Lambert...loved her pink guitar.

Lady Antabellum....AWESOME!!!

Workin' on the fence

John and Brandon have been working hard to get 1100 feet of fence put up. This night they had a great system going with Gus Callen mixing the cement. They really went to town finishing a whole side!! yipee...almost 1/2 done.

Summer Night on the River

We love getting out on the boat. It seems like we don't get to very often. Abbey is doing great on the knee board. John, Brandon, Lindsay, and I got on the wakeboard. The kids love the water this time of year because it is nice and warm.

State Holstsein Youth Field Day

On July 11, we went to the Holstein Youth Field Day which was hosted this year by Seagull Bay Dairy (Greg and Gwen). It was a nice overcast day. Gracie, Kaitlyn, Hilary and I judging a class of cows
The kids are watching a clipping demonstration

Carter found Wyatt's John Deer bike and he was a happy guy

The kids got their own turn at clipping. Here is Abbey giving it a try.

Even Carter needed a turn...lucky for the calf, John was there to help.

Gracie...clipping like a pro!

Abbey thinking hard about how she is going to place her class of cows.

Three cuties..Lydia, Gwen, and Hils

Garrick and Trevor leading the auction calf

Practing the judging

Brandon, Greg, Jordan, and Alan with a class of Heifers