Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Vacation Journal... Final Entry

We made it home safely from our vacation. We had a great time. It is nice to be home though and get back to the real world. I am sorry that there are so many pictures, I was trying to squeeze five days worth of activities into this blog.

Wednesday we left Idaho and drove to Yellowstone to start our family reunion. We spent all of Wednesday driving all around Yellowstone seeing all of the amazing sites it had to offer. Here is my three girls and I posing for a picture.


Just one of the amazing waterfalls we saw.
I was really hoping to see a moose at some point on our trip because I have never seen one in person before. I had no luck with the moose siting, but we saw tons of bison. These bison decided it would be fun to hang out in the middle of the street. It held up traffic for a while, but I didn't mind because I was able to get out and take some cool pictures. I was the only one brave enough in our caravan to get out and take pictures.


This one was right next to our car window eating the snow. He could care less that we were all there watching him eat.

Courtney didn't care that there is a bison right behind her, she just didn't want her sister touching her.

I can't even describe to you how bad this place smelled. But it was cool to see.
The girls shared a bed in our cabin. I woke up one night to make Brooklyn a bottle and when I went over to check on them this is what I found.


I LOVE IT!!!


Courtney relaxing in the hammock.


Since there is so much to see at Yellowstone we drove back up there on Thursday to see Old Faithful.
There was no denying the mosquitoes. Here is Kaylee getting one of many spray downs.


Michelle was such a big help with Brooklyn. I am really glad she was there, she is awesome.

Never mind all the toys I brought for Brooklyn to play with, nothing seemed to entertain her as much as playing with Joneel's face.

Friday was spent celebrating the 4th of July hanging out at the lake all day. Here is Brooklyn sitting with grandma and grandpa.

All the kids loved being on the boat. Kaylee decided to take charge and be the driver.

There is no doubt who her father is. The older she gets the more she is just like him.

The Grand Tetons. This is where we camped.

While all the adults were visiting the kids enjoyed playing badmitten. Kaylee is setting up the perfect serve.

Time to cook dinner. That chili turned out so good! Mel and I get the prize for that.

Dinner time, come and get it.

We left Wyoming Saturday morning to start our drive back to San Diego. We ended up staying the night in Saint George. Nick and the girls love going to Saint George for one specific reason, the red hills. They spent a while climbing all over the rocks.

I don't know who had more fun, Nick or the girls.

This time they even got Brooklyn and I to climb around with them.

Okay vacation is over, it is time to head home. The girls have always been really good travelers. We never even had to use the DVD player, they just entertained themselves. Kaylee made herself a comfy little spot to rest.

Courtney loves having her picture taken. She did not get that from me.

This little girl is always so happy. We are really blessed to have such good girls.

We had such a good vacation this year I don't see how we can top this next year. We will always have these memories to keep with us.

1 comment:

Jenn said...

I know what you mean...this last vacation will definitely be one that's hard to top :) We're already planning a trip to Disneyland in October...we haven't ever been! Yellowstone was absolutely amazing!!!!