Yellowstone

1,000 miles after our trip began, and 4 states, we arrived in Yellowstone. We had so much fun. Gorgeous pools, landscape, STINKY mudpots where we gagged on the smell, beautiful woods, and animals, the fun hotel in West Yellowstone with the Water slide, it was all so wonderful. If you haven't been, GO. Hopefully these pictures capture some of the wonder we got to experience.

It was a gorgeous day. A little cool, but not bad. (See this same location pictured the very next day. BIG CHANGES.)
DAY 2 Begins with Shopping and BEARS
In order to get some bear watching in, Dad took us to a Bear and Wolf preserve.



How to catch a bear! Oh I mean A Rachel, not my Rachel, this is Rachel S. What a sweetie!

My Rachel wasn't so sure about the bears!
That is one GINORMOUS Bear! Go the Grizzly.


The kids really enjoyed the bears!

We didn't linger long once it got chilly. Rachel was so worn out!It got so cold in the afternoon. It started to SNOW. Pictures below, Dad and Mom, Jacob & the Sherbelettes.

Hello Bison HERD! They were all around us. The kids were so excited! We came upon them just as we rounded the curve to Old Faithful. Pretty COOL.

Abby and Sidney
Did I mention it was COLD! My mom stayed with David in the car, while we waited for Old Faithful to do it's thing. Thanks MOM! I think she was a whole lot warmer than the rest of us!
Jacob, Dad, Winslow
shopping with grandma!
me taking pictures

Aren't these Falls Amazing! The adults braved a slippery bridge to see this gorgeous wonder.
He was such a trooper. He slept so good and put up with all the in and out of the car.
Jacob, Winslow, & Carrie waiting for Old Faithful in the SNOW.
Snowball fight
Paul Minson, I am so glad you and your family crashed our trip! We enjoyed spending time with you guys!

What a magnificent sunset with the Teton Mountains! We could see this thru the trees, and my dad was racing to the turnoff which he knew to be close so we could see it in it's full glory. We did and it was SOO worth it! It was gorgeous and we listented to the Elk bugle. What a fantastic end to a wonderful day.

Remember the picture of us sitting on the rocks, well this was 24 hours later at the same spot. Needless to say we did not go sit on the rocks for a picture this day!

Go the snow!

Back to Mom and Dad's for some WARMTH.

My Parents Gorgeous Home. So big! So much space for us all to come visit! We can hardly wait until this summer!

The four wheeler was fun. Winslow and I took a ride up to the Periodic spring earlier in the week. We took a short hike to the top of the spring. It was so pretty and it was so nice to have some alone time together. My dad took each of the kids for a ride. Abby kept saying "GO FASTER!" Winslow took each of the kids for one last ride before we left.

Midday breakfast at Denny's on the way back home. The kids had a good time and we stuffed ourselves with tasty food! I was way tired by this point can you tell!