Yellowstone trip day 2

This is a long picture post. But I didn't think I could shorten it much, and also this is my family memories as well.

Our day started out really good! We got going fairly early, (for us) and we ate breakfast. We ate at the Holiday Inn where we were staying and it was really good! We had the buffet, but it was expensive too. The kids were really happy to eat so well!!

After that we got all ready to go. We got ice for our cooler, and we headed out. We were excited to get going and I was super excited to see all the scenery and to take pictures too! I know Mark was as well.

Shortly after we left Cody Wyoming, we came upon a tunnel. It litterally went right through the mountain. It was cool and the kids really liked it!

We stopped at the small dam here, and we got to see the beautiful lake. It was so awesome to see the mountains right on the lake.

I LOVE this picture of Jake!! It is soooooo funny!! They were standing in front of one
of the engines or turbines, or something used in the dam.

The tunnel from the other side.

The dam

Looking down at the dam

The river between the valley

Beautiful mountains

I love the cactus!

I think it is so cool that the mountains are shaped like this.

My boys at a river just before we got into Yellowstone.

LOVE IT!

The kids thought the snow was so cool looking!

There were so many beautiful waterfalls there! I loved them all!

My 3 awesome kids!

There were a lot of forrests that had burned in the last 10 to 20 years or so. Alot of Yellowstone looked like this.

From Yellowstone we could see the Grand Teeton Mountains. They were really cool and the Josh really liked how they looked too.

Yellowstone Lake

The first big animal we saw! The boys were SOOOOO excited to see a Bison! There were 4 or so of them laying in the grass. So many people were out watching them.

Not that much farther down the road we saw an elk right beside the road.

So beautiful!

We finally got to some basins that were hotsprings. They were really hot and they stunk! Alyssah hated the smell! She didn't want to be anywhere there! But they looked so beautiful! I loved the colors of them!

So beautiful! I love it!

It was boiling!

So pretty! The colors are awesome!

Mud boiling.

In the cement there were bear tracks. I thought this was so cool! It shows how big there paws are!!

More elk in a field. They don't even look up when people drive by.

My handsome Jake!

My handsome Josh!

We got to Old Faithful RIGHT when it ended!! So we decided to walk around the whole part of the park and see all the scenery and small geyers there. It was really pretty! It had just got done raining so we were glad we didn't have to be in the rain to see Old Faithful.

More hotsprings

And boiling water! It was so neat to see the earth doing this! Not in a pot!

A view of some of the geysers and hotsprings.

This is Castle geyser, it doesn't erupt very often.

A shooting geyser, it went all the time. It never stops.

This bird was huge! It is a raven.

This is Beehive Geyser. It goes off every 10 days or so, and Josh and I were lucky enough to see it!!

We were waiting for Old Faithful to start. It was about to!

It was beautiful!

Josh and I were waiting for the bee hive geyser to go off. Mark took Jake and Alyssah to the bathroom. I am glad he let me go and watch it!

Its going to start!

And it goes! It goes higher and longer than old faithful! It was really cool to see it! We even got a sulfur shower too! We had to move even!

It shoots 200 feet in the air!

We then went and saw Yellowstone Canyon! SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!! I loved the huge waterfall and the whole canyon was so pretty!

My 3 awesome kids! I love them!

I love the waterfall! It was so awesome! And so breath taking!

This looks like a painting! I just love it!

Another elk. It is so big!

This is from the other side of the canyon. I love it so much!

It was getting cool out and I love them! They were awesome today and really good for us!

They are so cute! I am soooo blessed!

Yellowstone Trip Day 1

We left for Yellowstone on July 9th at 7am. I was impressed that we left pretty much on time! I was really excited to go and so were the kids! Our first stop was the beginning of the enchanted high way. The Goose sculpture was really cool to see up close! The boys thought it looked so cool! The got to bring cameras along with them and they took some good pictures too. (and some not so good ones!)

Jake taking a picture of the goose sculpture.

Josh taking one too.

The goose sculpture

The next stop was the scenic view of Theodore National Park. So beautiful!

We are into Montana!

Then after about 2 hours or so we saw our first glimps of the mountains! I was so excited and the kids were excited too! They couldn't believe how big they were!

There is snow on the mountains!

We were heading down to Cody Wyoming

Into Wyoming now! So close to Cody!

I love how some of the rocks go upward! So amazing what the earth does!

Jake was feeding the cute friendly chipmonk!

The mountains are so beautiful!

My handsome boy!

Nice family pic! I love the scenery in the background!

I love her eyes! She is so beautiful!

Jake :)

After this we went to the hotel and got ready to eat supper. We ate at Pizza Hut while it stormed outside. The lightening is so much more fierce there. But it was neat to watch. And it rained like crazy too! We were all pretty tired and knew we had to get up early so we could go into the park.

Marks new toy!

Mark FINALLY bought a new lawn mower. It was taking him 6 plus hours to mow the lawn with his other one, so it was time to get a new one!! And it really works great!! He can get the lawn mowed in about 2 and 1/2 hours!! I am so happy, so now his sundays aren't spent mowing forever!!

He is really excited about it! I am glad!

Swimming Lessons

I only took pictures of Alyssah in swimming lessons this year. I was excited to put her in, she LOVES swimming and I knew she would do great!!

She is using a noodle to help keep her up

In level one they concentrate on getting wet, kicking and putting your face in the water.


She wasn't afraid to jump in either!

As long as someone was catching her.

She even wasn't afraid to go off the diving board! I was so proud of her!! But she had to be lowered with help and someone had to catch her, but she did great otherwise!!

They were encouraging her to jump, and she kept shaking her head no. But I am glad she is willing to get up on there, that in itself is a fear to some!

Down she goes!

I love her face!!

Well, Alyssah didn't pass the class, and I wonder why?? :)

Her instructor told me that she isn't putting her face in the water so they wanted to hold her back for next year. I am fine with it! I am proud that she went in anyways!