August 2013

Yellowstone: aka an amazing National Park

      This was our first family trip up to Yellowstone.  Meg, her two kids, and Parker went too.  We had such a great time.   Some of the sights included Hot Cascades, Black Warrior Lake, Gibbon Falls, Lower Falls, Upper Falls, Tower Falls, Black Dragon's Caldron, Dragon's Mounth Spring, Petrified Tree Mud Geyser, and Sulphur Caldron.  We took the long way up there, and by the time we finally got to Yellowstone (after 9 or 10 hours in the car) Jude was screaming.

      We did a lot of driving up there too.  We drove the loop and stopped at some of the places, but I did not remember how much is up there.

Mammoth Hot Springs

Ty got to see this animal and this sunrise one morning

This guy did a lot of walking

  Mammoth Hot Springs

This looked like snow.  It was a big hike for us

Getting tired but having fun

There were several terraces.  You can drive to the top, but we walked it, and by the end, the boys were so tired.

This was the warmest day we had up here

Old Faithful going off

Old Faithful starting

Old Geyers is what mom remembers from childhood trips here.

Free- loader.  Here we are hiking from Old Geyser to other Geysers

The day we went to Old Faithful was the warmest and clearest.  The other days were rainy.  The kids walked much better on the cool and rainy days that on the warm one.

Kids were getting tired

Chloe liked playing on the bench

Bench fun

Lots of time in the car

Tommy at Artesia Geyser

Black Warrior Lake

Jackie at Steady Geyser

Siblings

Short hike but too long for Wesley

Cousins

Playing around

Cousins

Good sports

This place is so beautiful

We had to stop for bison in the road.  We were in stop and go traffic for a couple of hours

Lazy Buffalo

Blocking the road in Hayden Valley

These two had fun picking flowers.  They received a notice that warned them not to pick any more flowers....
Ty called them "Eco-terroists."  haha.  I wish we had kept the note.

Campsite shots at Bridge Bay

Our Amazing Cook

      We had an accident at camp.  While Ty was cooking in Dutch Ovens, Chloe climbed up on her chair and fell onto the dutch oven.  Her chin instantly burned.  Ty grabbed her.  The doctor said she was pretty lucky it wasn't worse. 

Rainy Day.  Chloe was asleep so she and mom stayed in the car for this hike.

Jackie checking out the waterfall

Don't jump

Waterfall watching

Uncle Parker helped out so much with the kiddos

Craven Family Tallest to shortest.  There was a nice lady who offered to take this picture for us.

Jackie and Dad hiked to the Petrified tree

Family Time

The raspberry shake blends in with the burn mark on Chloe's chin

Family Reunion Time

Barkers Fish Farm

the kids love to catch fish but won't eat them

Trevor and kids

Kids had so much fun fishing

Hi Grandma

 

Cousins with a cat

Multitasking- playing in the pans and drinking her sippy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lauren patiently taught Tom

Girl Fun

Boy Fun

Tom and Jude watching Parker and Zack

 Swim Lessons with Jennifer Mitton Read

Getting into things

Jackie practicing her swimming skills

Wesley got good atfloating

Watching swim lessons

Scout Outing

Sweet siblings.  Chloe's burn mark is almost gone

Adam's Canyon hike with the Andersons

View from the hike

  

We made it to the waterfall

What a view

Pondering

Going up the slide

Park time

 

  

 

Work Party at Riverdale Park

Not afraid of the water

The kids loved this splash pad

Labor Day we went to a company party and got to hang out with our favs- the Henries.  Marisa let me take this picture with the kids.  Although there wasn't a big turnout with it being on a holiday, the kids had a lot of fun at the splash pad and playground.