Monday, August 17, 2015

Yellowstone 2015

For our family trip this year we ventured out to Yellowstone.  To say the least, it was so fun. We traveled up one day to Rigby, ID to stay with some family (Tanelle Allen), toured a portion of Yellowstone the next day, hit Bear Park and Jeremy's sister's wedding in Rexburg the following day, then traveling home on our final day.  It was a trip well worth taking!
YELLOWSTONE
Firehole Falls
Bison Crossing 
The colors in the hot springs were beautiful!
Prismatic Springs
Waiting for Old Faithful
There she blows!!
Taking a dip in Yellowstone Lake
It was freezing!!
On our way out, just before hitting a lightning storm, our view consisted of this... GORGEOUS!
AT BEAR PARK
A white elk.  They say there are one in six million.
Bears were everywhere!  This one had an itchy butt ;)
This one had a liking to the front of our van.  In fact, he came up to us, started licking the front of our car (bugs must have been tasty), and started scraping at our license plate!  Jeremy quickly backed up to discourage him.  Then he went to my side of the car and stood up and pawed our side mirror to say hi ha!  It was pretty exciting :)
Within seconds he ripped most of our license plate border and started to bend the plate itself.
Evidence of his muddy paws
My little 'cubs' in front of the bear cubs :)
At the petting are.  Pot belly pigs make me giggle.  
Craig insisted on doing this :)
They had a few childrens rides for the kids to go on.  Jeremy was such a good daddy and took Audrey on the train :)
Cami was so sweet too.  She went along with Craig on every ride to make sure he had lots of fun.  Craig was SO SAD when we had to leave.  I wish we could have stayed an hour longer just for him.
We also took a curator tour and fed the bears.  Most of them are black bears so we tossed lots of bread and bagels out to them.  It was pretty funny.  We were like the ice cream truck.  They knew who we were and where all the stops are! :)

CHELSEA'S AND BRANDON'S WEDDING
Later that night we got to go to Jeremy's half sister's wedding in the Rexburg temple.  These two are so special and we were so glad we could come and be a part of it!  The sealing was beautiful and loved many of the things the sealer said to them.  It was a special day.  
We also got to see little Allie and the family who adopted her.  They came all the way from Arizona just to be apart of Chelsea's wedding. So Sweet!
Congrats Chelsea and Brandon Sandal!
We were so happy to be done driving when we got home.  Audrey was impressively good for the whole trip.  A few fussy moments, but a chocolate cookie solved those problems ;)

Monday, August 10, 2015

Climber

She's climbing! AH!

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Garage/Bake Sale

This last weekend our family did a short garage/bake sale. Every year I like to set out things I don't want/need any more and see if anyone will take them.  So we set up a quick 3 hour garage sale with some baked goods. The money to going towards a Portland Zoo trip.  We made just enough for the entry fees, wahoo!! Carson was our marketer.  Cami and Alex got him to dress up and dance out by the corner for all passerbyers.  I couldn't stop laughing.  He's such a hoot.
During lull time we goofed off ;)
Then at the end I told the kids, "If there is anything else you want to try to sale go grab it, because we only are staying up for 30 more minutes!" Only Alex went inside... and when he came back he brought out this.
"Let's just give these out for free!"
I think my heart swelled 3 times it's size.  I truly believe the children in these latter days, are remarkable.  

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Dentistry with the Craig's

Recently we have had to go to the dentist.  Unfortunately, it was for cavities.  And little Craig had to take a turn.  The upside is, my dad.  I love him so much.  I was worried about little Craig, always so scared to try new things.  But my dad was so patient and careful.  And to my surprise the visit was a success!  I was half expecting little Craig to throw a fuss the whole time, but he was amazing himself.  He didn't like it, don't get me wrong, but he listened and cooperated.  I always feel so bad bringing extra work for my dad.  Dang cavities!  But he is so willing to take care of us, and I love him for it. 
Craig even fell asleep, perfect!
My parents are awesome
Want to know how many years my dad has been practicing dentistry?? 34 years!!  So for their staff party, my mom put on a luau for my dad in honor of his many years at work.  Love you dad!

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Sisters

2 things that I love about this picture:
1- Cami wearing heels while working
2- Audrey taking notes from her sister ;)
BFF's

Monday, August 3, 2015

Boys

Boys... I ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, LOVE THEM!!