Jence's two year old pictures

Jence had his two year old pictures taken tonight.  I know he's really two and a half, but I don't know what happened to this year.  It's just flown by.  My goal is to get caught up on all the kid's pictures before school starts, so stayed tuned and I"ll be having the rest of my kiddo's on here soon.  Jence was great.  It is really fun taking the kids for photo shoots one on one.  He loves trains, so I thought it would be fun to take some pictures with trains.  He liked seeing the trains but wasn't so happy about taking a million pictures with them.  At one point he said "I"m done"  and he meant it!

Bear Lake photo's

The planets must have alined because we had a perfect overcasted day, and lots of gorgeous light at Bear Lake.  I saw the lighting was magic and I promptly bribed my kids to get into their Sunday clothes for a quick photo shoot (it's amazing what awesome smiles my kids can put out for ice cream).  The Lake was stunning, and with the partial clouds it made for perfect photography atmosphere. 

Last day of Yellowstone trip

Our last day at Yellowstone was a lot of driving.  We basically drove around the rest of the park.  We drove the upper loop starting in west Yellowstone, up the mammoth, through towers, up to Larmar valley, then back down past canyon and back over to west Yellowstone.  The objective in all this driving was to See wild life, specifically a bear.  Kate actually prayed that we would see one, and sure enough we lucked out.  We pulled into an area where there is a petrified tree.  There were alot of people, and a thought I'd better bring out binoculars just in case we saw something up where the tree was at.  It was a short five or ten minute walk up the path and sure enough there was a crowd of people watching a black bear graze in the meadow.   The bear was a safe distance and he did seem to even notice that we were there.  He just went about his business eating grass.  He actually seemed like a nice cute little guy.  That satisfied the kids.  They all thought that was the highlight of the whole trip.  Me and Dan were so relieved that the kids could check that off their priority list of must See's while on our trip. 

Yellowstone day 2

We went to Old Faithful Geyser on day two.  It was fun to be back, I can remember seeing old faithful as a kid.  After the geyser erupted we walked all around the area and saw hot pots, hot pools, and geysers.  We did a short hike to morning glory which was really colorful.  That is the one Kirk is standing in front of.  Then we went and found a picnic area to eat lunch, and we let the kids play by a stream.  It was a dangerous land mine with buffalo chips.  Benjamin was unfortunate to have stepped right into one.  I had to wash his shoes off in the river.  I have to say that washing out buffalo poop was a first, and hopefully a last time experience for me.  It was a fun day and we enjoyed spending more time outside and less time in the car driving. 

Yellow Stone Day 2

Day two of our trip we went into the park for the first time. We headed to the east side of the park, where we met up with my sister Kristen's family.  It was so much fun to see them again.  I love being with my sister and her family it makes me wish we lived closer to each other.  We saw the paint pots, Yellowstone lake, Hayden valley, and the Grand Canyon.  The lake was one of my favorite photo spots.  There was a gorgeous overlook we went to.  We saw a baby deer through the spotting scope which was cute.  We also saw tons of elk.  The Grand Canyon is a definite must see.  The waterfall was gorgeous.  You can't see the water fall in our family picture, we are standing right in front of it.  But you can see it in the photo with just the kids.  It gives you an eery feeling looking over the falls.  It kinda freaks me out, especially with little kids.  They are fearless, especially Jence.  He will climb right over the side railing. 

Day one of our Yellowstone Trip

We just had the best time at Yellowstone.  I had forgotten how diverse and interesting this national park is.  There's so much to see, and it's huge.  We saw so much in the few day's we were there, and it was so much fun.  The kid's favorite part was all the animals.  Starring out the window searching for wild life kept their interest clear up the the very last day we were there.  We saw an eagle, elk, deer, baby deer, baby bison, bison, and the highlight a black bear.  The first day we drove into west yellowstone, and checked into our condo.  We then visited the Wildlife preserve.  It had wolfs, and grizzly bears. 

St. George

This year over Memorial Day we went with Michelle, Brodie, and Saryta to St. George.  It was a super fun trip.  We did a little hike at Red Rocks and also went to Pioneer park, and a fun splash pad.  The kids also enjoyed swimming, and played with their cousins a lot.  I don't know what I'll do when Michelle leaves to go back to New York.  I'll be excited for her, I know she can't hardly wait for Roger to get back, but we will miss them so much.  Her boys have a special bond with Jence.  Jence talks about Bryston and Briggy, and Colton all the time.  In fact every baby he see's a calls baby Colton.  It's so cute. 

Dan with the king on his shoulder's.  Jence thinks he's the king of the house and likes to get his way.  Dan had a misfortune mishap.  He slipped into a little pond and got his i-phone wet.  We sadly couldn't repair it, and it's been replaced.