Island Park



We had our family reunion on my Dad's side a couple weeks ago. We rented a cabin in Island Park. It was right on the river, beautiful scenery and up close to animals. We went to my old college stompin' grounds at BYUI in Rexburg, we went to Yellowstone, went shopping, went canoeing, rode paddle boats, played in the river, we had lots of food and snacks, played games, stayed up late, had a Nerf gun war, and enjoyed visiting with everyone.

I haven't been to Rexburg in 7 1/2 years and it has changed so much. Campus has gotten a lot bigger, there's a lot more apartments, there are two new church buildings and right next to the temple that wasn't there when I was there either. It's beautiful.






Aidan walking on campus like he belongs there.


This moose walked right up next to our cabin. We had only been there maybe an hour. So it was a good way to start the visit.

These are the falls in Yellowstone National Park. The girls LOVE waterfalls!



Looking at some hot springs...

Grandpa holding Aidan so he can touch the river that the hot spring drained into so he could feel how warm the water was.


We stopped by the river to have lunch and play.


There she blows! She sure is faithful...:)


Aidan wasn't enjoying watching the geyser. You can see how happy he was. He was so tired that we left after we saw Old Faithful and he fell asleep in his car seat seconds after pulling out of our parking spot.


Another moose sighting out from our cabin.


Aidan enjoyed feeding the ducks, birds, and fish at Big Springs.


Enjoying the beach...

Tyler getting acquainted with Great-grandma Naylor.


Most of the family is here. Just missing a few cousins and their families and an aunt and two uncles.



Enjoying italian sodas...thanks Matt! Delicious!

Comments

  1. Pieces of me...August 2, 2010 at 10:08 AM

    I think it's awesome that you guys made the effort to go over there, no doubt it created some good memories!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Living Life Day to Day

Image
My kids are wonderful. They are growing up into wonderful children. I love them so much. We've been very busy with this and that recently. This will be a long recap of some of what's been going on. :) The Primary Program was Sunday Sept 22. (I forgot to get a picture of them on that day but I did get pics of them the previous Sunday.) All four of them memorized their parts and stood at the microphone to say them without any hesitation at all. They were cute to watch singing the songs. Aidan was funny to watch with his gestures and making a heart with his hands through some of the songs. My parents and grandparents were able to come and watch. It was a special treat for the kids to have them there.  The Sunday this picture was taken there were hundreds of yellow butterflies all over the purple flowering bushes. It's hard to see them but on the left you can see one up close.  Tyler had his first talk in primary the Sunday after the program. He stood up to the mi...
Read more

Tolo

Image
The end of January Olivia asked her friend Jonas to Tolo. He had an arm in a sling for the same injury as Olivia. However his was worse and needed surgery. I thought her way of asking was clever and cute.  The night before Tolo the girls got together for a Galentine's night of food, pampering and prepping for the dance with facials, and watching a movie.  They had quite the spread! Time for facials! I love this picture of Brynnlee, Olivia, and Makeda busting up laughing. Knowing your kids have good friends is a wonderful thing.  They watched Pride and Prejudice.  Ready for Tolo! Cute cute! The group went to downtown Richland to get some Urban like pictures.  Well Jonas said something funny! They both have their slings off but they felt the handicap sign was appropriate for them. 😂 What a group of girls. Glad they have fun together.  I love the lights! After pictures they went for dinner.  They had a lovely spread of street tacos at a friend's house. A...
Read more

THREE Years?!?!?!

Image
On Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 I was at my Mom's house. I started having small contractions that kept getting more frequent. When I would be talking to my mom and have to stop just to breathe we decided that I was in labor and would probably be going to the hospital that night rather than the next morning for my scheduled induction. We had dinner there and after dinner I told Jaime to go ahead and go to mutual as he was in the Young Men's presidency. I wasn't in enough pain and didn't want to go to the hospital too early. Lindsey and Olivia would stay the night since they were going to anyway so Jaime and I could just get up Thursday morning and head to the hospital to be induced into labor. We got the girls in to bed and I said good bye. My brother Darin was home and he drove me to the hospital at 8:30 p.m. I sent Jaime a message I was going and he and my dad (our ward's bishop) would meet me there. I got checked in by 9 p.m. and the nurse checked me and said I...
Read more