Yellowstone Trip!

I finally have a little time to catch up on a few things!

We took a mini vacation to Yellowstone a few weeks ago. We were supposed to go to Idaho Falls and visit Eric's family for the 4th of July, but we all got the flu and we decided to stay home! Once every one was feeling better we drove to West Yellowstone and spent a few nights in a cabin. The first night we got there, we were super tired. It's a 6 hour drive! We checked in to our cabin and then took the kids swimming. After wards, we started a fire and roasted hot dogs and had smores.

Hanging out in the cabin

We went to the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center the next day. As soon as Brandon saw the Grizzly bears he kept saying "shoot em daddy, shoot em". We definitely got some funny looks from the other tourists, it was pretty funny. He absolutely hates bears. (Most kids are afraid of monsters, but when he has night mares, or thinks he hears something in his closet, he insists it's a bear coming to eat him. He isn't afraid to get his shot gun and pretend to shoot them though.)

Feeling the Grizzly Bear hair

Once we went through the museum we headed into the park. We wanted to see Old Faithful, but it had just gone off. We had an hour to waste, so we had ice cream at the Yellowstone Hotel. I can't believe how much they charge for a stinkin' cone! It cost $15 for 4 small ice cream cones. I guess it was worth it, my kids are ice cream eating machines!

Yum Yum. . . What a mess!




Any way, the kids thought Old Faithful was awesome. Once it had gone off, and we were headed to the car Lexi said "Mommy, did Jesus get wet?" She insisted that the water had sprayed into the clouds and got Jesus wet. She comes up with the strangest stuff, I wasn't sure what to say to that one. . . .

Any way, it was a long drive (12 hours total) but it was worth it. The cabin was fun, but I'm looking forward to do some REAL camping (in a tent) next weekend.