Summer vacation to Yellowstone

This summer our family vacationed in Island Park and ventured

into Yellowstone (with much of Brian's fam).
This was our first day in Yellowstone and I was
so excited about these bison that I made us pull over and
jump out for a quick photo. See him way in the back?
Little did I know, we would see a lot more...and get
a LOT closer.

I think Chloe's most vivid memory of our trip is the SMELL.
After a while, we couldn't even get her out of the car
because of the smelly geysers.
We can't get Noah to eat eggs anymore.

LOTS of geysers.

Back in Island Park,
a cousin bike ride from the cabin to a fishing pond.
All the kids caught fish!

I love this picture of Chloe. Darling. We have a picture of my mom as a little girl picking yellow wildflowers that looks just like this one. Chloe played in this wildflower field while everyone else fished. That's Chloe for ya.

Noah and cousin Jake exploring the pond.

Lillie Mae kept up with the big kids.

Jet skiing in Island Park.
Chloe and cousin Emmy.

When we got to Old Faithful it was windy, cold and raining.
And we were in shorts, tee-shirts and forgot our jackets. The girls
scored these cute pink Yellowstone hoodies. The rest of us
donned plastic ponchos and waited out the storm.
A fun memory.

Waiting...waiting...waiting...

for Old Faithful.
In the rain.
It. was. awesome.

It was a great trip. The kids were awesome and have lots
of fun memories they are still talking about.