Gee Gee and Mariah at Big Fish Lake
The group at Big Fish Lake
Madison and Alexah at the "All Kid's Annual Birthday Bash"
Grandpa Russ and Lexie waiting for Old Faithful to errupt
Where's the cribbage board? Grandpa Ward and Grandpa Russ thinking about getting a cribbage game started.
out on a hike
Father's Day Performance. The kids sang "I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home", "I love Grandpa Ward, He Loves Me", and "Happy Father's Day to You" to all of the fathers and then presented them with loves and gifts.
waiting for Old Faithful. . . stillO.k.--so I'm 2 months late on posting Yellowstone pics! In addition I can't get my camera OR computer to cooperate so just know we did a lot of fabulous things this summer but I probably won't be blogging about it.
Yellowstone Day 1: We (all 23 of us) went on an ALL-DAY Yellowstone bus tour with Brad, our tour guide. We all loved every minute of it. The kids took turns riding in the front of the bus with Brad. We saw tons of geysers and bison. Come evening we had all the kids in bed so Jackie, Jamie and I soaked in the hot tub for 2-3 hours UNTIL someone (Gee Gee) shut off all of the indoor and outdoor lights so that ended our relaxing evening out. The next morning I asked Gee Gee about it and she said she had no idea we were still out there; she thought we had all gone to bed and forgot to shut the lights out. Thanks a lot Gee Gee :)! (we needed to come in; we were beyond prunes anyway)
Yellowstone Day 2: Jamie and Jeff took the big kids back in to Yellowstone for more hiking adventures. They saw a big black bear. The rest of us went to Big Fish Lake where there are some huge trout to see.
Yellowstone Day 3: The kids did the Junior Ranger's Program in Yellowstone. They learned about trees, fire, birds, etc. They filled out papers, took quizzes and all received shiny badges! When we got back to the cabin, we had a kids' birthday party for all the summer birthdays complete with pinata, games, decorations, cupcakes, and presents. Aunt Jamie sure does know how to spoil kids!
Yellowstone Day 4: We all went to the Grizzly Wolf Museum in West Yellowstone. Our favorite part was the "Birds of Prey" show. The ranger held a live Golden Eagle--so cool! The ranger had Savannah come up from the audience and help with the demonstration by holding a rope to show the bird's wing span. That evening we had a Father's Day Program and the kids did an awesome job singing to their Grandpa's and Daddy's!
2 comments:
It was fun to take a look back at the "vacation of a lifetime!" Thanks for posting.
I had no idea there was so much stuff to do in Yellowstone! Sounds like loads of fun. We need to go there again.
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