Thursday, August 6, 2009

Here, There, and Everywhere!

The past few weeks we have been traveling a TON! Although I have had lots of fun, I am tired of long car rides! Last Monday Conner and I traveled to Sun Valley to spend the day with my old roomate Mandy and her cute little boy Austin. We had lots of fun swimming and hanging out. It was great to see them because they moved to Texas and it has been forever! Here are our cute kids:

We got home that same night and early the next morning Conner and I took off to Idaho Falls to spend a few days with my family because Nathan abandoned us to go to Washington for training. I love hanging out with my family because they are so much fun. I love this picture of Conner and my niece Kynzee. (We are forcing them to be friends...) :)

Three days later we had a family reunion in Park City so we traveled with my family to Utah for the weekend and back agin to I.F. Up through this point Conner had done amazing with all of the driving. (Because he is a t.v. junkie, I strapped the portable dvd player to the back of the seat and played him his baby einstein dvd.) But I guess watching the same dvd over and over again got old because on the way back to Twin he screamed over half of the way. I think that he had had it with his car seat. It was hard driving without someone back there to help entertain him.

I got home on Monday and then turned around and went back to I.F on Thursday for a little family vacation. I would have just stayed in I.F. but Nathan couldn't stand being away from his little boy for so long. (and we both missed him too.) :) We all drove down to Yellowstone and went to the Playmill Theatre. Then we went into Yellowstone Park and drove through the ENTIRE thing. It was really fun but it was a full day of driving. Here are a few pictures of our Yellowstone adventure:


And yes we did get up close to the elk to take this picture even though they always tell you NOT to! (There was a whole crowd of people around it so I figured that if it decided to attack someone what are the chances that it would be me?) :)
You would think that after all of our traveling I would refuse to go anywhere anytime soon but next week we will be off to another family gathering in Lake Tahoe. Even though it is a seven hour drive I am still suprisingly very excited! (Not so much the swimsuit wearing part...)

7 comments:

Lena Gilbert said...

Yea, I'm with you on that swimsuit wearing part. Perhaps we can opt out of that part of it. Look like you had fun. We're excited to see you guys next week!

Victoria Gilbert said...

wow you have been everywhere this summer!!! It will be nice to settle in when all the traveling is done.
Connor is getting so big... he is such a cute little boy :)

The Hatch family said...

It was so fun having you visit so much! And we thought we wouldnt see eachother much this summer! haha! i love you and i cant wait to see you the next time! : )

Mandy said...

Steph- you know you look smoken' hot in your black get up! It was SO nice to see you! You can add Texas to your list of places to visit when you get home from your next trip! Miss you!

Nana said...

I'm so glad you posted, and Conner is so cute, and I can't wait till Lake Tahoe too! I want to babysit babies, while you and Lena go play with everyone. :)

meganmfunke@gmail.com said...

hey, this has nothing to do with your post, but i dont know how else to leave a comment. So.. do you remember saying good nuugen at night, well if you do- I said that to Jared the other night, and he looked at me like I lost my mind, I tried to explain...and well he didn't think it was very funny. AHHH, good old college days :)

Anonymous said...

Sounds like you have been everywhere. That portable DVD is the greatest thing ever. We got one for Christmas and it sure has kept Connor entertained during those long drives. Have fun in Tahoe I bet you'll look great in a swimsuit.