Island Park Vacation

We went to Island Park with my family last week and got back on Sunday. We are sad that it is already over because we had so much fun! We headed up to our cabin on Thursday and stopped at Bear World on the way. Conner LOVED it because they had a petting zoo and rides for little kids.

Every time a ride would get over he would sign “more.” Here he is riding a rollercoaster with Grandpa.
The first thing that Conner did in the petting zoo was chase the turkey’s.

When we got up to the cabin we decided to do a little huckleberry picking. My Dad and two little sisters ventured up the hill a ways and I stayed with my Mom and other little sister. After about 20 minutes we heard my Dad yelling “Get back to the cabin NOW! BEAR! RUN!” I don’t think I have ever run that fast in all my life! Haha! My Dad and sisters saw a bear about 20 yards away and said that it looked like it was headed right for us! I’m just glad that they were above us and were able to warn us about him coming. I think that we all had reoccurring “bear attack” nightmares that night!

Anyways… since we survived we were able to go up to Yellowstone on Friday to the IMAX theatre and to the Grizzly Discovery Center where we saw even MORE bears.

And then on Saturday we rented a Jet Ski and a tube. We had TONS of fun! Even Conner loved it…

but he loved playing in the water even more…

That night we went to Yellowstone for some delicious ice cream and to watch a show at the Playmill Theatre. Of course we had to get some of their famous mint fudge... mmmm.

Have I ever mentioned that I love my family…haha they are the best! We had so much fun and are now looking forward to the Oregon coast beach reunion with Nathan’s family. (I have to say that we think that they are pretty great too!) :) We are SO excited to see everyone!

Pictures!

Nathan's sister Whitney just started her own photography business and needed to build her portfolio...so when we were down visiting the beginning of July we posed for her camera! I just got the disc with all of the pics and am excited that they turned out so good! Here are a sample of my favorites.

If you live in the Rexburg area and need a great photographer check out her website... whitneykathleen.com. Thanks Whit! :)

New Camera!

Our camera (that we bought waaayy back when Nathan and I got married...) finally died on us on the 4th of July. We finally got a new one so I now have pictures to blog about! To play catch up...here are a few pictures from the 4th. We spent it in Idaho Falls and had lots of fun! We went to the parade that morning, had a BBQ, lit off a few "child friendly" fireworks, got some tatoos, ate a cookie monster, went to the river to watch the firework show, ate at denny's, and then passed out in bed!

Conner kissin on his cousin.... haha these two LOVE each other!

We recently bought ourselves bikes and a little bike trailer to pull Conner in. We have been riding them quite a bit and they have been alot of fun. We made lunches and rode to a nearby park to eat. Here we are on our adventure:

Last week Nathan went to training in Boise for a few days so my Mom and three sisters came up to keep me company. We made homeade pizzas and some chocolaty delicious dessert, stayed up late watching t.v, and drove up to Boise for a night to go shopping and swimming at our hotel.

Conner and Kynzee being their very cute selves....

Me and my sisters being our "not so cute" selves... :)

I love my family...we always have so much fun together!