well we went to yellowstone again this year. i love going every year. it's my fav. vacation. this year was so much fun. it's better each year because they kids get older and they understand more. it's fun to watch them learn about everything yellowstone has to offer.
this is at one of the many waterfalls in yellowstone. this is firehole falls
here's some videos i took while we were there..
this year we were earning their "jr ranger badges". you have to be 5 to earn it...so we fibbed a little and said elaina was 5 and lex was 6. they had to do a bunch of different activites and learn about how geysers work, learn about the animals, and a bunch of other things. it took us a good 2 days to earn it. and that was pushing it. but we did it. even lex earned it. i was very proud of him because it was a lot harder to get him to focus and do the work. but they both did it. :) so here are their badges. Very happy, proud, and excited lex and elaina. :)
elaina with "chee-low" strapped to her head while she slept. :)
this year since we went to yellowstone in july uncle roy and aunt darlene were there. and it just to happened that my cousin lonnie and his wife tammy and their daughter stacie were camping that weekend also. so we had a couple dinners with them and lonnie took the kids for a ride on uncle roy's golf cart. lex was in heaven because he had another dog to love.
us hanging out at our camp site roasting marshmellows.
awww..that cute baby. it was pretty cold up there so allison slept with mommy and daddy to keep warm at night.
before we went up i was talking to my neighbor and they were planing on going up to yellowstone the same weekend. she told me about a bear feeding experience the kids could do in west yellowstone. i've never heard of it before but we decided to try it out. it was so awesome for the kids. they were so excited to feed the bears. :) here's lex getting ready to hide the food with the rest of the kids.
i didn't get a good picture of elaina hiding hers. but they asked the kids to dump the whole bucket of food all at once. well...elaina didn't hear i guess and she was putting one piece of food out at a time making sure it was very well hidden. well...the lady came by and decided elaina was taking too long and dumped her whole bucket out for her. elaina was ticked at her but then decided she should leave with everyone else before the bears got put back into the cage. here's lex and elaina watching the bears come out so excited to watch them find their food.
well the bears came and found lex's food first. i wish i could get the video to upload because his face was just so much fun to watch. lol the bears couldn't find elaina's food. her food was the last one found. and believe me...mommy and daddy were ready to leave by the time the bears found hers. it was so great for the kids. something they'll remember forever.
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