Yellowstone

Our last big adventure of the summer was taking our kids camping in Yellowstone with Lyle, Jan, & Jesse.  They loved it!  The boys are very much into geology (thanks to their dad) and were very fascinated by everything.  They were troopers and didn't complain about all the walking we did.  Even Jaycie hiked up about 200 stairs and called herself a "tough guy" for doing it.  It was such a fun and relaxing weekend.  The weather was great.  The only thing that we would have changed was to not have Josey get sick.  He caught a  stomach bug from the kiddos and then passed it on to his whole family.  I think they have come to expect getting sick after spending any time with us.

I really wanted to see a bear or a wolf, but we didn't see either.  Just some elk, buffalo, and coyotes.  The buffalo were way too close for my comfort.  One was standing right outside my window pawing the ground and making noises and Josey said that meant it was going to attack.  I admit that I was very panicked because we had just had our car repaired from hitting a deer on our last trip up to Montana.  I did not think his joking around about it was very funny, but luckily the buffalo decided to move on.

Best. Uncle. Ever.  

Taking a break at Norris Geyser Basin

I have never really been afraid of heights, but my heart was pounding on this walk down 385 stairs.

See, I said it was close!  And very scary!