Monday, July 22, 2013

Mini Vaca

We left Friday afternoon for
Star Valley
We stayed at the Bott's cabin with Jess and Ryan. (Thanks again Jess!!)
Jess and I ran a half marathon Saturday morning.
I finished in 2:20. Not fast but my best time yet!
And I finished about 5 minutes before it started down pouring!
Lucky!!


Saturday afternoon we went into 
Jackson
and then hiked to Hidden Falls at Jenny Lake.
One of our favorite traditions.
Although we usually like to hike to Inspiration Point, my knees couldn't take it after running 13.1 miles.
We ate dinner at Bubbas and headed back to the cabin.



Sunday morning we had breakfast with Jess and Ryan.
Then we were off to
Island Park
where we stayed with one of Eric's friends and his wife and little girl.
We talked, relaxed, went for a walk, ate dinner and talked some more.


Monday we all got up and went to
Yellowstone National Park
I hadn't been there for years so it was fun to go back.
We didn't have near enough time to explore and see all that I wanted but we did some hiking and had lunch with the Nelsons before heading for home.


It was a great little get-a-way with my family and I can't WAIT to go back next year!!

Firsts

I Love "firsts"
It's so fun to see Kyson do things and experience things for the first time.

First swim lessons


First Slurpee

First kiss ;)


 First swim pool


First time to Hidden Falls


First :( mosquito bites 
This picture is showing his fat lip and swollen arm from bites. His little body is learning what to do with these darn bites. Poor baby!!

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

July 4th

We were finally able to go camping for the first time this year.
We decided since it was the 4th of July weekend, we wanted to go somewhere that wasn't going to be super busy.
So, we chose the high Uintas by Little Elk Lake.
It was BeAutIfuL up there and we got to spend time with the Houses and the Partridges.

But...we made a quick stop in Park City to watch the parade.

I wasn't too impressed. They didn't have any fun, fancy, colorful floats. 
We left a little over half way through and made our way into the mountains.

Our trip didn't start out great with a flat tire thanks to "the road from H-E-L-L"

All of a sudden we heard "pshhhhhhhhhhh"
The tire was flat within seconds.
But, we got it changed (and prayed the spare would hold out for the rest of our trip).
I have NEVER been on a more rocky bumpy road in my entire life. 

I was so glad to finally see our camp spot!

I have loved camping ever since I was a little girl.
I don't know if it's the 
peaceful feeling
s'mores
camp fire
fishing
relaxing
tin foil dinner
dutch ovens
but whatever it is, I still love it to this day.
Kyson is at a hard age for camping though.
He isn't walking yet but is so busy and doesn't like to sit still.
I had to step out of my comfort zone and let him crawl around in the dirt.
That was HARD!!
Not because I didn't want him to get dirty (hello, he's a boy)
but because I myself am paranoid about Ticks and Spiders and the thought of them crawling on my helpless baby boy made me a little anxious!!
But, despite how I felt, he loved it!

We played horse shoes...
Hiked...a very steep rocky mountain!!



 Kyson did NOT like his head in the shade!
 Big Elk Lake
Fished...


And played games in the tent during the rain storm...

We had a WoNdeRfuL weekend with gReaT fRieNds!!

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Summer

I Love Summer

The older I get the more I hate being cold.
Although I'm not a fan of this 100+ degrees we've had lately, it's still better than below zero temps!

We finally took the boat out!
Pineview is so pretty!
Kyson is not a fan of having to sit on my lap and not be able to crawl around while the boat is moving so we spent a lot of time on the beach while the boys wakeboarded.


Rock Springs

Eric and Kyson finally got to meet Evelyn.
Kyson was so adorable with her. 
He loves to kiss her and give her loves (by plopping his head on her chest)
We still have some work to do with teaching him how to be gentle
but he's going to be a Great big brother someday!!
 
Hamm and Rice cousins


We love Evelyn and can't wait to see her soon!!

We also spent time with my Amazing Grandparents!!
This is one of my favorite pictures!!