Sunday, September 6, 2009

Yellowstone National Park

Ok so these pictures are in no particular order! Here they are though, our trip to Yellowstone with Mom and Ken! We all piled into the motorhome and hit the road at 7 am. The kids were so excited! I was excited, I have never been before!

The scenery in the park was breath taking! This is one of my favorite shots, look at the water!

This was taken on the way home as we made our way through and over the Bear Tooth Pas!

Another Bear Tooth Pass shot!



Morgan exhausted from all the excitement!




Of course Mom and I enjoyed a nice bottle of champagne to commerate the occasion!




One of the MANY bison we saw!!!





It was as if time stood still in the park and nothing seemed untouched!







Our first encounter!




Geysers on a mountain side!


Morgan poses for a picture with "Beary" her Yellowstone bear!
McKenna and "Roosevelt" the wolf named after the man who saved this beautiful park so we could enjoy it for years to come!
A rare shot of just Eric and I!





More GOREGOUS scenery in the park!






During our lunch break Eric wandered down to a stream. The water was so clear!



This was the entrance to the park, told you the pictures were out of order!


And I couldn't pass up the sign that says it all! Everyone out of the motorhome it's time for a picture!!!


This antelope was directly across from the entrance sign into Yellowstown and couldn't care less about the cars passing by! He wouldn't even turn his head for Eric to get a better shot!



Connor, his bison and blankie! What more could a boy ask for!?

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

First Day of School

1st grade - 2006


2nd grade - 2007



3rd grade - 2008


Monday, August 31st I became the mother of a 4th grader!! OMG, where have the years gone!?






Friday, August 28, 2009

Zoo Montana

All of us at Zoo Montana!


Those silly otters had Connor giggling!

The tiger lifted his head once, guess it was too warm to put in too much effort!








Connor wasn't sure what to think about all the ducks!






Saturday, August 22, 2009

Trip to Montana ...

We left Saturday, August 15th at 4:00 a.m., 3 kids, 2 adults and 1 dog, and made our way to Roundup, Montana! It took just about 14 hours total, but we made it! We relaxed the next day and hung out around the house. It was a cool day and I was glad I packed jeans for the kids! The girls took advantage of the nice cool weather and caught grasshoppers!









Bailey helped to look too!

One day was school shopping for both girls, yep Morgan will start Pre-School on September 9th and McKenna will be in the 4th grade starting August 31st! Where did the summer go? Then Mom and I took the 3 kids to Zoo Montana in Billings! Unfortunately the majority of the animals were snoozing or hiding, but we did get to see the wolves, tiger, bear and river otters! The otters were Connor's favorite.



Sunday, August 2, 2009

Rides at the Fair

Connor's first sno cone! It was root beer float flavor, yum!!

Morgan on the motorcycles!


The Big slide was a HUGE hit! I think Morgan went down at least 10 times by herself!

And the roller coaster! The girls LOVED it!









2009 Union County Fair

McKenna and Morgan did the Kids Pedal Tractor Pull for the first time this year! McKenna had to pull 150 lbs. and Morgan got an empty bucket, it was based on age. Way to go girls!








When we got to the fair at 5:45 p.m. it was still 101 degrees! Luckily some clouds moved in, which seemed to cool things off a little and before we knew it the sun was going down! We didn't leave until 9:30! I was pooped, but the girls could have easily gone more! Still had fun, wish they would have had a carousel.
Thanks Jordann, for letting the girls pet "Fez" the pig!





Connor wasn't sure what to think about all the new sounds!