This is not the best of pics but it definitely captures what we dealt with for well....I'm not sure I even want to add up how many hours we were in the car! Ryan was quite content if he had a car in each hand. But if he dropped one of them then we were all ready to jump out of the car! I bet I unstrapped my seat belt at least 50 times each way to find a car that he just could not live without! I eventually just moved to sit between the boys and made it much easier on all of us. And then I laughed of course as Trent duplicated my actions as I drove and enjoyed not moving!

We usually see a lot of elk through Teton National Forest but we weren't there at a very good time this year so we are proud of these pictures. Not many people got to see them.

The Falls in Idaho

We arrived in Idaho and spent 2 days washing clothes and getting ready to go camping in Wyoming for a week. The boys had a great day at Grandmas finding all of their toys(Trent and Cam's old toys) and making lots of messes. They played in the sprinkler and jumped on the trampoline for hours. They sure do love Grandmas house. And Ryan ate another bucket full of her raspberries. We met up with some old friends(Carters) and enjoyed the free babysitting. Man, do we wish we had the perks of living by family. We had to take the boys to the falls and let them torture the ducks. Ryan chased one duck around all over the park and Raef thought it was so cool to feed the ducks! Grandma was a little nervous with all of the rocks. She said she was out of practice with little ones and gets to nervous now.

Family pic

Wyoming sweet Wyoming

In Montana, Ryan would not even come close to a 4-wheeler. He cried every time we tried. But then we got to Wyoming and we are not sure what happened, but he did a complete 180. We could not keep him off of them. He would go on a ride on one and then come back and jump on another one and say that was his favorite and do the same pattern for hours. And if

he and Raef didn't get to ride on their favorite ones, well, life as we knew it was over. Seriously! One night I was driving him around and he didn't want to get off and as I stopped to take a break from the dust, he almost toppled right off and I realized he had fallen asleep!

Aunt Erin was such a champ as always, playing and entertaining the boys for hours. They worship her and talk about her every day. She is the best aunt they could ever ask for and even though she entered the realm of teenage years, she still managed to get down and play with them just like old times.

This is a view that makes Trent weak in the knees. It is taken from the top of the mountain that the Buttars family owns and is overlooking Palisades Lake. This is where he feels most at home I think. He loves this place. As does Grandpa. He lived here for awhile after his mission skiing and working at Jackson Hole and back country skiing every mountain you can see. This was where he spent his "glory days" I guess you could say.

Trent makes me look good! Seriously, though we are having way too much fun with our new camera and thanks to Grandpa Harris, we are actually starting to understand what we can do!

Grandma and Raef. We could not keep these boys off the four-wheelers. Thank goodness Grandma and Erin like riding them just as much!

Jennys Lake

We had to make the stop off at Jennys lake and take the ferry across the lake. The boys loved it! We hiked to a waterfall and then had a picnic lunch before deciding to hike the 3 miles back instead of ride the boat. We weren't sure if the boys would make it but we gave it a try. They did fantastic and didn't putter out until the very end. They said they did better when they had their shirts off. Oh of course! What was I thinking! And Raef had a whole new wind after he went to the bathroom on the side of the trail. He said, "mom, that's why I was tired. I knew something was wrong. It was because I had all that mushy stuff inside my belly making my superhero powers weak." Yeah, I'm sure that was exactly what it was! Aaaahhh, I love these little people!

Is that the cutest hiker you've ever seen or what?!

I love this picture! All the boys looking at those fish and waiting for the girls to get their stuff together so they could start hiking! Come on!

Two cute boys!

Ready to hike!

Yellowstone

We decided to leave Alpine, Wy for the day and travel up to Yellowstone. It was a long day of driving but we got to see a lot! Probably not a trip we will do again for awhile with little ones! Everyone wanted to get out and run. We didn's see many animals until dusk and then we were bombarded. Trent and Grandpa planned it perfectly so we were going through the right place at dusk. The boys did great but Goobers definitely thought that he was going to push his luck with the "no jumping into the hot pools" request. We had to keep a close eye on him. A fun day though in the end.

Yes, Ryan that says "another stinky pot!"

Breathtaking!

Leave it to me to cause another traffic jam. I wish my memory worked as good as my spotting eyes! Trent snuck up just a bit to get this fantastic pic. Check out those kahoneys! That's a big boy right there!

We ran into a huge line of people right at dusk and wondered how long we would be waiting when we realized we weren't waiting on people, but bison. There was a huge herd crossing the road, one at a time, very slowly. You can imagine some of the idiots out there trying to get their perfect picture while we waiting to see our first goring. Studpid people!