Our Trip to Yellowstone

Last week we took a family vacation to Yellowstone. We pulled our trailer up and stayed at Fishing Bridge which is in East Yellowstone. My parents and sister shandi, my grandparents, and my Aunt Judy and cousin Megan all came up with us. Kevin and Mandy and their kids drove down from Montana and met us there also.Our campsite was awesome. We had Buffalo wander through camp every evening and deer wander through almost every morning. Our kids had fun with their cousins building a teepee and having nerf gun wars in the forest. In the 4 days that we were there, we saw just about everything there is to see in Yellowstone. We even got to see a bear up by Mammoth. We are lucky to live so close to Yellowstone. It is such an amazing place.

Cambree plugging her nose at the stinky mud pots

the kids at Dragons mouth

grand canyon yellowstone

the kids built this teepee across from camp

Mammoth Hot Springs

Cambree and Owen

My mom and all the kids

Carter, Eli, and Owen in their coon skin caps

the brown bear we saw up by mammoth

Us at Yellowstone Lake

Firehole river and falls

This buffalo wandered right through our camp on evening

Calee and the swim goggles

Last night the kids were in the back yard swimming and Calee kept insisting that we help her put on goggles. She looked so silly running around the back yard in her little swimming suit and goggles. Half the time her faced looked scrunched up and she couldn't see too well out of her goggles.

Camp Kiesel!

Yesterday, Christy and I had the opportunity to go to Camp Kiesel with Carter and the rest of the cub scouts in our ward. The weather was perfect, the scenery was amazing, and the kids had a blast. I hadn't been back to Camp Kiesel since I was a kid, so it was fun to go back. I forgot how beautiful that canyon is and what a neat place it is. Carter was really excited to go and he had a lot of fun.

Carter crossing the rope bridge on the obstacle course

Carter shooting a bb gun

Carter and his buddy Josh

Carter and his buddy Tayson

Carter at Archery

Arts and Crafts

Me and Carter in a row boat

The whole group of boys

Closing flag ceremony

Fishing with Carter

This Friday night I got to go on an overnighter with Carter. We camped up at a campground called Jefferson Hunt which is by Pineview Reservoir. We went on a hike along the reservoir and did some fishing. We also found a neat little bridge and did some fishing off  of it. Saturday morning, we hiked along the river and found a great fishing hole. Anyone that knows Carter really well, knows that he loves to fish. He would go fishing every day if we would let him. He loves to go fishing up to Glassman's pond, and asks me on a daily basis if I will take him fishing. His Grandpa Call bought him a really nice fishing pole from Cabelas for christmas, and his Grandpa Roger likes to take him fishing whenever he goes. I am glad that Carter loves the outdoors so much. We have a lot of fun together camping and fishing.

Baseball game

Carter had a baseball game last night out in Plain City. We thought we were going to get rained out, but it only sprinkled a little bit here and there. Carter's team did awesome. Carter had two monster hits, and he also got to play 1st base and catcher. He played really well last night. I am very proud of him. It was a fun game to watch.

Cambree loses her first tooth!

Last year, Cambree chipped her front tooth. The Dentist told us to keep an eye on it and that at some point he might have to pull it. Well, we watched her tooth slowly go from white to grey and then eventually get infected. We took her to the dentist Tuesday and Dr. Healy pulled it out. He gave her a little pink treasure chest tooth holder to keep it in. She is so proud of her tooth. Last night she set it on her nightstand and had Christy write a note to the tooth fairy asking if she could please keep her tooth. The tooth fairy wrote her back saying she could keep it and to look under her pillow. She looked under her pillow and found a gold dollar and a paper one dollar bill. It was fun watching her get so excited this morning.

Our Cute girls!

Cambree and Calee both looked pretty dang cute yesterday morning. Cambree had a new pink dress with pink flip-flops and Calee had a cute little dress on. Christy did their hair really cute and I helped paint their toe nails.(Yeah, you read that right. Me, the Dad, helped paint my little girls toe nails) We got a lot of comments from people at church at how cute they both were. We love our cute girls!