Off we go

Nate has been so excited for the past couple of weeks to get things done so we could go fishing to Henry's Lake. Last year they caught the biggest fish I have ever seen. This year, however, they were LUCKY to have caught anything. I felt bad because the fishing was so bad and he had been so excited.

hmmm........what to use.............so many choices

We left on Thursday morning and drove with Donene (nate's mom) and Caitlin (nate's sis). We rode in the boat and watched Nate and Kace fish on Thursday afternoon/evening until we had an accident in the outhouse (you don't want to know) and then had to go to our bags.

On Friday Nate's dad, Mac, Isaac, Mary and Lincoln came up at 3:00 AM (CRAZY) so that they could get there by 7:00 and be ready for the good fishing time. So the boys went fishing and the girls (and kids) headed to Yellowstone. We saw an eagle, buffalo and some elk. I was surprised at how many people were there and the traffic was WAY slow, until we got to the turn to go to Old Faithful. We went to Old Faithful and Kace loved that. He thought the geysers were really neat. And yes, Heidi, he is wearing his favorite holey sweats, but we were "camping."

We saw the Beehive geyser go off also. It shot higher than Old Faithful and only goes off every 10 hrs-5 days. After it went off Ty decided he was thirsty and laid on the wooden sidewalk and starting lapping (like a dog) the water that had just launched. Hope that was safe, he hasn't been sick, so I am guessing it was.

Ty was OBSESSED with Lincoln's stroller and had this nasty scream if you touched the stroller OR if you told him he couldn't push it. Grandma spoiled the kids (and adults!) to some ice cream at the Old Faithful Inn and then we headed back. We took some scenic routes and saw a lot of buffalo and their little babies.

On Saturday the boys woke up early to see if they could have any success (the didn't) again. So they were back by 8:30 (the die-hards woke up REAL early!). Mac and Isaac couldn't remember having been to Yellowstone so everyone (but our family) went back through the park.

Nate didn't really want to go that way because it was further from home, so we told Kace we could stop at Bear World which is just south of Rexburg. I was pretty impressed. The boys LOVED it. First you drive through and see all the bears (they have a lot), elk, moose, and wolf. Then you park and go through the petting zoo, feed the ducks and fish, and ride the little amusement park rides. The boys LOVED IT. It was a great way to break up our trip home.

"CHEESE" What an awesome boat in the background!


They saw this chicken lay this egg so we got a picture.


They had lots of little farm animals to pet. I think the favorite was the pig. It snorted every time you touched it. They kept running back to touch it and hear it snort!


Here is a picture of a catfish Kace caught the day before we left in the Bear River (he calls himself the, "KING OF THE RIVER!" He is a very modest little boy :)

Readers are Leaders!

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I haven't really been in the blogging mood lately, but feel I need to do something new :)

The elementary school Kace attends had their end-of-the-year awards assembly and Kace had the highest number of minutes read in his class, so he got to squirt his teacher with a fire hose. You can imagine how excited he was to do this! He also got a medal that said, "readers are leaders" and wore it around all day!

Nate has been working VERY hard on our house to get it ready for stucco/rock etc. He is almost done with the roof he is building over the downstairs door that we dug last year. Then it will be a whole new house. I am very excited! I will post some pictures on facebook as it is probably a little more safe than blogs :)