Yellowstone Trip

We took a trip to Yellowstone and Grandma Sharp came along with us. It was so much fun! The weather wasn't that great but that actually made it all the more memorable.

The girls went swimming in the pool while grandma stayed in the room with Macey and Jacob. I felt bad leaving her alone but upon returning it looked as though she thoroughly enjoyed herself. I've never met a woman who loves and cares for her grandchildren the way she does. We're so, so blessed to have her in our lives! We're so glad you came with us and made precious memories with us grandma!!

I loved the white on the mountains, green trees and browns of the grass. Nature shows us such beautiful colors.

During our trip we saw elves (elk), buffalopes (buffalo) and Makell was certain she saw an alligator and a parrot, too. Yellowstone is a pretty amazing place!

Grandma Sharp and Joci. I just love this picture!

Makell posing at the geyser that was named for her. Notice the sign. :) We love you Kell!

I had nothing to do with putting snow on the 'L' but it made me laugh so hard I had to get a picture of it. Aaron was ahead of us, maybe it was him.

Little bear-cub all bundled up.

It was very cold outside, so cold that the steam from the geysers made it almost impossible to see anything. We stopped at this geyser and hoped we'd see something if we walked the path to the edge of it. Olivia braved the weather with Aaron and me.

This is all we could see of it. The wind was blowing so hard it looked like it was snowing sideways. And because of the warm steam it turned the snow into slush. We were completely drenched and freezing and could barely see anything but we couldn't stop laughing. This was one of my favorite moments of this trip. I was so happy that Olivia was there with us and we were just laughing and laughing.

See the sideways snowing? And the slush?

Good times!

Here is the buffalope we saw. :)

Family picture at Old Faithful.

Jacob slept through most of it.

Jacob was being ornery on the way home and I had this great idea to put a rootbeer barrel in the bottom of his footie jammies. He LOVED it. He sucked on it 'til he fell asleep. I have used this trick on several other occasions including sacrament meeting! Why didn't I think of it four kids ago?!

Aaron sleeping at the wheel. Of course not really but he was really exhausted.