What a Week!

After leaving the Evan's family reunion we headed to Jason's parents house for the night and then picked up his neice and nephew to have for the whole week. After having two 13 year olds for a week I have to apologize to all of my family for at one time being 13.

Monday morning we woke up and unpacked then repacked to head to Yellowstone. Ben decided it would be the perfect day to cut a tooth so in the end I just threw clothes in a bag and headed out the door. We stopped at a park so Ben could swing for the first time while we waited for Jason (this is the only time he was happy the entire day).

On the drive I decided it was probably best that we took the kids for the week since up until that point my neice had only visited the number of states that I have lived in and I haven't lived in that many places.

Tuesday we woke up (too early for Jason and too late for me) and headed straight for Yellowstone. We attempted to see as much as possible of Yellowstone in one day which is a difficult task. The wildlife wasn't great this trip but we did see the bald eagle that nests next to the road as you drive in the west entrence

We did the large loop around the park stopping to see Old Faithful erupt, wade in the lake, look at mud pots and the Grand Canyon.

Wednesday and Thursday it was just me with the kids. We played at the sand dunes and the river. Friday we met up with Jason to help with Relay for Life. That was probably the highlight of the kids trip since they were not only given permission but encouraged to stay up all night. Friday night about 10 there was a fireworks display, poor Ben was so tired he fell asleep during the fireworks. The little stinker usually won't sleep through anything!