YELLOWSTONE

The falls at Yellowstone

Old Faithful

The week after Nate got out of school and a couple of days after we started moving, Melissa and Kelly invited us to go to Yellowstone with them. Nate and I hadn't been since we were very young, so we thought it would be great. We had an awesome time.

The worst part was the drive. It was about a 10 hour drive for us. This for many wouldn't be a big deal, but our children do not travel well. They are getting better, but after about two hours they are done and want to get out!! The other bad thing about the drive is that we couldn't leave until Nate got off work so we started the drive at about 5:00 pm.

Well about 2:30 in the morning, we were about 30 miles from our destination, Nate got pulled over. The policeman had been following us for a few miles and, I guess, thought that Nate was swerving a bit too much. I am sure the policeman thought that Nate was either drunk or really tired. He decided on the really tired when he got to the car and shined his light on our sleeping kids in the back. All I know was that if he woke up my kids, he would have to put them back to sleep! He told us he just wanted to make sure we were awake and okay, and that we were close to our destination. He was really nice and just let us go. It did wake us up a bit though.

We were lucky to have a great condo to stay in, thanks to Melissa and Kelly. We had quite a big group which made it really fun. My parents were there, Bryan, Jenessa and Joshua too. We also were there with Kelly's parents and Mackey, and some friends of Melissa and Kelly.

Ashlee sight seeing


We wore out Joshua and Taylor

We spent the next two days driving through Yellowstone seeing some amazing scenery. Melissa and Kelly were there last year so they knew where all the good things to see were. They were great tour guides. We were lucky to see so many animals. We saw a grizzly bear, two black bears, elk, a fox, cyotes, lots of bison, and some different birds. Kelly and Melissa took their really nice camera, I will have to get some of their pictures.

One of the black bears

Taylor and Ashlee

The fox

One of the many bison

Ashlee and Jenessa had a great time riding with Melissa and Kelly. They might decide to rethink having kids after these two chatterboxes!

We also went to a place outside the park that had bears and Wolves. It was really cool to see them so close up. The wolves were beautiful.

We want to thank Melissa and Kelly for such a fun family trip! We had a great time.

MOVING. . . . . . AGAIN!

Our New Home!!

Well it has been a while and I am a bit behind once again on my blogging. It has been such a busy month I don't even know which way is up anymore. This month we moved across town to a nice townhome with a great neighborhood. It was a bit of a surprise move. They called us on a Wednesday and they wanted us to move that weekend. It is pretty hard to get into these townhomes, so we jumped at the chance. I can't even count the number of times we have moved since Nate and I have been married (I am guessing at least a dozen.) I hate moving and hope that we will be here for a while.

Ashlee helping dad

So you understand how often we move Ashlee keeps asking me when we have to move from our new house. I keep telling her that hopefully we will not be moving any time soon. She said, "So like maybe Christmas time?"

Taylor

Ashlee's Gymnastics

When we moved to Cedar City in January, we put Ashlee in a gymnastics program here. She has absoulutely loved it! The facility is really nice. They actually have class in the same gym that the SUU gymnastics team trains in.

When Ashlee started she was really shy and pretty uncoordinated. But in just a few months she has really caught on and done well. Wednesday was her last day of class for the summer so I got to take a couple of pictures. We were pretty sad though because her teacher wasn't there on the last day. So I didn't get a picture with Ashlee and her teacher.

Happy 5th Anniversary!

Five Years Ago


On the 16th Nate and I celebrated our 5th anniversary. It was great to actually be together this year. We have had very interesting anniversaries. Our first anniversary, we had to bring Ashlee along because she was just a few weeks old. Our second anniversary, Nate was really sick and we did nothing. Our third anniversary, I was in Ephraim and Nate was in Ohio. Our fourth anniversary Nate was in Miami and I was in Ephraim. So, needless to say it was great to be together. We sent the girls to Ephraim with Grandma and Grandpa and got to really enjoy the weekend kid free.


Today
We went to Zions for the weekend. It was beautiful. The weather was perfect and the scenery was amazing! We got to go hiking and just relax. It was great. I loved being able to spend time together with no distractions.
It is so fun to look back at our wedding pictures and remember that day and all that we have been through over the years. I love seeing how much our realationship and our love has grown and become stronger as our family had grown.

Us in Zion

At the emerald pools

Beautiful Zion