Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Yellowstone 2013

We went to Yellowstone a couple of weeks ago and had a wonderful time! It was Tanner's first camping trip and he did great!...as long as Steve didn't sit by him:)
We went with Michele's family and Tonja and Sean.
First we stayed a night at Lava Hot Springs. We went to there big pool and played and then went and set up camp and did some tubing down the river! It was a blast!
 


It was freezing the next morning! Holy crap I've never felt so cold!
 The next day we went to the park up through west Yellowstone and stopped at the Bear and Wolf exhibit.
We got to see the bears fight.
 Tanner in a wolf's den
 All tuckered out.
The next day we went to old faithful.

 Yellowstone is soo beautiful!
 We saw some Elk. That's actually a mamma and baby.
 Lots of hot pots!


We saw so many buffalo! And ALOT up close and personal. This was my third time there and I have never had that many buffalo right next to the car before. We had at least 5 or 6 if not more walk right next to us! It was freaky!!
The canyon
 The Upper falls

This hike was a killer!
 The lower falls



He never wanted to wake up we would bundle him up so good!
 First Happy meal!
 He did this a couple times. Fell asleep and fell down inside the carrier.
 Silly daddy eatin Tanner fruit squeezy thing that Tanner wouldn't eat.
 Mammoth Hot Springs
 Tanner and dad our playing peek-a-boo with me from behind the tree:)

 Grand Teeton national park
 
We had a lot of fun! I love being up in the mountains! There is just an amazing peace that comes from being in the wilderness, with the smells and clean air, and animals. I just love it! I love my little family so much and wish we could spend time like this together all the time!

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Tanner's Birthday!

We had a lot of fun for Tanner's first birthday! First we went to the Zoo! It was a lot of fun to see all the animals and the new habitats, and Tanner really enjoyed it!

The bears...
 Almost as tall as a black bear!
 Tanner's favorite animal is the giraffe. He loves the little giraffes in his Noah's ark set and we bought him a giraffe at the zoo which he loves and wouldn't stop hugging!
 GORILLA!
 Ridin the Merry-go-round! He liked that a lot!
 ROAR!
 Coolin off..
 Went for a train ride:)

PARTY TIME!
 The sign says, Tanner's Clubhouse
 The Hot Diggety Dog Stand!
 Birthday Boy!
 The hot diggety dog cooker
 Tanner's cake to destroy
 Mickey! I made my first birthday cake! And it Rocks!!!
 Presents

 Mickey rice krispies
 Cupcakes
 First taste...
 And Success!

Happy Birthday Buddy!