25 July 2013

Birthday Bash

Kaylynn decided to head to Boondock's for her Birthday party this year.  The kids had a great time playing mini golf, riding bumper boats and playing arcade games.  Here is our car-full of giggly girls on the way down.
 Here is the crew at Boondocks. 
The best part of the bumper boats was spraying each other!  They were all very wet by the end.
 The boys were too small so they watched from the other side of the fence.
They got to ride some "race" cars instead.
Then we played some mini golf.  That takes a long time with 7 kids!
Charlie found a lady bug on the course and the was much more exciting then hitting a little round ball!
We headed to the arcade on our way out.
And lunch at Chik-fil-A!  Yum!
And then several little minions joined us for cake at the house!
Fun was had by all!

20 July 2013

Yellowstone in a day

After we left the farm we headed to Billings, Big Timber and Bozeman to visit more family and friends.  We decided to hit Yellowstone on our way home.  We saw a lot in one day!  Not meant to see everything, but catch a few highlights - we succeeded!
We stopped right away to have a picnic lunch and Kaylynn got right to work earning her Junior Ranger badge!
Gibbon Falls
Artists Paintpot area
Mud pots - disgusting, yet cool!
Norris Geyser Basin area
Steamboat Geyser
Firehole Falls
Midway Geyser Basin area
Grand Prismatic - my favorite (as you can tell by all the pictures!)
Old Faithful
Love these two!
Glad we didn't see the animal that left this print in the sand...
I don't remember the names of all of these geysers and such that we wandered past near Geyser Hill, but they are all so cool!
Bacteria - very colorful!
Firehole River
Castle Geyser
Strike a pose!
We found a hidden Mickey in West Thumb Geyser Basin area!
We met some Sioux fans on our walk around this basin - glad we had our gear on!
This poor guy met his demise in a hot mud pot.
A pelican near Fishing Bridge.
The newest Junior Ranger!
Stinky Sulphur Caldron!
Right before we headed home we decided it wouldn't be a true trip to Yellowstone if we didn't see some bison.