We went to Grant's farm with Colin and Alex. It was very hot!!!

We made peanut butter pizza cookies to take to a co-workers house and Drake loved swimming in the lake with Jay and his new friend.

Just a silly picture of Drake playing in the hot tub and drinking out of a sprinkler.


Drake's first soccer practice. We were very proud of how well he listened to the coach and played in the extreme heat.

Past few weeks

The past few weeks have been very busy! We have done a lot of yard and housework. We went to a birthday party, had a small BBQ at our house for the Fourth, went to the zoo, saw fireworks, went to a large family BBQ and saw the Steve Miller concert (in just four days).

This is a picture of Drake's hands after doing snakes and then smashing then wiping them on his face. We had a lot of fun fireworks. A neighbor that is Drake's age is very shy and scared of outside and of course a firework went straight for her she may be scarred for life.

Drake got a Rocket Fishing Rod which Dad is learning to use. I think it is more fun than functional.

Drake swimming.

We went camping at Silver Mines (near Fredericktown). It was quite primitive with only a vault toilet (gross). There was hardly anyone at the campground and some of the areas were run down. The scenery was beautiful though. It rained a little on us at night. When we got up we found a trail to walk which was cool, too bad I forgot my camera. The water was icky so none of us wanted to swim and since there was nothing much to do at that point we ate lunch and came home.

Home

It took two full days of driving but we finally got home at midnight Friday night. We drove through the Grand Tetons (I have no pictures that do them justice). It is nice to be home!!

Day 6

We took a family day and went back to Yellowstone. We saw impressive thermal features. The Old Faithful Geyser is nothing in comparison even the steam coming off of the thermal features was colorful. Most of the park smells like the a stink bomb or bison poop, good thing the scereny is so beautiful. The snow is melting so the rivers and creeks are way up, sure would be fun to float. We went to Old Faithful Inn and ate in the dining room which was really fun. I can't wait to upload all of the pictures Justin has taken!!

Day 5

Today we went back to Yellowstone and tried to see some animals. We have seen many bison and elk. Today we saw a moose and bear butt. A ground squirrel was trying to be friends with Drake. There is a post office inside the park and we mailed ourselves a post card! Drake and Ian were able to play in the snow while wearing shorts. We went to 10,000 feet and there was still a lot of snow! We saw a big waterfall and a petrified tree. The remains of the fire of 1988 are quite impressive (picture). For dinner we went to Livingston and had pizza. Then we went back to where the train museum is and Drake got to see a real train go by so close you could almost touch it. There is a great model train group that shows their trains and talks to the kids about them. On the way back to the car a real train was starting to go and the engineer waved at the boys.

Day 4

Didn't do much today, just enjoyed the scenery and relaxed. We did go into the nearest town and go to a train museum and out to lunch. I seriously think Drake is in train withdrawls. We have a different rental van for now but if the other one gets fixed then we have to go get it which is a two hour round trip.

Day 3

We went to see Old Faithful today. The trip there was amazing. There is water everywhere and the hot springs are beautiful. The van is a pain though and we had to stop every thirty minutes to restart it. There were so many people at the park and so many languages. My camera started to act up but I think I set it straight. Most of us got sunburned due to the high altitude but it feels good.The picture on the left is the view from the back of the house at ten at night. I couldn't wait to get here to see the stars but I am not sure how late you have to stay up to see them then the sun comes up 4:30ish. I suppose this is good for the farmers and ranchers around here but geezo I want to sleep in. The picture on the right is my favorite thing from today. You could actually see the water boiling deep down in it.