The Kings of Yellowstone!!!!!!!!!!

So for our big activity with Keegan and Jaycee, we decided to take them to yellowstone.  The kids had never seen a buffalo, so we set out to make their day! :) We decided to camp and packed up practically everything in our house....you know, 'just in case.'  Wow, it's amazing how much stuff you need for a 38 hour period.  It was a blast though.  We saw as much of the park as we could see!

Here you see what the drive mainly was made up of.....Keegan tackling the huge jawbreaker sucker he bought. And yes, he finished it in the duration of our yellowstone trip.

Jaycee's first glimpse of a fake buffalo. She just had to hug it. :)

We went and set up our campsite and roasted hotdogs on the grill. so delish!

Being on the lake was really fun, it was a perfect day.

just eagerly awaiting the goodness to finish cooking......

Bryson and Keegan were INSANE and decided to jump into the FREEZING mountain water.  That lasted a whole three and a half minutes. It was quite funny.....I'm still trying to decide if the sounds they made were more like screaming or singing.......

We had to have a lesson on the dangers of wildlife with the kids before daring to go to far......

luckily we found this friend and guide to help us along and protect us from bears.

The kids loved the hotsprings/geysers. They really are quite fascinating.  

silly bryson........

We loved this sign so much............

so we decided to recreate it..........

It's amazing that something so beautiful can smell so bad!

Bryson was distraught with a sudden fear of heights as he looked down on yellowstone's grand canyon! Boy- what a view!!!!!!!!

This waterfall was so gorgeous, it didn't even look real. SUCH an incredible view.

There were these yellow flowers absolutely everywhere. So gorgeous.

we found them! a herd of buffalo!

Can you spot the buffalo in this picture....i mean, besides Bryson?

Jaycee will help you find them. :)

It was really a fun trip! At least, I enjoyed myself so hopefully everyone else did too.  It's such a beautiful park, you can't not enjoy the scenery and wildlife! So much fun!  

Hey There Porter! Nashville Tribute comes to Rexburg......

So, Deseret Book sponsored a concert from the Nashville Tribute Band in Rexburg.  Bryson and I LOVE them, so we decided to surprise Keegan and Jaycee with tickets to the show.  We all had so much fun, it was one of the best concerts I have ever been too.  Jaycee and Keegan seemed to really enjoy it too.  They are seriously incredible. If you don't have their cd's, buy them now!  They have a tribute to the prophet Joseph, one to Trek and one to The Work.  All three are awesome.

Katherine Nelson, the woman who played Emma in both Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration and The Emma Smith movie is part of the band. She has such a beautiful voice!

Jaycee and I had to get a picture with Katherine afterwards! Love her!

A Visit From Jaycee and Keegan :)

We had so much fun when Jaycee and Keegan came up to Rexburg for a week, the next couple blogs will be about our adventures with them.  :)  We spent the first few days around Rexburg.....you know, tours of campus, bowling, playing at the park, etc.  It was pretty much a blast!

The beautiful Rexburg temple

We showed them the BYU I-center, they were pretty impressed.

Next, an exploration of the gardens...

Ultimate frisbee in the park. :)

Bowling!  We had so much fun eating pizza and showing off our amazing moves.

Sunday night baking! :) yummmmmmm!