Yellowstone

I have written about this place a few times in recent years. I almost decided not to include this post in my attempt to catch up. I decided to just write a quick thing, and include a few pictures.

First, here are all my girls together right before we left Rexburg for Yellowstone.  It was a stunningly beautiful day.  I needed my sunglasses to block that bright sun.....and to keep my tears mostly to myself.

At Yellowstone, we knew we needed to go to Old Faithful first.  Ally had never been there.  While we were waiting for Old Faithful, they announced that another less faithful geyser was about to blow.  It is called the Beehive geyser.  It is close to Old Faithful and was quite a sight to see.  It was fun to watch with Ally, and she gave audio that went along lines like this, "Ten thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck!"

We went to the Midway Geyser Basin, one of my favorites, at sunset. 

Emilee decided to get in a little "owling."  If you are "owling" around your mother though, you don't get to perch on the rail right over the river....just next to the river.

Ally wanted to see waterfalls, so we went to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

This makes me want to go back to the "if you know us" post.  If you know Riley well, then you know she is afraid of heights, and was nervous just looking over the edge.  It is funny how the kids are all so different.  Ally and Emilee would have hiked right down if given the opportunity, and Riley could hardly stand to even look.

For a little while, we didn't know where Ally was.  I was not worried, but Riley sure was.  When she came back, to show us the new and awesome view she had found, Riley was so relieved to have her back.

This isn't the most usual sight on our family trips.  I don't know what these two were in agreement on here, but I had to snap a picture so that I would have proof.

This picture is at what is called The West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake.  See the elk, just sitting a few feet behind Emilee and Ally?

I love this picture!!

After Yellowstone, and on the way home, we stopped to see how Kaitie was settling in.  We took her to lunch, and then really left this time.  The miles home felt so long to me, as they represented a big distance between me and my awesome girl.  Thankfully, it is just a physical distance.