Yellowstone Virgin

Mom and Dad came to visit over Memorial Day Weekend. We thought that it would be fun to go to Yellowstone because Dad hadn't been since he was a little boy and Mom was a Yellowstone Virgin. We had such a fun and eventful trip despite the terrible weather. We saw tons of buffalo and elk, a grizzly bear running along a hill, and a black bear. Eagle-eye Mom also spotted a Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep, but my favorite was an elk calf that had just been born. It was still tripping over its legs. Remember how clumsy Bambi was when he was first born. Now instead of a dear picture an elk and then instead of a cartoon picture it in real-life. . . It was awesome. Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of the animals.

We did get this picture of a brand-new baby bison on the other side of the mommy. It was so precious and tiny









Mom's favorite part was the Old Faithful Inn






Old Faithful!

Super Late Mother's Day Post

Everyone put up precious pictures for Mother's Day, and after BDD informed me that I was in fact his first daughter to become a mother, I had to show off the "kids."


Trying to relax



"Get down!"



Sadly, the best picture we could get.



After 10 minutes, I just couldn't take anymore of the molesting.



HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

I am living with Ironman. . .

Not quite, but close. Can't you see the resemblance?



Pumping the "iron" that he got for his birthday.






Then we threw an old mattress and our Adam and Eve sleeping bag in the back of the truck and went to the drive-in to see Ironman 2!

Rocky Raccoon

The other day Mark found this in our hay shed. . .


Can't tell what it is?

How about now?



That is right, Rocky Raccoon lives in our hay shed.



Mark persisted in throwing rocks at it to wake it up.



It started running back and forth on the rafters.



Then Mark cornered it.


After a few close calls, it finally fell, but it quickly ran under another building.

The Dogs loved every minute of it.



So did Mark. . .

I like to ride my bicycle

We went down to Utah this past weekend as a last hoorah before my school starts up again in a week. We spent some time with Grandpa Ike and Grandma Carol on Firday night. They took us to dinner at The Lion House for the best turkey I have ever eaten. They are members of a group called Dinnerset, and although we were never able to get a straight answer as to point of this group, we soon found out that we were the youngest people in there by at least 25 years! Still, we had such a fun time. On Saturday we went down to Provo to meet up with Sam and Skyler.

Skyler needed to collect water from the duck ponds for a project, so our first stop was there.



Then we went back to their apartment to take the new tandem bike for a ride. Mark and I were actually very good partners.



Skyler was showing off his "skills" on his single-rider.



Sam hopped on while I took over as driver. It is so much different than passenger.



This was right after I almost ran us into a car. Let's just say that the turning radius of this thing is like unto a limo.



Skyler had a date that night and took the bike, so Mark, Sam and I went to the mall to buy Mark some new shoes.

Don't think I wasn't tempted!



After a successful shopping trip (sorry no pictures of Mark's new shoes) we went to In-N-Out for dinner.

Waiting...



More waiting.


We finally got our food. It was delicious! We had such a fun time in Utah and can't wait for the boys to come up and visit us soon!