Island Park....Round 2!!

Keep meaning to get the rest of these pictures up, finally got around to it tonight. On the fourth day we drove up to the top peak in Island Park...it has a name but of course I can't remember it. It took about an hour to get up there and at times I couldn't look down the mountain cause it kinda freaked me out. We were so high, and the little road was so narrow. Scary! Once we got up there though...holy smokes, so beautiful. I can't even believe how absolutely breathtaking it was up there.


Of course the picture doesn't do it justice, just a little glimpse of the beauty. If you can't tell it was FREEZING up there, the whole trip was cold but this was horribly cold. My poor babies were just a shivering...so worth it though. Carson thought it was so cool, he was just running around and loving it. I don't think he even felt the cold. Lincoln however came out for a few pictures, then I stuck him back in the car. Too cold for my little fella.


Group shot of some of us.


Ahhh, these two just crack me up, boy oh boy do I sure love em though.




How cute is this picture....seriously. Just standing there, gazing at all the beauty surrounding him. My boy has an eye for pretty things.


On the way back down the mountain there was this meadow with beautiful wild flowers. My aunt stopped to pick some and we all thought it would be a great photo oppurtunity.


Sandy gathered the biggest bouquet...but Cars was right behind her. He loves that kind of thing, shocker right.









Tons and tons of flower pictures...I just couldn't narrow it down.


Went back into town for a few hours and we all split up and kinda did our own thing. Me and my boys and Theo and Ash were all starving so we ate at this cute little pizza place.




Little more shopping and of course a few shots of Carson sitting on one of the many bulls. The signs all say no climbing or sitting on, but do you think we listened to that. Nope.


That night all the little kids decided to get in the cabin's hot tub. They all know Lincoln loves his bathtime, so they thought why not just get him in. Next thing I know they had him stripped down to his diaper and he was floating away in that tub. (Don't worry, it was mildly warm....not hot, just like a bathtub).


To say he loved it would be a serious understatement. He was so content, just sat there like a little fat cat. He would lay his head back in the water and just sit there. So cute!!! Pretty soon we just took off his diaper completely, it was huge and doing him no good. So he was a little naked jaybird floating in that tub.


The kids all tried every night to convince Carson to get in. I don't know what his deal was, he was being such a chicken. Which is so not like him. Finally after Lincoln got in he decided it was safe. And low and behold, he loved it. Couldn't get him back out.



Carson had so much fun with all his little cousins.


Group shot the morning we left. It went fuzzy but you get the idea. All in all it was a much needed, very appreciated, absolutely fantastic trip. I love my family so much and am so grateful for the good times we were able to share. Thanks again for the invite and we are already looking forward to it again next year.

Island Park....round 1!

Just got back from our little Island Park trip with my family. Beware tons and tons of pictures. I am turning my blog into a book, and I want everything documented so I am not going to apoligize for the major overload of pictures. There, you have your warning.....I do not have the time to do one huge post so I will split into two...

Here we are after the car is packed and ready to go. We were ready to head out by 8:00 in the morning. That is super impressive for me. Granted I stayed up until 2:30 that night getting everything ready and woke up at 5:30 that morning. Yikes, not a whole lot of sleep. Funny as a mom, I seem to need less and less of that precious shut-eye. I run off 3 hours just fine.



Seriously what would I have done without our portable DVD player. Judge me now, but it kept these two entertained the ENTIRE trip. Very nice!


Carson's morning got started out right by some "Mickey" shaped pancakes. He didn't want to eat them cause it messed up Mickey's cute face. He has got mad love for that mouse.


We went with my Williams' side of the family (my dad's side). My grandparents, 2 aunts and uncles, tons of cousins. They rent a huge cabin on Bill's Island in Island Park. We always stop at Bear World, where you pay a ridiculous amount of money to see a few bears wandering around. Kinda crazy, but the little rides at the end make it all worth it for this boy.


Lincoln sure got spoiled this week. I have many little cousins, who very much enjoyed packing him around and being his little friends. Now that we are back home and I am not holding him 24-7 like he has gotten used to the past couple of days. Well, not pretty...tough love for the little guy.


Oohh, first train ride...big hit!


This one loves his Uncle Alan.


And this one loves his "fwiend Tell"...Markell in other words.


Loved the rides...Thiago and I were joking that we could have told Carson this was Disneyland and he would have believed it. He thought the 4 little rides they had were the greatest ever and was not a happy camper when it started raining and we had to leave. Just imagine his reaction to Disneyland next year, can't wait!



My kids sure worked up their appetites this trip....couldn't feed those little mouths fast enough.



Second day just hanging around outside the cabin, waiting for everyone to get ready.


Headed into West Yellowstone to do a little shopping. I love the funny little stores. Buying sweatshirts for us all, and cute little MOOSE pj's for my boys. Lots of fun.



What kid doesn't love these little bags of rocks and magnets. Of course we bought another bag to go with Carson's bag from last year. Along with a million other odds and ends toys that these shops are known for. I think we spent like 50.00 on funny little toys for Cars, and he has now lost about all of them. Somehow they have all disappeared.



Dinner at Canyon Street Grill...YUM! We are all about traditions in this family, and we LOVE this place. Best sandwiches ever!


The boys came all the way to West Yellowstone to play baseball on the sidewalks and parking lot of the IMAX. Funny boys, they did this for like 2 hours.


We would stay up late every night playing games while our poor children fended for themselves. Most nights we got them to bed first, but every now and then they would get to stay up. We played banana's which I am horrible at, but Apples to Apples....I am awesome...I was the winner!!


Poor Brev, this is how we found him sleeping one night.


Next day it was absolutely freezing. I don't think it got past 65 degrees while we were up there. It was soooo cold, felt like fall/winter to me half of the time. We bundled the kids up good, and headed through Yellowstone park. Lot of driving, which is hard on little ones. It rained throughout most of the day so we couldn't even get out and look around. Not a ton of animals were out...did see some bald eagles, deer and elk, buffalo's and one grizzly.




Finally the rain let up and we stopped at a little picnic area to eat a quick lunch. We shoved our food in as fast as possible and got back into our heated cars. It was sooooo cold!


Poor Cars...just shivering trying to eat his lunch. He wouldn't get in the car though, kept thinking he was missing out on stuff. So he sat there just shaking, trying to get his little lips to open wide enough to eat. Poor little guy.


Alright...that gets us through the first couple of day. Stay tuned cause I saved the best pictures for last. Nothing super special, I just got some really cute ones of our fourth day there. Thats it for now.

All Tuckered Out

Had to throw this picture on here. Every night Thiago and I go on a 3 mile walk. We want to start jogging but it is hard pushing the strollers. Our kids stay awake for the first little while but somewhere between the first 2 miles this is how we find them. Sound asleep. It works out great for us. We find time to workout, don't need a babysitter, and still get that one on one time with each other. We love it. Don't want winter to come cause then it is back to working out in the basement and at the gym. Not nearly as much fun.