Road trip!

We went on a great road trip this August. We left the Las Vegas summer heat, and went to the mountains. It took us two days and two flat tires to get there, but Yellowstone was our destination. It was great to be back to the place where I have such fond memories going there pretty much every year for my whole life. The boys had a blast playing in the dirt and the trees and collecting rocks. They also had a blast on this zipline that my dad brought for the kids. Even Jax loved it, and after a couple of days they were getting really brave going BACKWARDS. We played on beaches...

hiked down and up 300 and some odd stairs to see this beautiful view of the waterfall at the grand canyon of the Yellowstone.

The boys had some good daddy time too.

And some good adventures with Grandpa Jeep.

This is my favorite place in Yellowstone. It is a trail to Lone Star Geyser. The river that runs along side the trail is so beautiful, and the trees are thick. We took some fishing poles because the boys wanted to try to catch one...but we had no such luck. It was still great fun! About an hour after this picture was taken, the sky turned dark and the heavens opened, I have never seen so much rain in Yellowstone at one time. Luckily we were safe inside the ice cream shop at Old Faithful where we waited out the storm, Grandpa Jeep can't drive the topless Jeep in the rain!

Cory taking the boys for a ride in the Jeep, the boys LOVE that thing!!

We had a great Yellowstone trip, but I was kind of glad to get out of what I thought was the freezing cold temperatures! We were now headed back to Utah for another fun filled week. We went to Lagoon with Roger and Colleen and my niece Ellie. The kids love Lagoon. Here is Jax on a rocket ship. Tyson and Carson can now both ride all the big rides, so Jax and I hung out in the kiddie rides for a while.

Grandpa Beynon LOVES to play the games at Lagoon. And he is good at them. He played until he won all of the kids a toy, or two, or three :)

And they were sure happy about their new furry friends!

We were also able to spend some time with Matt and Tara and their little Halle before they moved to Montana. Jaxon and Halle loved playing together, too bad they live so far apart. Time to get skype up and running with them!

We were also able to be there on the Sunday that Roger was put in as Bishop of their ward.

Cousins!

We also had a chance to spend some time with Shellie and her fam and my mom and Allie and Ruben. We went to the zoo because my kids are always begging me to go to the zoo. Unfortunately the zoo in Las Vegas is seriously pitiful, so the boys were so happy to be able to go while we were in Utah. This is the new baby elephant Ellie. Jaxon loves elephants, they actually had a part in his potty training...but that is a story for another time :)

Jaxon loves his little cousin Anna.

Jaxon loved the giraffes too, he wasn't too sure he should turn his back to them though...those long necks are kind of "freaky" as he would say, he might reach right over and nibble his ear while he is not lookin!

Wesley VanOrman! You have your tongue out in every picture I took of you!

We stayed at Shellie's house for a few days on our way back to Las Vegas. She took such good care of us, feeding us great food and entertaining my wild bunch. We went to the Dinosaur museum, a water park, and The Farm at Thanksgiving point. It was a great time, thanks so much Shell.

My mom and Jax

Shell and Anna. The kids rode the pony's.

And the kids fed the animals.

What a fun trip! Back to Las Vegas.