Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Utah Trip - Yellowstone

So Eric ended up being in Vietnam about the time I was supposed to come home from Utah so I extended my stay.  I didn't want to go home to an empty house especially if I there was the annual Auger Family Yellowstone trip planned:)

We had 9 of us going and so my dad rented the "big van" so we could all go together.  It was such a great idea dn we wanted to plan a trip where all of the rest of the family could go in one big van. 

The beginning...

The famous Jackson Hole park Antler entrance. 

The Tetons behind us - Cannon didn't want to get out of the car:)
 T
We went to the Jackson Hole playhouse play.  The boys liked the dancing and the little bit of singing during the play. 

The park wildlife:)

The three musketeers.

My dad and brother Jared put together the jr ranger program for the kids.  It was so fun, they each got binoculars to find animals, a compass and then they could earn beads and even got a bear claw when we saw the real grizzly bear!  That was so cool! 

My cute parents!  Thanks for an awesome trip!  Contrary to what Matthew said, they both loved the trip and are still talking about it. 

Me and my boys on one of the hikes to the falls. 

The gang!


the Jr Rangers - This day they each got little foam pellet guns and got to practice shooting at targets.  My boys loved it. 
Climbing Sheep rock.  This was such a cool formation and the boys loved getting out of the car and climbing to get some of that energy out.   We were in the car for a long time and they did really well. 

 
Gotta end the trip with a visit to Old Faithful!   We packed so much into 5 days!  Thanks everyone for such a great trip!  See you again next year:)

Friday, August 3, 2012

Utah trip -2 (Eric's Family)

We got to spend some time with Eric's sister Kristy and her family.  We don't get to see them as much as we would like and the kids hadn't seen each other for almost  2 years.  We met up with them in Park Cityand did all the fun Park City things, riding the Heber Creeper, riding the Alpine Slide where Jean and Kirk joined us and  of course we ate yummy Cafe Rio. 

 
 
 
 
 
The next day I took all the kids to Dave and Claudia's house, so Kristy and Jary could celebrate their 10 year wedding anniversary.  We had a great time cooking hot dogs and roasting smores in their back yard.
 
 
 
Thanks everyone for such a great time!