Jackson Hole

Oh my goodness. Jackson Hole. Land of love. I mean, it's my land of love because I loooooove it there.  We spent 2 glorious weeks there this year.  Brian asked if 2 weeks scratched my itch. The answer is no. No it did not. In fact, it made me want to spend a month or 6 weeks up there next year. In fact, I would consider home schooling JUST so that we wouldn't be slave to the school schedule and we could spend more time there. So, no, 2 weeks wasn't enough but it was twice as good as one week. We got to do a LOT more than we have ever done before. With the kids being a little bit older, we did some decent hikes (4-5 miles about 5 times!)

For the first time ever, we went to church while we were out of town. It was awful. The kids were naughtier than ever before and we were sitting in the "recreation room" which is really just an indoor basketball court.  It was loud and it echoed, but we went for sacrament. After that we drove out to Brian's favorite spot to take photos - Oxbow Bend.

 Landon is warming up to Maisy. He climbed up and sat by her and she really liked it....

 Then Aspen came and sat by her. Aspen just loves her SO much. So So So much.

 And so do I. This is how we sleep at night. Brian caught us.

 My handsome little Landon. He may whine and complain a lot, but he sure is handsome! And when he is in a good mood  - he is really fun!

 The kids were so cute. They made "beds" for Tiger and Puppy in the closet.

 The flag and the Grand Teton. 2 of my favorite sights.

 On the boat on Jenny Lake to do a hike.

 This is how B hiked. I wore Maisy. After 3.5 miles, Landon pooped out and we took turns putting him on our shoulders.

 Brotherly...love?

 Me and my girls

 Lunch time! Inspiration point

 Maisy wanted a peek!

 We came around the bend and not 5 feet off the trail was a......

 Moooooooooooose!

 When we got back to the car, M wanted out of the hot carrier. Here is her sweet face.

 She went on date night with me and B that night.

 Alpine slide!

 Selfie of me not doing the Alpine slide

 Hunter!

 The boys playing while daddy took Aspen

 Chuckwagon time! This was the Bar T 5. It is much better for kids than the Bar J

 I love how my boys stick together.

 Driving the chuck wagon

 Osprey nests everywhere!

 Another beautiful hike

 A wolverine!

 Water balloon fight!

 *summer*

 Beautiful girl

 Bagel place/Fish creek

 Raptor center

 The clouds!!!

 Just a 5 mile walk. No big deal.

 Date night

 There is a development called the Aspens! I want to take this picture every year of her life. 9 mile walk.

 Peeing at the Aspens (no, that's not an Aspen tree).

 I like him.

 More brotherly love

 These kids are obscenely good looking!

 Wiki Stix glasses!

Stagecoach

 The Grand - over 13,000 ft tall!

 Bradley lake/ and some other lake hike. 5 miles. The kids were troooooopers.

 My life.

 This face. Anything she wants.

 We went to Yellowstone for the first time in both of our lives. BEAUTIFUL. I love it almost as much as Jackson. I look forward to going back every yr for the rest of my life and hiking it.

 Old Faithful!

 Ice cream while waiting for Old Faithful. We pulled into the parking lot while it was going off, so we had a nice 92 minute wait.

 Grand Prismatic. GORGEOUS!

 Sapphire pool

 Lower falls - Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

 Too. Much. Love.

 TOO MUCH!

 Lunch by the pool. They earned it with all the hiking.

 Her too.

 Mount Moran

 Ordering hot chocolate from room service became a tradition. They brought marshmallows - which was great for the kids' moods.

 Our cutie captain

 The girls

 I've never seen such a calm lake.

 CUTE boys!

 Deck boys

 Squishy face! I love her!

 Landon thought this was hilarious. Her life vest was HUGE (but it was for infants)

 I got to drive too!

 LOVE!

 Beauty

I can't tell you how much I love it there. I just love it. It feels like home. I can feel God's hand in everything there. There is so much to do and the kids can roam free. I don't worry about them being taken so much as I worry about a wolf getting them. The weather is fantastic. The activities are out of this world. I Love it. One day, we will move there.

Friday we leave again! Woohoo!