Sunday, July 19, 2009

Island Park 2009

**WARNING: LOTS OF PICTURES**

We just got back from a little family vacation/nielson family reunion/Brooke and Max goodbye party/Isaac and Brandon birthday party. In the past five days we have been in six different states (Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming). We stayed at my Aunt and Uncles cabin in Island Park, Idaho and had a great time. We did lots and lots of this....

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My boys just couldn't get enough (and that included Shawn).

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We did a little relaxing.

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and the girls enjoyed some time with Grandma.

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My mom had lots of fun things planned for the kids.

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The kids loved the campfire.

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We went to Yellowstone. We were stuck in HORRIBLE traffic that about drove me mad and this is what our drive was like...

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We stopped for a picnic along the way, but our picnic was a little too close to the water and the kids could not help but jump in.

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Old Faithful and some Geysers.

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Our next adventure was Shawn's favorite :). We floated down a river on rafts, but our raft started sinking pretty quick and so Shawn ended up dragging us down the river.

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We stopped at a cute little cabin built in the woods surrounded by wildflowers and a river. It is a no fishing area so the fish are huge. We saw trout bigger than two feet long.

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more fun back at the cabin.... (and check out the hot wood cutter)

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What a fun weekend. Thanks mom and dad, we love you!

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3 comments:

Brooke S. said...

good land are your bags even unpacked? This post is terrific, thanks for all the gread pictures. I might just link to your blog...

ps - great work on the photoshop job

Christi said...

It looks like you had a great time!!! I am officially jealous!

Emily said...

Dang, can I come next time? That seriously looks like so much fun. That is such a beautiful part of the country, I love it over there. All the pictures are so cute, your family looks like a lot of fun!