Our Mini Vacation

This past weekend(9-23-9-26) we went on a little trip. Paul has a friend, that he grew up with, that manages a guest ranch just outside of Jackson Hole. (About 20 miles, but 45 minutes) So we went to visit. They have 4 cute Wyoming cowboys and 1 sweet baby girl. Another of Paul's friends and his family also went with. It was gorgeous!!

This was the view from our cabin just beyond the kids and down is the Gros Ventre river. We stayed in one of the guest cabins, which was nice with 2 bedrooms and bathrooms, and a living room with a fireplace and a huge picture window that looked out at this(minus the kids). There was also a hammock on the front porch that the kids would have loved to take home with us.

We got to fish in a little pond they stock with good sized trout. They kids got to try their hand at fly fishing. Emma was the only one brave enough to grab the fish, Nate only said "Eww" when he would get close to them. Then we went for a horse ride! Addison loved it, Kassidy has decided that she now needs to ride her horse here at home, and I think Emma thinks she is a regular horse-girl! Nate was just happy that he got to go too!

Then we had our lunch around the pool! Who ever thought that you could swim and get totally sunburned in Jackson at the end of September (global warming?haha!)? Well we did both!

Then before we left, we decided to go through Teton National Park. I'd never been there, so I wanted to see it. It was gorgeous! We took the hike around Jenny Lake to the Hidden Falls, which would have been sooooo much more if it weren't for the whining of a few kids. But all in all, they did a good job on the 2 1/2 mile hike. And thankfully we took the boat ride back. It was a fun trip and we're so thankful to Brain and Jody and their family for the fun and great time we all had!!

Guess these mountains

Can anyone out there(the 2 of you that read this blog) tell me the mountains in this beautiful picture?

Oh this crazy boy!

Ok, so Nathan is in trouble! All he has is 3 older sisters, that means girly stuff EVERY WHERE!

This is his newest obsession. He wears his sisters' shoes all the time, but now it's the helmet! I guess that it's a good thing that he wants to wear a helmet and HE can't help it if all we have are princess helmets in his size. He thinks he is total HOT stuff, but daddy isn't as convinced! He doesn't like it too much when Nathan wears this around the neighborhood! I think he's cute no matter what he has on!

Poor, poor Kass

Well our lucky Kassidy got her retainers almost 2 weeks ago. She, of course, was a nervous wreck on the way to Provo to the dentist's office. She was making herself sick worrying about getting them in. I don't know where this kid comes from(she's just like her nana!) Any way, we have this really cool new dentist that does a lot of work with retainers and pulling baby teeth, so braces time is cut down or eliminated. And here she is
Wow, look at those wires, brings back memories... She was really excited because she got to choose what the top one looks like. You can't really see it, but it has a picture of Harry Potter on it. The bottom one is just glued in, so it is the annoying and boring one.

I am the excited one about these retainers! She's not too thrilled, but me? I LOVE that her teeth are getting straightened out NOW! At first she complained about not being able to eat and I guess the bottom retainer was giving her lots of cankers on the sides of her tongue, but now she is fine. She just "talks like she's got a mouth full of spit". And OF COURSE she is ever so dedicated in wearing it! Every kid should be this GOOD!