The 4th

We drove up to Jackson Hole for the 4th of July weekend. It is such a pretty drive. We met up with my brother Eric and his wife Tagen and all of her family and my sister Sinika and her husband Adam and camped in a campground in Alpine, Wy.
These are pics of Brian's sister's family cabin in Star Valley. I tried to move them to the end of the post but it wouldn't let me for some reason.

Here are the camping pictures. Right when we got there there was a downpour of rain. We thought it was a precursor to the whole weekend, but it cleared up.

A little game of throwy-golf-ball-on-a-rope anyone?

Ben got to have a fun ride on the 4-wheeler with Tagen's cousin Dallin.

Aww, it looks like they are all happily asleep. I wish they really were by that time but they are just posing. Actually, Elli and Ben were very good at going to sleep. It was little Addie that had to crawl all over everyone 500 times before she decided to sleep.

Elli got to ride this horse. Isn't she a beauty? That's why her name is Beauty. She has one brown eye and one blue eye. When we got home Elli made this likeness of her out of some game pieces.

I rode a horse too, (for a short ride) but there will be no pictures of me riding on here due to the reasons given in the previous post. The muffin was extra risen and the pants were threatening rippance.

The typical Jackson Hole picture.

Fun with glow sticks.

The most important part of the trip (according to my husband) : meeting our cow. Yep. We are the proud owners of a cow. His name is Jerky. Beef Jerky. Who knows, maybe this will be the thing that turns me into a vegetarian. It is a life long dream of my husbands to own a cow. His other dream would be for it to live close enough to us that he could milk it every day and have fresh milk. But alas, he is too far away from us. Plus he is a male cow. He is living in Wyoming on some family's-family's land.

Air show

We went to the Air Force air show on Saturday. After the hour walk into the base, it was quite fascinating. I have such a respect for the Air Force. I mean, I love all of our military, but when I see one of the Air Force pilots, I am just awe struck. They have to work so hard and they are so smart and they fly those planes so amazingly. And it's all to protect our country. That's all I could think about the whole time I was there. It was very cool to see. It was the most perfect weather. Sunny with a nice cool breeze.

Of course I didn't get any good pictures.

Here is a plane flying away.

I tried to get one of it coming back again but it was landing then.

I'm not so good with taking pictures when I only have a small window of opportunity to get a good shot. For example:
Here is Ben walking away after posing with his preschool teacher. (I had my camera set on video.) - May 2008

My brother Eric receiving his Doctor of Chiropractic diploma - Dec 2008

Elli receiving her trophy for participating in a play - May 2009

I guess I wouldn't be a good professional photographer.

While I was at the air show, my tan turned into a golden bronze. It looks really good. Unfortunately, it's in the shape of a shirt:

(above - not a real picture of me)

But my legs got nothing. I don't know what it is. My legs never get ANY color. I look like I have two different people's skins. And it stays like that the entire summer. What the heck?! I do wear shorts people. And sometimes a swimsuit.

Color on the left: my arm. Color on the right: my leg. Scary, I know.

Halloween '08

Gummy teeth

This year Elli was a fairy, Tinkerbell to be exact Ben was a Jedi Knight (young Ben Kenobi)And Addie was a little bee

This is Tanner, Ben, Elli, Addie and Kadee peeking out from behind Addie.

My flash wasn't working in some of these so sorry for the darkness. Elli and Ben's cousins came over to go trick or treating with them. It rained a little but it wasn't too cold like in years past.

I love this action sequence:

So serious.

Me and Addie hung out at home and passed out candy at the door. Addie just laughed at all the kids at the door. Not at their costumes but that there were so many kids coming to her house.

This year the kids drew what they wanted their faces to be and I cut them out.

Bear Lake

Besides the rain storm during our first night in the tent, the wind/sand storm during one dinner, the mosquitoes, and the sunburns, Bear Lake was really fun. No, really it was. And here are some pictures to prove it:

Addie LOVED the water. She would splash and splash as soon as she was touching any depth of water. She drank quite a bit of water too. Hopefully she doesn't get sick from all the people who peed in the lake. :)

Me and Elli made a little castle. I was the builder and she was the decorator.

Yeah, my legs are glowing, so what?