Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Camping in Island Park

We got to get away this weekend to Island Park. It was so nice to be out in the fresh air. There was plenty of sunshine and plenty of mosquitos. We go every year to Buffalo Campground with our great friends the Edwards. My grandparents were up from Arizona so they came too! Jess is awesome when we camp and cooks all the meals on the campchef stove. It's very relaxing for me. He can also make the perfect roasted marshmallow (it cannot have ANY brown on it whatsoever but has to be gooey.) I did make my first peach cobbler which was actually really gross. We had tons of fun!

This picture cracks me up. They were super excited about their Burger King hats. It was nice to have them entertained in the car.

Ellie and Grandpa Vern (her great-grandpa). It's fun to see him use all the same jokes he used on me as a kid.

Kaden and Ellie helping grandpa with the fire.

We went to Big Springs to feed the fish. We took the leftover pancakes from breakfast. The kids loved to tear off little pieces and throw them in the water. Jesse and Nick, however, thought they were hilarious and smashed the pancakes into baseballs and threw them at the seagulls.

The happy family! Kaden and Ellie loved every minute of camping and didn't want to come home. Neither did mom.

We only floated the river once this year. It was really relaxing in the sun... for about three minutes then Ellie wanted to splash and Kaden had to pee off the side of the tube. Still, we had a good time. The next day we went to West Yellowstone and some yummy spaghetti and pizza. Sometimes hotdogs for lunch AGAIN doesn't cut it.

4 comments:

Heidi said...

Looks like fun! We went camping this weekend too, and it was Jeramy that bummed out on our last night and made us come home. :(

The Horton Family said...

How fun! You guys always do such fun things. LOVE the Burger King picture!

Tami said...

Fun Times!! Why is it I look like the prego one in the picuture. Fun pictures.

Wendi Oyler said...

How fun, we should go camping sometime this summer, but then Tim will have to buy an rv so maybe not. haha.