Cabin Trip and Yellowstone

Jonathan and I drove up to his family's cabin in Island Park on Saturday. We didn't make it in till after dark, but we still got in a couple games of Catch Phrase!! My mom and dad even joined us up there and all three boys came up as well. That was in addition to Joan, Cam (and Rocky), Zac, Emily (and Remmy), and Rob, Monica, and Brylee. But we had so much fun and the weather was perfect.

Sunday we floated the river and played games at the cabin. Brylee really seemed to enjoy sitting in the front of the boat.

Jonathan fished and caught some real "whoppers."

The dogs all played in the river and went on lots of walks.

We found some really weird snow piles and then a sign that we weren't too comfortable seeing on our way out.

Jonathan and I were champs at ladder golf and almost came out on top during Washers, but Emily and Zac beat us in the end.

Monday all the non-swimmers (Tucker, Remmy, and Rocky) put on their life vests and headed in for some swimming lessons.

They did pretty good, but Tucker would rather stay where he can touch and blow bubbles in the water.

We went for more walks, but steered clear of the snow piles this time. We made a trip to Yellowstone in the afternoon for wild-life sightseeing. Cam and Joan took Jonathan, Emily, Zac, and I in the RV. It is a nice way to travel. We even ate dinner while watching the animals. We saw 7 or 8 bears (but Jonathan saw one less), buffalo, coyotes, elk, mountain goats, a beaver, and a muskrat. No geysers, but I think I was the only one disappointed by that.

Tuesday brought a moose to the cabin!!!! It was pretty close, but I was able to take a picture threw the binoculars and get even closer. Jonathan did more fishing and the boys did more playing and swimming. Right before we left we saw them fill the river back up with fish (they must have heard about all the ones Jonathan caught), so Jonathan was ready to stay another day.

Emily and I cleaned up the cabin while the guys worked pretty intently on finding the quickest route home....but Emily and I didn't think they did too great a job. After 6 hours of wedding talk and me singing, Jonathan will probably try a little harder at finding the quickest route home.

But it was a great weekend and we had lots of fun!!!