Kindergarten!

Sam's first day of kindergarten!

and, a sleepy little girl who's schedule has been a little thrown off by the Kindergarten schedule.

Girls just like shoes...

...right from the time they're one year old. Gabriella always brings me Natalie's or my shoes and wants me to help put them on, then back on when they fall off after two seconds, and again, and again. Little Natalie's shoes actually don't look all that big on her in this picture.

Another Soccer Season

Rainy Day Fun

Building dams in the gutter with Charity.

Watermelon!

The Zip-line

One of the kids favorite things about Swan Valley every year is the zip-line. The cousins spend hours pulling each other up the zip line.

Horse Rides & Motorcycle Rides

Uncle Ross giving Motorcycle Rides to all the little kids.

Riding the Hulse's neighbors horses.

Swan Valley Family Reunion

So after we left Yellowstone, we drove down through the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, then on to Swan Valley for the Family Vacation with all of Nate's siblings and parents. Nate dropped me off 16 miles before we got there to get in my 16 mile training run I had missed the week before. It turned out to be a killer because I didn't have water! Dumb on my part! I made it anyhow, and we had a great time with all the cousins! His brother Jared's inlaws let us camp in their backyard and use their rafts to float the Snake River. So Fun! Sammy also loved fly-fishing. Gabriella's ready to go.

Aunt Laurelin reading a story to Joel, Jonah, Natalie, and Sam.

Pretty Baby!

The babies - Reese, Gabriella, and Dan.


Joel and Sam.

Gameboy time.

Emma and Natalie. Board Game time.

Natalie, Emma, and Ty.

Yellowstone Day 3

Junior Rangers!

Little Campers! I was a little nervous about the idea of sleeping in a tent for a whole week, but they actually did really well!

Yellowstone Day 2

Lots of Elk. Hayden Valley I think?

Old Faithful. It was a long, grouchy wait!
Right there.

Sulphur Caldron. Stinky!

Lots of Buffalo.

More Yellowstone Day 1

More Lower Falls Pictures.

The Brown Bear. We saw a black bear with 2 cubs near Tower the first morning about as close as you should get. We didn't get a picture though. Then we saw this brown bear on our way back to Canyon Campground where we stayed for the 3 nights we were there.

Yellowstone Day 1

Lower Falls. They kids remember this as the creepy waterfall. You can't help but be amazed by it's power. So beautiful!

Leaving on vacation

Awesome hair? Nate decided he wanted a buzz before we left on our family vacation. Here's half way through it.