We're back!!!

We were excited about this trip.


I couldn't WAIT to get up in the Fall weather with the changing trees and my camera.




We went up to Brighton and walked around Silver Lake




Then headed to Malad, Idaho.




And ate Subway at the farm.


And got to take pictures of this fence which is awesome and lined with boots for a mile or so.






And the kids got a break from the car.


We stopped to see the beautiful new temple in Rexburg.



and finally made our way to our home sweet home for the next few days, the "Owl's Nest" way up in Island Park, Idaho.

(complete with a sweet hot tub)

The weather was awesome when we got there and we explored the cabin and made a fire and had s'mores.



(long toes provided by yours truly)



We soaked in the hot tub, went to bed and woke up to this...







It was beautiful and felt like Christmas morning as the kids woke up (or maybe I woke mine up) and we got to watch their faces light up as they saw the surprise outside.





We lazied around in our jammies for a while









Needless to say, we spent most of that day inside.

The next morning my brother, Dad and I got up early for a hike at Harriman State Park.
We watched the sunrise


And enjoyed the peace and total silence









And my hat looked way different than this in my head.


Then went to Yellowstone that afternoon and got to see a saweet elk buck with his harem and got to hear him bugle. (It was AMAZING) (and by the way I think I accidentally deleted all those pictures...bummer)

And we made our way down to Old Faithful via some geysers. It was FA-REEZING and the wind was blowing and my chin froze and I had to talk without moving my face- just my lips. (and my mom might kill me for posting this picture of her. But seriously, what kind of face am I pulling?)

Carter was so cold and thought that the steam from the geysers was hurting his eyes so he kept pulling his hat over them and then he'd stumble all over the place.

And we made our way down to Old Faithful and not only was she late but very anti-climatic and about a 30 second show....LAME. And we were completely frozen.




After we thawed out we returned to the cabin and soaked in the hot tub to get the chill out from our bones. We packed up and headed out the next morning and took a scenic detour to Mesa Falls and yes, it was freezing.







We had Reed's Dairy, which is the BEST ice cream on the planet. If you think that you've already had the best ice cream on the planet, you haven't had Reed's. It's amay-za-za-zing.

We saw lots of friends and ate lots of food and saw lots of breathtaking scenery. It was an awesome trip. If you've never been to Idaho- GO! You won't regret it. And when you are there go to Reed's dairy. It's worth the trip.