Island Park in June

In June, we went camping in Island Park. It was our first chance to take out the new trailer. And it was awesome! It was still pretty chilly and rained almost every day, usually in the evening or just small storms. We went with my mom and dad and sister, Amanda. My brother came up a couple of days later.

We went in to Yellowstone Park and headed toward Old Faithful. We made the usual stops on the way there.

We had a great time shopping in West Yellowstone. The kids had fun spending their money. We pleased everyone with Indian Dolls, t-shirts, jackets, and FUDGE!!

Scott drove in to Yellowstone again with the 3 girls. Zach and I were tired of driving and just hung out w/ grandma Terrilee and watched movies in the trailer. They had a great time in the park. Kyrie snapped this photo of her dad:

Just kidding. This old buffalo was hanging around Mammoth. They took the upper loop over to the canyon falls and had this picture taken:

They were very late coming home because of Yellostone traffic:I didn't believe them until I saw the pictures. Crazy buffalo don't know the traffic laws!

On Saturday, we took the kids to a fishing event sponsored by various associations in Island Park. They had hotdogs and free fishing for the kids. Here's Scott helping Halle and Whitney:

Zach and Colton chilled and checked out girls. There weren't many...fish or girls.

Halle was very excited to get a hot dog!

Here's Scott with the girls again.

Grandpa John took time out of his own fishing schedule to watch the grandkids. He would've liked it better if there weren't so many people.

Payton takes this fishing thing very seriously.

We also headed to another Island Park favorite, Big Springs. Here's Whitney trying to catch fish with her braids. :)

This muskrat was swimming around under the bridge. I've never seen one there before and he was fun to watch.

Boy, did Johnny Sack ever know how to pick a beautiful place to build!



We also drove up to Virginia City, Montana. It's a fun little mining town. They have cute little shops and it's fun to explore the history; especially since great-great grandpa Michael lived there.

We had a really fun time. We made some fun dutch oven recipes that I will share later. Can't wait to go camping again.