Vacation...& Grandpas

Last Wednesday we left for our vacation. We pulled up to Ty's parents' house and Cash yelled, "Gampa". He was so excited to be at Grandma and Grandpas. We went down to see the cows/calves of couse and also went on four wheeler rides. We stayed there that night and then left for Yellowstone the next morning.

On our way up to Yellowstone, Thursday, we stopped at Mesa Falls...

Once we got to Yellowstone we went to the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center which was great. Cash loved seeing the bears and wolves. Vanna just loved being out of the car.

Then we went to dinner and roamed the streets of town. What a chore it was to keep the kids' "sticky" fingers off all the merchandise. Then we checked into our hotel and went swimming. There was an intertube slide down to the pool and Ty and Cash loved that. I love watching Ty go down slides (and the like) because it brings out the darling little boy that's still trapped in that 30 year old, handsome body. And he makes for such a fun playmate to Cash.

Friday morning we had breakfast and while we were there, the kids were acting up and Ty had to take Cash out to the car for a while. When they returned to the table we tried to explain to Cash that it's important to eat our food, use our manners, and behave. We showed him the other kids in the restaurant (who seemed to be behaving well) as his example. When we were finishing up it was commical to see a father and his kids walk by as he pointed to Cash and say to his two young sons, "See that little boy, you need to be quite and behave at the table the way he is." We had to laugh! We spent the whole rest of the day at the Park. We saw...

...elk...

...buffalo...

...Old Faithful...

...other geysers and paint pots...

...the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone...

...and a grizzly (but he was laying down and we couldn't get a good pix).

We got to my parents' home late that night. Again, when we arrived, Cash exclaimed, "Gampa house". We were tuckered out and pretty much went straight to bed. We stayed Fri., Sat., and Sun., night with my parents. While we there we went to visit some relatives graves, went to church, visited with my Grandma Marie, went on more four wheeler rides, and visited with my younger brother who brought out his girlfriend for us to meet and to announce that he's getting married...probably in August. Sunday we also got to see my dad and his wife. We hadn't seen them for a year and I'm sure when we informed the kids that we were going to see another Grandpa that Cash was thinking "everyone must be my Grandpa".

The kids playing in my dad's wheel chair.

It was good to see all the grandparents (even all the great-grandparents) and to have our own little vacation. But as always...it's good to be home.