island park:: day 4-last day at the cabin and travel home

monday, july 1st, we were so sad to say goodbye.  we had such a wonderful time.  we have never vacationed with them before and we hope this won't be the last time!  we enjoyed each of their company and the kids got along so well!  really perfect weekend!

on our way home we stopped in ashton again for lunch, but this time at frostop.

elephant for kris!

pig for sandee!

then we stopped in arco just to get the girl's yearly photo on the chair!

they slept most of the way.  with such an amazing weekend, they were beat!  thanks again blevin's!

island park::day 3-cabin-big springs river

sunday the 30th was the perfect balance of lazy relaxation at the cabin and fun late afternoon swimming in the river.  absolutely gorgeous day!

sweet tawsha!  so excited for heather to finally have a baby!!!

heather and i also enjoyed a nice evening walk after dinner and the girls had s'mores again!

island park::day 2-yellowstone

saturday the 29th was yellowstone day!  we made a stop in west yellowstone for some shopping and playing.

we stopped at a picnic table and had lunch before driving on to firehole falls.  such a beautiful area!

finally we stopped to view several geysers including old faith

river picked out a gun, mask and spurs set from yellowstone.  how cute is she?!

poor girl got a mosquito bite on the tip of her nose!

flower chose a bow and arrow set.  she had so much fun with it and was quite good!

first s'mores of the weekend.  we had to do them inside due to rain outside but nothing was going to stop river from getting her s'mores!

such an enjoyable day!  everyone was laid back and we had so much fun together!
heather and i stayed up late into the night catching up and chatting.  i really needed that.  i didn't realize how much i miss deep conversation with a friend.  we opened up more than we ever have and i have so much respect for heather and her journey.  i also felt so comfortable in feeling like someone really understood me.  that conversation was a breath of fresh air.  thanks heather!