We were trying to think of something fun to do over the long weekend, and kind of at the last minute decided to ask our good friends/neighbors...Kent and Debbie if we could borrow their cabin up in Island Park. They said it was free and that of course we could go stay up there.
Ashton and Gunnar were so excited! However Ashton woke up in the middle of Thursday night with a bad sore throat and cough, so I kept him home from school on Friday. He mostly ended up feeling fine, just sounded bad and I didn't want him to get anyone else sick. Gunnar had had a cold earlier in the week and I had started to get it too.
But we decided to go ahead with our plans and go. I spent all Friday morning getting everything ready to go, and Lars just worked half a day. We finally got out of town about 2:30 I think.
So we got up there by 6 or so. Had to stop off in Ashton, Idaho to take some pictures of course :)
That is after all how we decided on his name :)
Anyway...when we got there, Lars got busy getting the cabin all ready as far as turning the power and heat etc...on. And I loaded a bunch of our stuff in. The boys had fun exploring the cabin. We realized that we hadn't been up there since Ashton was 2 1/2 and I was just barely pregnant with Gunnar (and very sick!).
After we got all settled in, I made some homemade macaroni & cheese and we ate our dinner and got ready for bed.
The boys slept really well, just got up way too early. As usual, so excited to get up and play when we are away from home!
We had crepes that morning...
...then just let them play around for awhile before we got ready and drove over to see Johnny Sack's cabin, then Upper Mesa Falls.
Checking out the falls...
Goofball!
We also saw these two bald eagles in a field right bay the cabin.
And of course wherever we go Shockey must go...
Then we went back to the cabin and watched part of a movie then the boys had a bath, then went to bed. Sunday we got up and got ready for the day, then went and got breakfast at Pond's Lodge. Then drove into Yellowstone.
It took a LONG time to get into the park or at least to where Old Faithful is. We went about 2 miles an hour forever and when we finally got up to where the slowdown started, it buffalo crossing the road as we had expected.
However when I tried to take a picture of a buffalo, Lars had sped up so this is the best picture I got...haha :)
The boys were happy to just watch their movie and play, but it was driving Lars crazy that it took so long!
When we did finally get there, we went over and walked around then sat and waited for Old Faithful to go off. Neither of the boys had ever seen it before, so they thought it was pretty cool.
However there was another geyser off in the distance going off way higher and for longer! It kind of stole Old Faithful's thunder...
Anyway, kind of fun to see every five years :)
Then of course we had to visit the gift shop. The boys picked out little pocket knives with their middle names on them since they can't ever find anything with their first names on them. That always makes me happy because their names aren't very common!
Then we got ice cream and headed back to the car.
We stopped off at some hot pots on the way back to Island Park and walked around the boardwalks for awhile. I love these pictures...
Luckily the drive out of the park was way faster than the drive in was.
When we got back to the cabin, I went for a run then Lars took off and went fishing again.
The boys and I had dinner, then started another movie that we didn't finish then when Lars got back we all watched Home Alone 2 and the boys thought it was the funniest thing ever. They laughed and laughed.
After another good night's sleep, Lars got up early on Monday morning and fished while the boys watched Home Alone 2 again. Then we spent a couple hours cleaning up the cabin and washing sheets etc...before we loaded up and headed out.
Super fun weekend!
So we got up there by 6 or so. Had to stop off in Ashton, Idaho to take some pictures of course :)
The boys slept really well, just got up way too early. As usual, so excited to get up and play when we are away from home!
Gunnar had Ashton smell his stinky feet...
After that we headed back to the cabin and they played and played...so good together while I read my book and fell asleep for awhile. Lars went fishing for a couple hours.
That night we had dinner, walked down by the river and the boys caught some caterpillars and had fun playing with them for awhile before Gunnar's started pooping on him.However when I tried to take a picture of a buffalo, Lars had sped up so this is the best picture I got...haha :)
When we did finally get there, we went over and walked around then sat and waited for Old Faithful to go off. Neither of the boys had ever seen it before, so they thought it was pretty cool.
Then of course we had to visit the gift shop. The boys picked out little pocket knives with their middle names on them since they can't ever find anything with their first names on them. That always makes me happy because their names aren't very common!
Then we got ice cream and headed back to the car.
When we got back to the cabin, I went for a run then Lars took off and went fishing again.
The boys and I had dinner, then started another movie that we didn't finish then when Lars got back we all watched Home Alone 2 and the boys thought it was the funniest thing ever. They laughed and laughed.
After another good night's sleep, Lars got up early on Monday morning and fished while the boys watched Home Alone 2 again. Then we spent a couple hours cleaning up the cabin and washing sheets etc...before we loaded up and headed out.
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