On the Road to Jackson

In the beginning of June, we took a quick family vacation. With buying the new house and moving, we had a lot of expenses and had been so busy, so we knew it couldn't be a huge trip, but we really wanted to do something fun with the kids before I got too prego to enjoy it. About a week before, we decided to go to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone and had a great time! I didn't know if the kids would get into it after having been to Disneyland and those places, but they had a lot of fun.


We left Thursday morning (June 4th) for Jackson Hole. The kids were SO excited to leave - They LOVE anytime we stay at a hotel and get so excited for trips!
She really was happy....I don't know why this sad face! I think it may have been naptime!
Logan all ready to go to Yellowstone. He talked about this trip for a long time before we left and still asks to go to Yellowstone all the time. He loved it! My sister introduced Logan to High School Musical recently and so we spent much of the trip listening to the CD in the car. I think we can now all sing the entire thing! Logan's favorites are "16", "Get Your Head in the Game" and "Hey Batter, Batter". Darren wasn't too happy about it, but I am pretty sure he could now sing all the songs for you, too. Are we there yet???

We drove a couple hours to Soda Springs, Idaho for a lunch stop. I thought it would be a pretty big town, but it wasn't! There wasn't much of a choice for food, but we found this cute little pizza place that was a buffet and was kind of funny. We love those kind of little places! Daddy and Rylee enjoying their pizzaLogan and momLogan and Rylee in front of the pizza place

I bought the kids these little binoculars as a special surprise for the trip and to use in the car and they LOVED them! I thought it was so cute to watch them try and use them! I also found Logan this little basketball computer game for $1! He thought he was in heaven!

This is one of my favorite memories from our trip! After leaving Soda Springs, there was a sign that said "No Gas for 70 Miles" YIKES! We were seriously in the middle of NOWHERE! Of course, Logan had to go potty right in the middle of those 70 miles! So, Darren pulled over to take him and as soon as he opened the door, we were swamped by TONS of mosquitoes! He ran him over to the bushes and the poor kid was COVERED in mosquitoes while he was trying to go! Even when I cracked the window to get a picture, the whole car filled with TONS of mosquitoes - it was so gross!!! Darren ended up rushing him back and he couldn't go! He promised us he could hold it until we got to a bathroom, and he did, but then he wouldn't get out of the car until we told him there weren't any mosquitoes. Everywhere we went after that, he asked if there were going to be mosquitoes there. Poor kid! He had mosquito bites ALL over his legs and his poor little bum - It almost looked like chicken pox there were so many of them! It was so sad! He was itching all weekend.

I don't know if I have ever seen Logan SO excited as when we arrived at our hotel in Jackson, the Painted Buffalo. He was jumping on the beds and running around like crazy and STILL talks about that hotel (which really wasn't that nice...) He was especially excited to go swim in the hotel pool!

Boys playing in the pool-Logan loves to swim!

Me and Rylee chilling poolside

Rylee going for a swim with Daddy - She didn't last too long! She wasn't too sure about swimming for some reason. Rylee did have lots of fun splashing all of us and kicking her feet in the water

After swimming for a bit, we headed out to see the Bar J Wranglers and have some dinner. Once we got to the ranch, there was a car pulled over and we looked out to see this moose and her tiny baby! So cool! It is hard to see with the trees in the way, but I didn't dare to get any closer!

We had some time to walk around and explore the ranch while we waited for dinner and we had lots of fun!

Hugs for this bear from Rylee!

The ranch was lots of fun and the kids loved exploring and running around, especially after a full day of driving in the car! They really loved when they saw a squirrel and Rylee loved chasing him!

Ready for dinner!!!

Thumbs up for dinner! They serve a delicious cowboy dinner at the Bar J! We all really liked it! We sat by a couple of older ladies - one from Australia and one from Idaho - and while we were waiting for dinner, Logan asked Darren "Dad, what is pole dancing?" Darren tried to ignore him, but then he just asked even louder! I'm sure the ladies were very impressed!

Thumbs up from Rylee on her dinner, too!

The Bar J Wranglers! They were really entertaining and we had a lot of fun! It got a little long for the kids at the end, but overall, it was great!!! They were really funny and so talented! It was a really fun start to our vacation.