Sunday, July 31, 2011

Yellowstone Part 4

We spent the last day at the park at Yellowstone Lake.  We roasted hot dogs for lunch and had s'mores too.  And of course, who could forget cheese puffs?!  : D
We thought it was the perfect way to end the week.  We had seen lots of beautiful things and today we just relaxed, talked and splashed around in the cold water.

Yellowstone Part 3

The next day we visited the "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone."  We saw beautiful waterfalls, a fast-flowing river, and tall, thin pine trees.  We had a good day hiking and checking out the scenery.

Yellowstone Part 2

The first day at the park was centered around Old Faithful area.  We saw lots of geysers and hot spots with their beautifully-colored bacteria surrounding them.  We mostly viewed the park with Paul's uncle's family and Paul's sister Cheryl.  That's why our pictures only really have them. :D

Our drive into the park to get to Old Faithful took a long time!  We wondered for a long time what it was that people were looking at and causing such slow traffic.  Buffalo.  There were a ton of buffalo right next to the road!  It was pretty neat to see these huge animals up close.  We saw mostly buffalo in the park.  We did see a big buck; and we almost hit a fox.  But other than that we didn't see too many other big animals.  But it was still cool to see what we did see.


Sunday, July 17, 2011

Yellowstone Part 1

The last week of June Paul's Jensen's had a family reunion in Yellowstone.  We got a few cabins in West Yellowstone and then had access to the park for a few days.  I'll break it up by day, so it's not an overload of pictures!

The first day we drove up.  :D  
Paul's uncle needed a camping and an RV spot with electricity and weren't able to make it until later.  We went up early so we could get them the spot that they needed.  We set up a little tent to signify that that spot was taken.  Glenn had a lot of fun playing in that little tent.  He kept calling it his "little house".  He had been sitting in the car and loved getting out and playing.  

Girl's Camp

My calling in my ward is the MiaMaid advisor and as such I was asked to participate in our stake girl's camp.  I didn't have too many responsibilities, so mostly I got to sit around and enjoy being there.  I took lots of pictures and just enjoyed getting to know the girls in our ward better. 
 (All but one of the leaders)