Yellowstone

For Memorial Weekend, we went with Chris and Amanda to Amanda's cabin in Ashton (an hour from Idaho Falls where she is from). Yellowstone happens to be about 40 minutes away from the cabin, so we went and explored for two days. It was my first time, so it was pretty exciting. There is so much to see and we pretty much saw everything except a moose. We saw 4 black bears, elk, bison, bald eagles, osprey, Mule deer, American white pelicans, and trumpeter swans. Not to mention there is also geyser after geyser too see, a lot of waterfalls, and rivers. It is so beautiful there and the weather couldn't have been better. We also saw "Pirates 3" on opening day in Idaho Falls and the play "Footloose" at the Playmill in West Yellowstone on Saturday thanks to Amanda's mom. I absolutely LOVED Pirates. It was one of the best memorial weekends I've ever had. These are some of my favorite pictures.

A Bison.
Fountain Paint Pots
Old Faithful
There was a breeze that pushed the steam back enough to see the pretty blue water.

Casey standing in the steam. I think he looks like a ghost.

A picture on one of the boards warning you not to stand on the geysers...

...and our representation of the same picture. Directed by Chris and taken by Amanda : )

In '86 there was a fire in Yellowstone, so you would often see patches of these bare trees.

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Lower Falls

Rainbow on Upper Falls

Dragon's Mouth Geyser

A slideshow of some more pictures

"Oh sweet mercy! A lime green hatchback. It's a thing of beauty!"

I pass this car every day when I go and take Casey lunch and had to share it with those that had seen the commercial. It starts with a guy on his computer uploading a picture of a lime green hatchback and his wife comes up and says, "Honey, who is going to want your lime green hatchback." Then the shot changes to another guy wearing lime green clothing, in a room completely decked out with lime green everything, looking at the picture of the lime green hatchback, and he says, "Oh sweet mercy! A lime green hatchback. It's a thing of beauty." It is one of the funniest commercials. I tried to find a clip of it online, but with no luck, so you will have to go with my description, which might just make you think, "I guess you had to be there." : )

Attack of the Ants

Casey and I came home last night and Casey pointed this out to me. At first glance it looked like a pile of dirt. There were so many in such a small area that we couldn't see exactly why they were there. It reminded me of an old movie called "The Naked Jungle" with Charleton Heston that I used to watch on TV whenever it was on. It is about these army ants that attack a plantation. I recommend it if you like old movies.

Cosmo

We went to the last 4 baseball games of the season (one against UVSC and the other three against Utah). We won every single one and they were really good games. I learned how to score baseball on those little sheets they give you too. I was quite proud of myself and it was fun to be able to recall some of the stats throughout the game. Anyways, at the Saturday game I took my first picture with Cosmo. I figured it was a must for me before we left.

Drip, Drip, Drop Little April Showers

Well, it wasn't April, and it really wasn't a shower (just a sprinkler), but this made me think of that song in Bambi when it starts raining. Instead of just soaking the grass, the water just kind of gathered and created these pretty looking droplets.

Mother's Day

For Mother's Day we went up to my parents for dinner with Chris and Amanda. We had a wonderful dinner and great time hanging out and playing games. I'm so thankful for my mom and the great example that she has been to me. I couldn't ask for a better mother. I love you mom!

Putt-Putt

One night we were thinking of something to do with Chris and Amanda, so Casey suggested that we go play mini golf. Mini golf for Casey is like bowling for me, it's the challenge of beating the other person that makes you continue playing. Since we've been married, I've only beat him once at bowling and he's only beat me once at mini golf. The boys also decided that they wanted to play boys vs. girls. Well, the girls won : ) (thanks to my skills and Amanda's three hole-in-ones), and the boys being poor losers cheated as much as they could throughout the game (typical). It was a lot of fun, and Casey has still only beaten me once : )

Amanda
Happy Gilmore : )

Chris

Casey measuring to get the best angle for his stroke. It actually worked pretty well.

The winners!