I do too have hair!

We were at a tourist shop and found this indian braid of black hair and couldn't resist the urge to pose for a picture, since Riley has no hair.

Rainy Day

During our time there, the weather didn't hold up at all times. Therefore, we had to entertain the kids indoors. They had these mats and we built forts. It was nice for the kids to get a quiet box to themselves, or a great big one, or even a tunnel. Riley had a great time in the tunnel, whereas Corwin and Sophie enjoyed a box to themselves.

Fire is Powerful

Eli was asked to give a prayer for the food. When he prays, instead of saying the opening in full words, he usually slurs them all together in one "Hevnfaderanksday" or in other words, "Heavenly Father, Thank you for this day." As he was blessing the food, he got side-tracked and blessed the fire, several times. He would say "Thank you for the fire, bless the fire and fire is powerful." He certainly learned about the power of it as he got burned a few times. The first wasn't too bad as he picked up a coal off of the Dutch Oven and threw it into the fire. Fortunately, he is still in this "band-aids fix everything" phase and he felt better after we put burn ointment and one band-aid for each finger on the injured hand. Unfortunately, the other burn was worse than the first. He walked past the fire burning stove and brushed his arm against it. It was so bad, that it blistered and oozed. That burn needed a band-aid. Several days later, on our way home, he rubbed it while in the car and screamed horribly for a few minutes. We pulled over and tried to find a band-aid and couldn't find one. we pulled over and Jeron, Oly and I were looking everywhere we could for one. A policeman pulled over and we asked him for one. He did have one and we were on our way again. The moral of the story is, band-aids fix everything and policeman save the day.

Summer at the Koyle House.

Here we are at the Koyle Family (Jared's Parents) because Jared is doing a rotation (for about 3 weeks) at the hospital in Tremonton. During the week we will be in Tremonton and on the weekend, we will be back home so Jared can work. We had a good time with Eli's cousins, aunts and uncles. One evening, we were at dinner and Eli was eating some salad and he turned to me and said, "Ima herbabor." He meant herbivore. He laughed a little and turned to Rachelle, who wasn't laughing at the time, and said "Rachelle, laugh with me." After that comment, she did.

This is the cabin that we stayed at for the week. It belongs to John's in-law's family. The pictures above is the view from the front of the cabin. One morning the lake fogged over. Eli said "It disappeared." Corwin said "It's a mystery."

Buffalo Chips!

These are some of the best shots of Buffalo that we took in Yellowstone. My father and brother hate it when people take the whole road just to see a few buffalo, therefore, a lot of the pictures we took were in the car. The ones posted turned out, but most of them didn't.

Also, one funny story. Grandma was explaining to Eli the purpose of buffalo chips. He looked at her and said I want one. He was probably thinking that they were more like potato chips.
Last funny story about buffalo. Oly and I wanted Jeron to take some pictures of the buffalo babies. He also saw some buffaloes pooping and we thought he took more pictures of buffaloes pooping, than the babies.

Yellowstone 1 of ......?

During the week of my birthday, my entire family decided to celebrate me and spend a week in Yellowstone. Therefore, the next few blogs occurred there.
One of my brother Jeron's favorite pastimes of Yellowstone is the sign below. It is meant as a warning to patrons to stay on the path. It strikes him so funny that the girl wouldn't run for help or do something. She just stands there, pointing. Also, the man in the backround is walking away with no emotion, as if to say "That aint my kid."
Jeron and I thought it was so funny, we thought we would make fun of the sign while posing for some land marks.