TRIP WEST

An elk we saw going through Yellowstone Park and Tower Fall!  So I'm still catching up, I get the Utah and Idaho pics up soon! I am still figuring this blogging thing out!  I couldn't get this in the order I wanted it, but don't want to redo it!!! I've learned for next time.
Mommy and Avery in front of the cabin leaving and off to see Josh, Kim and their family in Idaho Falls!
Joey really enjoyed scenic Montana and all the wildlife.  He and Ben wanted to see a bear so bad!  My Aunt two cabins down left some food in her car and the windows half down just two nights before we got there.  Somehow a bear got into her car and completely devoured her driver seat, middle console and the entire back seat.  She said the funniest part of the story was the call to the insurance company.  So, Ben and Joey woke up one morning at 5:30am to set out and find some wildlife.  They didn't find any bears but they saw 6 moose that were only about 15 ft. from where they were 4-wheeling.  


Spending time with Rachel's grandma and grandpa.  They are 90 years old and have been married for 69 years. They still act so in love!!!  They are adorable... While we were there I gave my grandma a much needed perm and haircut.  After she was all ready for church my grandpa said, my goodness I get to take that beautiful thing to church with me!!!  I love them so much!!!
We rode up Daisy pass and ventured off on some small trails to an old gold mine.  Ben and his fiance came up for a day and Joey and Ben were determined to find some real gold!



We did a lot of four-wheeling!  Avery even had a good time and was fascinated by all the new things around her.
They caught a little fish in the river in front of the cabin, she is definitely a daddy's girl... I 

put bows in her hair and dress her up and she yanks the bows out and gets so messy:(  but she'll sit and watch football or go fishin'

with daddy!

More pictures of Montana/ Avery & Daddy fishing by the river in front of the cabin


July 31, 2008

Our trip began immediately following Joey's Biology final (which he aced!).  We then drove straight to Lincoln, Nebraska and arrived at 4:30 AM.  It took about 15 hrs and Avery was AMAZING!!!  She did not fuss the entire trip in the car except for when she was hungary and we would make her a bottle and she was fine.  The only problem was that when we would arrive to our destination, Lincoln for example, she was ready to play!  We finally got her to sleep at about 5 and then we got up and hit the road at 8:30 AM and headed for Montana!

August 1, 2008

The drive to Montana was a long one.  It also was about 15-16 hours, and the drive across Nebraska was brutal.  then in Wyoming Joey was pulled over and got a ticket for going 12 over (we just wanted to get there) but the cop gave us a $10 discount for wearing our seat belts!  and the ticket was only $60 in georgia it would have been over $150!  Anyway so we stopped in Cody,Wy before going up into Cooke city, Mt to do some grocery shopping because there isn't anywhere to in Cooke City.  Then we arrived to Cooke City around midnight.

August 2, 2008

We woke up and had breakfast and We took a 4-wheeler ride around paradise acres (the land that Rachel's family owns) and then took the 4-wheelers up some of the trails.  The picture above was one of Joeys favorite places called Sheep mountain.  The lens on the camera was dirty so it is kinda cloudy and the picture just doesn't do it justice.  Standing up there we could count over 10 different lakes! the picture is looking just to the right there are more to the left.