YELLOWSTONE

Ammon didn't have school Thursday and Friday so I packed up the kids and we headed for Yellowstone.  Poor Jeff had to stay behind and work.  We left Thursday morning and drove to West Yellowstone and checked into the hotel.  We had packed a lunch so we could have a picnic in the park but the weather forced us to change our plans.  After we ate our lunch in our hotel room we headed out in search of some animals.  The kids had such a fun time looking for animals.  We stopped to look at some Bison and I thought Kellan was going to have a heart attack as one approached the Yukon.  I kept trying to reassure him he was safe inside the car.  He wasn't so sure about that big ole bison getting so close. We were able to go see Old Faithful go off and then we had to head back to the hotel because the roads were closing.  The kids didn't mind because they all wanted to go swimming. We spent almost three hours in the pool...I was done after one.  It was exhausting trying to handle three kids in a pool by myself.  The next morning we had some breakfast in the hotel and then headed back into the park. It was snowing pretty good so the dark animals really stood out. Ammon was so excited to be able to see the animals so well.  We loved being there in a blizzard because it made everything so beautiful. We stayed in the park till about 3 pm and then headed home so we could make it back for Uncle Tanner's football game.  We had such a good time together. I was very impressed at how well they all did and how much fun they had.