the hardie's

Hangin In There

2011-09-12T18:31:00.000-07:00

I am now 32 weeks along! This is only about 7 months, but for twins this is a pretty good accomplishment. My doctor is going to deliver me on October 11th. This is just four weeks away. He is not sure I am going to make it though because I have already started to dialate a bit. The great news is that the babies are both doing great. They should be weighing just under 4 pounds each. They are going to be gaining just under half a pound a week for the next four weeks. I have an ultrasound this Friday where they will give me an estimate on how much they each weigh.

I am huge! My doctor says that I measure larger than a full term pregnancy if it were a single baby. I get comments all the time like "You look like you are ready to pop." I feel like I am going to pop.

This pregnancy has not been too bad until I hit about 26 weeks. This is when my lower back began to hurt and each day it just kept getting worse until I could barely walk. It has been so painful! Tylenol is the only thing I can take, but it does not help at all. Because of this I have not been able to clean my house and make meals. We have hired some neighbor girls to come by and clean the house which has been wonderful. We have also been given tons of freezer meals. These things have been life savers! Other than the back pain, it now seems that everything else hurts now too. I knew that the month of September was going to be a hard one. I am just trying to survive at this point. Dave, keeps reminding me to take it only one day at a time. If I look too far ahead it just seems too overwhelming. At this point I am convinced that it will be easier taking care of two newborn babies than it is being pregnant with two babies! Seriously. I am also super excited to see these little babies. I just hope that they will be OK!

I have been working on the nursery for quite awhile and it now is done. I was going for a calming room since this is where they will hopefully be spending a lot of their time sleeping. I hope you like it.

It was very important to me to have a comfortable recliner since I will spend a lot of nights in this. This is actually the chair I have been sleeping in lately because of heart burn and it hurts my hips to sleep on my side.
As you can see, we want to name the girl Olivia. If her name ends up being different, then I will have to do some redecorating. This is the crib Nate and Paul used. It was a bit dinged up but Dave painted it and it now looks bran new. For the bedding, I could not find what I wanted at the stores so I sewed the sheet and the crib skirt.
Here is Jack's crib. We were given this crib, but it had a lot of marks on it. Dave sanded and restained it. It looks bran new too. I also sewed the bedding to match the girls.

A closer look at the crib sheets I sewed.

For the changing table, Dave painted it and I sewed the curtain and some diaper pad covers.

There was no room for the dresser, so that had to go into the closet. You can also see some of the girl clothes that I have had so much fun shopping for.

I now feel pretty much ready to have these two babies. It may sound crazy but I am really excited for it all.

Expecting Numbers 3 AND 4!!

2011-06-12T20:32:00.000-07:00

That's right, I am pregnant with twins! I thought I would share a picture of my rapidly growing belly. This is something I would never usually do since I do not feel very photogenic and am super self conscious when pregnant, but how often do you get to see someone pregnant with twins. Please do not judge.

I already feel self conscious of the fact that I have gained a TON of weight, my hair being too blond from dying it last week, and my pillows being out of order.

Right now I am 19 weeks or 4 and 1/2 months. Each week I get noticeably bigger. This is the time, if I were pregnant with one baby, when I would regularly be showing a small baby bump. I feel like this picture does not do justice to how I feel. I feel huge. I feel as if I am at least six or seven months along. I am already having a hard time sleeping. I have to go to the bathroom all the time and I struggle when I have to bend over. I still have 18 weeks to go since they will deliver me no later than 37 weeks. I am really hoping that the babies and I can make it.

The great thing about this month is that I found out the genders of my babies. One is a boy and the other a girl. I am super excited about this. It just feels right and I am excited to have a girl since I will have three boys now. I also am starting to feel them move. My doctor said that they are measuring 8 inches from their head to their toes.

You may ask, "what is it like being pregnant with twins?" The main two things are that I am very tired and very hungry. Is it double the fatigue and hunger? All I know is that it definitely exceeds my previous pregnancies. I am so tired that I struggle to get up in the mornings until the hunger pains get too strong to fight. I have to take many breaks throughout the day, and Nate has become my little helper. He helps by getting me things when I am too tired to stand. Also, if anyone ever wants to take me out to eat, I greatly appreciate it. Hint. Hint.

Everything is going very well overall. I just hope that it continues. The whole family is getting excited. Nate really wanted a little sister and Paul a little brother. They are both excited which makes me even more so. Dave is most excited with the fact that I am definitely going to need his help during the night shift after these babies arrive. Ha Ha!

A Little Bit of Everything

2011-05-29T17:23:00.000-07:00

My blog posts tend to be a feast or famine. Sorry about that. Here is a whole bunch of stuff from my latest picture upload that I thought I would share.

This past April we went on a Mexican Riviera cruise with my entire family! It was fun having our boys with us and they sure had tons of fun.

We did lots of playing at the beach, (Paul is scared of the water and freaks out if it touches his feet)
watching TV, (Nate had his face painted like a pirate at the kids center)

eating lots of food,

sand swimming.

Paul turned three while we were on the cruise. He had a party on the boat. Here the kids are playing duck-duck-goose.

Here is all of his gifts. He wears the cow boy boots along with a cow boy hat, that he got from the Hardie grandparents, every single day. I am not exaggerating.

The chefs' made him an awesome birthday cake and they all came out to sing him

'Happy Birthday". He felt so special.

He had a gigantic piece for himself, but he only ate all of the frosting.

For Easter, our City did a big Easter egg hunt. The Easter bunny was there so Nate got a picture with him;

Paul was terrified of the bunny and would not even go close to him. He does look a bit scary but Paul is scared of everything.

We went with my grandparents to their cabin at Bear Lake. I love this place. It was practically my second home growing up. I have probably been there over a hundred times.

My dad went to China with his students for a couple of weeks so my sister and I stayed with my mom. My boys sure loved spending time with their cousin Sam. They had a lot of fun playing in the hot tub.

They fell a sleep watching a movie.

Nate started playing t-ball this spring. It is a lot of fun watching all of the little boys learn to play base ball. It makes Dave and I feel like our little boy is growing up so fast. Here is a video of him batting.

My Goofy Boys!!

2011-04-03T15:25:00.000-07:00

We just finished listening to General Conference and here is the scene at our house.

The boys in my life have all done some pretty funny/goofy things lately that I would like to share.

Dave has been playing this free game we got on our ipod where a small fish tries to eat the other small fish without being eaten by the bigger fish. He has really gotten into it since Nate is always begging him to play it so he can watch him. They have a good time together with their fish game. Also, Dave got me pretty good on April Fool's day. We had a date planned, so I got the babysitter and everything all in order. Dave was to leave work no later than 5:30 and get some pizza for us to have for dimmer. We were going to be pushing it close on time with all our other plans so Dave really needed to be on time. Sorry to say this Dave, but his work very often makes him late! So I called just before and stressed to please not be late. It was getting close to the time when he was to get home with the pizza and I hadn't heard from him yet. At this time I was exhausted and very hungry from getting everything done around the house. I called him worried and asked where he was. He said that he had just left work. 45 min. behind schedule and plans ruined. I was super upset, no super, super upset, and I started to tell him just how upset I was. Just then the garage door opened and there was Dave with the pizza. I started crying and laughing at the same time knowing that he got me good but still feeling upset about him being late. Sorry about the lengthy explanation, but I had to do my side justice.

Nate and Paul have been putting on all of these roller skating pads that they have and then taking all the cushions off the couch and putting them in a pile. They then "fight" (in a non-hurting way) and do all these crazy moves while diving into the cushions. Another day they got all dressed up like this to "fight" each other. I think all this fighting stuff has come form a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie that we found at the DI. My boys are real goofy but they sure make me laugh a lot. It snowed again today!

Nate has said some pretty funny things lately. We got Nate all the children's scriptures with all the pictures. He has really enjoyed reading them. Right now he is on the Old Testament. When Dave first started this book, he was trying to explain to Nate the time period it covers. He said things like: The stories in this book are really, really old...older than Jesus. It starts when the world was first created. Later we were talking about how Dave just turned 30 years old. Nate asked how old that was and we told him it was really old. He responded, "Is it as old as the Old Testament?"

Later Dave was reading the Old Testament to him and there were animal sacrifices. He explained to Nate why they did this and that we don't do them anymore today. He told him

that we are to sacrifice other things like our time by helping out at church. Nate asked, "So we sacrifice good things like a cooked turkey?"

Paul has such a funny personality. When ever he first wakes up or gets hurt, he talks in this super high squeaky voice. In this video, he just skinned his knees for the first time ever. It was pretty traumatic for him and after ward he would not walk for a while and had to be carried everywhere. I tried to get him to walk and he would just take these tiny baby steps. It was so funny. I wish I could have gotten a video of that.

Update (I'm back!!!!)

2011-03-20T15:54:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile, but now that things have seemed to settle down a bit and I got a new camera, I am ready to start blogging. Here are some pictures of the boys and what they have been up to.

Paul has become very particular about what he wears. He loves to wear BYU shirts with boots every day! It is quite the struggle to get him to wear something else. We have four BYU shirts, thanks to Grandpa Hardie, that he goes through until they are all dirty. He gets pretty upset when all his BYU shirts are dirty and has to wear something else. The boots are an every day occurrence. He use to wear his boots without sock and it made his feet smell awful! It was real bad when he would take them off while we were in the car. We would all complain and Paul would have a big smile on his face. He loves for people to smell his sticky feet. Now it is a rule to wear socks. My neighbors just laugh when they see Paul in his BYU shirt and boots.

Nate has been learning to clean around the house. Dave had him clean all the base boards in our house and he did them all! It was funny to see how much he got into it. He has also been pretty good at cleaning his room and play room. He is sure growing up fast!

Nate and Paul have become great friends. They play very well together. They love to fight with these foam swords. It is pretty funny to watch them. They try and do all these cool moves.

Even though there is snow on the ground in this picture, it was a real warm day. The kids played at our neighbors on their driveway and about 10 other kids showed up to play. Everyone is anxious to get outside after a long winter. It is so much fun having so many kids around to play with!

Nate can really get around good on his four wheeler. Paul likes to catch rides from Nate to the play ground.

For St. Patrick's Day we had green oatmeal for breakfast.

Nate in his green shirt.

HALLOWEEN

2010-11-01T10:31:00.000-07:00

Halloween was so fun this year. It started out with a package from Grandma Hardie. The kids always get so excited when they get a package from Grandma. We then did a trick or treat at Dave's work. The kids got so much candy and they had a lot of fun showing everyone their costumes along with their moves. Then we went trick or treating on Saturday. Here in Utah it is just understood that Halloween is not on Sunday but Saturday. The kids went with their cousins at my parents house. Dave stayed at the house sick with food poisoning. It was bad. Nate also had a fever, but with the help of some children's Tylenol he would not be left behind. We had a lot of fun and now we are loaded up with candy. I love candy!

The kids were so excited about their costumes. We had them a month early and it was always a fun activity to get dressed up.

Paul was a tiger.

He had a good roar to go with his costume.

Nate was super excited to be spider man.

Everybody loved to see his moves.

Dave taught them this song.

Caribbean Cruise Top Ten Highlights #1: THANK YOU!

2010-11-01T10:19:00.000-07:00

I feel like I really need to say thanks. Thank you to my parents for planning this cruise and taking us with you. A huge thank you to my grandparents, Grandy and Grandpa Jack, for taking care of our kids so we could go. We had such a great time and thanks to all those who helped it happen.

Sorry about my horrible editing job but I really don't have the time or skills to do better.

Caribbean Cruise Top Ten Highlights #2: Six year anniversary

2010-11-01T08:36:00.000-07:00

Dave and I celebrated our six year anniversary while we were on the cruise. They even decorated for us.

At dinner we were treated with live music and a cake.

It was perfect for us to celebrate our marriage while on this cruise. For the previous three years Dave had been doing MBA night school on top of his full time and demanding job. In other words we did not get to spend much time together during those years. It was so nice that during this week we were able to spend all our time with each other and have so much fun! The week after the cruise we would go to Dave's graduation and school would be over! I was so happy because this cruise felt like such a wonderful and important turning point in our lives.

We had a lot of fun at dinner enjoying some very nice meals.
It was fun being on the sea where we couldn't see any land.

The snorkel ling was really fun and spectacular.

The diving skins we wore were so cute!

At sting ray city the water was so warm and full of beautiful fish and sting rays.

We visited some of the most beautiful places and it was great being able to do it together.

I love you Dave!

Caribbean Cruise Top Ten Highlights #3: Hidden Worlds

2010-11-01T05:49:00.000-07:00

On our stop in Cozumel, Mexico, we caught a taxi to the Hidden Worlds park.

We got on one of their trucks and began to wind our way through the jungle. On this ride we had to hold on real tight or we would have fallen off the truck! It was a crazy but fun ride.

I think these trucks were specially made for the bumpy terrain.
We then got on these bikes that hung from a line that went through the jungle.

We had great views from the top of the trees.

We even biked through some caves.

We then went on a zip line. Here is Aubree screaming.

Then we repelled through a hole in the ground that opened up into a large cave.

The cave had water in it and we also did another zip line from ground level into the water of this cave.

Here is Aubree screaming again.

Then we snorkeled in the cave and saw some real neat fish and rock formations under the water.

Me and my hubby having a great time!

At this park there were people from all over the world that worked there. It is sort of an unknown place. I think we were the only ones from our ship that went to this place. We sure had a blast.

Caribbean Cruise Top Ten Highlights: #4 Funny Things

2010-06-20T09:39:00.000-07:00

"Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis." ~Jack Handey, "Deep Thoughts," Saturday Night Live

During the cruise we laughed a lot at funny people and funny things. Often we were the funny people doing the funny things...

#1 - As we boarded the boat, the workers took an ID picture of each of us that was used throughout the trip to identify us as we boarded the boat after touring at a stop. Aubree loves to make funny faces for pictures, so she pulled one for her ID shot. Every time we boarded the boat, the crew member would chuckle or laugh out loud at her picture. We loved watching their faces and reactions. It gave us a few good laughs almost everyday. Below are a few of her funny faces (unfortunately we don't have her ID pic!).

#2 - After coming back from scuba diving and snorkeling the first time, Rick announced that we needed to clean off the salt water from our gear. We went to one of the pools to wash it off. Looking around the pool, I noticed several tough guys w/ their Barbie doll wives. They were sitting right along the edge of the pool sun bathing. They seemed annoyed that we were cleaning our stuff and making too much noise. I couldn't take it. I decided to get out and do a big cannon ball that would soak these stiff people! Granted I indirectly warned them by asking the family if I should. Rick and Taylor said that I shouldn't, but I couldn't resist. I ran and tried to make the biggest splash I could!!! People grumbled and shook their heads. Knowing at least one of the guys could take me, I immediately exited the pool, grabbed my stuff and headed back to room...laughing inside the whole time!

(the pool was slightly larger than the one furthest away in this picture)

#3 - It was several mornings into the trip before we actually went to the formal dining area for breakfast. That morning we had Corina, the Romansh waitress, for the first time. She doted on us and gave the great service you always hear about when someone talks about a cruise. Rick was not embarrassed to ask questions or see if certain exceptions could be made. Almost everything he asked for was not listed on the menu. Corina then said in English, "You make me feel...emotional." Rick turned a little red. He at first seemed to interpret this to mean he was a hunk. Mandee and I interpreted it to mean that he made her nervous with all his requests and orders!

(Eggs Benedict is one of the things not listed on the menu that we ordered that first time)

#4 - we all took turns helping Cindee eat throughout the cruise. It was fun and also made us laugh together from time to time. One night I was feeding Cindee a pallet cleanser, a Thyme sorbet. I had already eaten mine and did not enjoy it too much. After giving her a couple of bites, I asked, "Do you want any more?" She seemed to grimace and then said with hesitation, "Well...how much is left?" We all irrupted in laughter. No one had enjoyed it, and even Cindee who loves cruises mostly for the food couldn't bare the thought of more bite of pallet cleanser!

#5 - One morning we were up a little early and headed to breakfast, and Aubree seemed put out. We asked her what was up, and she responded, "I just want to punch somebody in face." Whoa! We couldn't help but laugh and repeat the line several times throughout the rest of the trip.

(For the record, she cheered up quick afterwards and had fun snorkeling)

Anyway, sorry if some of these were "had to be there" humor, but if that's the case, drop us line and we'll plan the next cruise to include you and your family too. Making fun memories like these are what make the trip really memorable in the end anyway.

Caribbean Cruise Top Ten Highlights: #5 Cayman Islands

2010-06-19T20:48:00.000-07:00

Seriously, I am horrible at keeping my blog up to date. I have got to finish this top ten about this cruise since it has been over a month since we went on it. Here I go.

Aubree and Taylor took tons of pictures and I have narrowed it down to 15 for the Cayman Islands. My dad hired a man to take us out on a private boat to different places for scuba diving.

The first place we went was Sting Ray City. Here is Aubree all ready to do her first dive as a certified scuba diver.

Dave and I snorkeled while the others were below us scuba diving. Here is Dave and I posing for the camera.

Taylor and Aubree posing for the camera. How cute!

My dad posing for the camera.

Dave and I watching the action from above.

These stings rays were everywhere!

We even got to touch them.

We saw more then just sting rays.

Aubree is so beautiful when she scuba dives.

They also did some other really deep dives where they could not take the camera and you could not see much snorkeling. Here is a boat that was saw docked in the marina. I know my kids would love to go on this "pirate" ship.

Caribbean Cruise Top Ten Highlights: #6 The Food

2010-05-24T13:13:00.000-07:00

One great thing about a cruise is that the food is all you can eat and you don't have to worry about how much it costs because it has already been paid for in the cruise ticket. This caused me to eat way too much. It is like Taylor said, "I have been eating way too much, way too often." I did gain several pounds but I sure enjoyed doing it.

My favorite meal of the day was breakfast. We really enjoyed out breakfast waiter. Her name was Corina, and she was from Romania.

Dave and I waiting for our food.

I loved getting the hot chocolate and dipping the pastries in it.

Eggs Benedict, yum!

We had to dress up fancy for a couple of the dinners. Aubree helped me do my hair. I love her face in this picture so I had to post it.

All dressed up at dinner.

Aubree loves to eat!

These are a couple of the appetisers we had.

They served lobster for dinner one night. As you can see, Aubree didn't like it too well.

My favorite part about dinner was the desert. Almost every night I would order two different ones off the menu because I couldn't decide. I still really miss having desert after every meal. The last night they brought out baked Alaska. You can see the waiters carrying the I cream that is on fire. They even did a little parade with it.

Caribbean Cruise Top Ten Highlights: #7 Honduras, Fantasy Island

2010-05-21T07:01:00.000-07:00

Once the boat docked in Honduras, we caught a taxi and it was about a 30 minute ride to our destination. I was surprised at the poverty.

We crossed this bridge to arrive at...

Fantasy Island! It was beautiful. This is not the best picture of it.
While there we saw a monkey,

found some conch shells,

and discovered these star fish.

We did some canoeing and snorkeling. Aubree, Taylor and my dad did some scuba diving. They saw a sunken ship and airplane and they also saw a cliff wall. They said it was pretty spectacular. While they were scuba diving, Dave and I took the canoe out with my mom in her tube tied behind us. It was a warm place with warm water and my mom stayed in the water the entire time. She loved it.

The boys tried snorkeling over the sunken ship and surfacing dived down to see it.

One of Taylor's life dreams was to eat a coconut, fresh from a tree. So Dave and Taylor lifted me up onto their shoulders, cheerleader style, to get this coconut down. Fresh coconut, yum!

Caribbean Cruise Top Ten Highlights: #8 The Entertainment

2010-05-19T18:17:00.000-07:00

After playing all day, we would return to the ship and enjoy the different forms of entertainment. We went swimming, hot tubing, and miniature golfing. When we were miniature golfing it was super windy. So windy that your ball would be blown around but still we did it. There were also shows at night that included a hypnotist, juggler, and comedian. I thought the comedian was super funny. At one point he was joking about the tanagers that walk around with a strut and acting like they are from the ghetto. He said he saw a kid on a cruise boat acting like this and had to laugh because the kid was obviously not from the ghetto if he is on a cruise.

The juggler playing music with a ping pong ball in his mouth.

Caribbean Cruise Top Ten Highlights: #9 Movies Under the Stars

2010-05-18T06:56:00.000-07:00

One thing that Dave and I enjoyed on our cruise was that they would show movies on a big screen that was out in the open. The first movie we saw was New Moon. It was Dave's first experience with Twilight. I thought he would not like it at all but he said it was ok. On the other hand my Dad thought it was the dumbest movie ever. The only part he thought was ok was when Bella goes to see the movie Face Punch. We also saw Sherlock Holmes and Blind Side.

Caribbean Cruise Top Ten Highlights: #10 Bahamas

2010-05-16T20:32:00.000-07:00

My parents took Dave and I along with Aubree and Taylor on a cruise to the Caribbean. It was a lot of fun. It felt like a celebration for Dave and I since he was finally done with school. There is sooooooo much to share so I thought I would do a "top ten" and do a post for the next ten days. Aubree and Taylor were the photographers and they took a billion pictures. Hope you enjoy.

Our last stop on the cruise was at a private Princes Cruise Island in the Bahamas. This was probably one of the least favorite stops we took. There wasn't much to do other than hang out on the beach and snorkel.

My mom was having a horrible time just sitting on the beach all day. Before I took this picture I told my mom to show us how much fun she was having for the camera. She thought that was pretty funny.
The boys tried out the fishing. It was not good. I don't think they caught anything.

All dressed up to snorkel.

While we were snorkeling a lifeguard man on a jet ski told us to be careful because there may be some bull sharks this time of year. I admit that snorkeling scares me for that exact reason. After that I was all done snorkeling and was quick to get out of the water.

Tomorrow #9

Dave has GRADUATED!!!

2010-05-15T07:30:00.000-07:00

I was going to do a post about our cruise that we took a couple of weeks ago, but I fiirst need to give this new accomplishment its well deserved recogmition. After three very long years of work and school, long hard days for Dave and lonely ones for his family, Dave has completed his MBA. Dave has worked very hard for this and has been prsistant, even though circumtances were very difficult. This really is such a great accomplishment. Dave and I have said that this is one of the hardest things we have ever done. Great job Dave! We are so very proud of you.

We recently had Whitney take some family picutres. Here are some of my favorites.

Now that school is over, it is time to play.

I am going to do a "Top Ten" blog post of our cruise next. I will do one everyday. So stay tuned over the next ten days to see the highlights of the cruise we took.

Easter

2010-04-05T12:24:00.000-07:00

This Easter we spent at Bear Lake. It snowed a whole bunch so we had the hunt inside. The holidays just seem to get more fun every year as our kids get older and older. Good times!

Here are some of our favorite eggs that we decorated.

Paul saying "cheese" for a picture.

My computer has been having problems with me posting videos. I had a good one of the kids opening an awesome easter package from their grandma Hardie and also one of the easter egg hunt. We just want to tell grandma Hardie thanks so much for the package. It was super exciting opening it and also playing with all the toys afterwards. The kids loved it!

My Long Lost and Forsaken Blog Returns!

2010-03-21T18:41:00.000-07:00

My sister, Aubree, has been complaining to me that I never do posts on our blog anymore. It is true. My last post was last summer! Things have been super crazy and our blog was the last thing on my mind. With Dave just finishing two of his classes and only having one more left until graduation, the heavy load feels much lighter and the blog is something I feel like I can do again and keep up on. I have tons of pictures that I want to share, so over the next couple of weeks I will try to catch up and then keep it updated from there. Here are some fun pictures and videos of the boys. These two boys of ours are definitely a bright spot in our lives.

Falling asleep while watching a movie.

Nate will spend so much of his time settng up all of his little men and animals.

Thanks Carl and Becca for these skull and cross bone PJs. They are such a favorite of theirs

Nate loves setting up his construction set on this rug.I noticed one moring that the pair of sheets that we had on our bed had a small hole in them. The boys quickly notced the hole and started having a fun time tearing them apart. I just had to smile. I am just glad that they were able to have so much fun with them before I threw them away.

While I was doing laundry one morning I realized that I could not hear Paul, so I thought I should go and check on him. I couldn't find him anywhere. I was starting to get scared and was calling out his name when he suddenly popped his head out of the blanket basket. I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Nate and Paul love getting their exercise running around the computer chair. They will do this for quite a while. I love watching Paul's little legs move as fast as they will go.

My little sister had a baby!

2009-10-16T07:29:00.000-07:00

This post is a bit late since Aubree's baby is almost three week old. She named Him Samuel Taylor. He was born three weeks early so it was a bit of a surprise. He still weighed 7 lbs. My mom and I were able to go see him when he was only two days old! It was so much fun being with my mom, sister and her little family. I couldn't get over how small Sam was. Newborns are so much fun!

My mom bought Aubree this beautiful rocking chair. She sure got spoiled while we were there.

I just want to say THANK YOU to all those who watched my kids so that my mom and I could have this wonderful experience.

Yellowstone Cont.

2009-07-26T16:30:00.000-07:00

Here are some more Yellowstone videos that would not fit in the last post.

Lower Falls.

Dave diving into the freezing cold water.

Old Faithful.

Yellowstone

2009-07-26T15:50:00.000-07:00

Last weekent we went on a trip to Yellowstone. We had a lot of fun and it was especially neat to experience Yellowstone through the excitement of our kids. Our camera had been broken for several months and we got a new one just before we left for Yellowstone. We took a ton of pictures.

An elk that was in the middlle of the road walked right next to our car.

Paul looking over the edge of fishing bridge.We didn't see many fish.

At a local store they had stuffed bears that the kids loved sitting on.

We drove a ton on this trip. The kids got real sick of their car seats.

This is the Dragon Hot Pots. It sounded like their was a Dragon breathing behind the rocks. Nate got a real kick out of this one.

The lower falls. This was pretty spectacular. It was huge.

The boys swimming in the lake. It was freezing cold.

For some reason Paul got a kick out of laying on the sand.

Nate's favorite thing is to be buried in the sand.

Old Faithful. Nate forcing a smile.

Dave and Old Faithful.

Nate waving to a buffalo.

Dragon Hot Pots.

Pauly Wog

2009-06-29T21:11:00.001-07:00