Tanner's 18th birthday

 Tanner wanted to go to an indoor surfing place for his

birthday.  This is Bryce

 Standing in line for their turn

 Bryce

 Tanner

 Greg

Greg trying not to fall, but ending up running through

the water! 

 Greg finally getting the hang of it!

Tanner and Bryce got the hang of it pretty quick.  They

had a lot of fun!  Maybe someday they go surfing for 

real!  I wonder if its similar to this??

Beauty of Yellowtone

 Yes, this little girl is part of the beauty of Yellowstone!  

Shea is becoming a beautiful young woman!

 Braden and Tanner kept us laughing!

 Friends forever!

 Those hot pots are so beautiful!

 Tanner was the only one of our kids that could

come with us.  Bryce had a LaCrosse Tournament that

he couldn't miss.  

 Waiting for Old Faithful

 There she blows!

 Funny boys!

 Tanner and Braden being entertained by their surroundings!

 The ear shaped pot

 The cheese pot

 This is my favorite!  Absolutely beautiful!!

Waterfalls

Animals we saw in Yellowstone

 We saw this coyote on the side of the road

 I always thought they were ugly, mangy animals.  But this

one was really quite pretty!

 We saw lots of elk

 And a herd of buffalo.  Bliss and I got really close to 

these huge buffalo (well, Bliss got closer than I did) and

she got great pictures!!

This is me taking a picture of  Bliss taking the picture of the buffalo!

UEA Weekend at West Yellowstone

 Playing games in the hot tub

 We went to West Yellowstone with the Sawyers.  It was a 

small part of our family (only Greg, me and Tanner).

And Most of the Sawyer family (just Andrew was 

missing!)

 Minute to Win It Games in the condo

 Tyson playing the ping pong ball game

 Kayla

 Tanner picking up noodles

 Braden trying not to laugh while picking up noodles

 Shea head banging!  She had a nasty headache when that

was done!

 Greg picking up noodles

 Tanner had the idea (he shook his whole body instead

of just his head)

Braden was a moose

Christa's new nanny family

 Christa is now living in Pacific Palisades California where she

will be a nanny for a cute family.  There are two children.

The little girl is 4 1/2 years old and there is also a baby boy 

who is 8 months.  He was taking a nap so we couldn't

get a picture of him.

They are super nice people and Christa already loves them!

And I'm sure she is going to have a great time living in Sunny

Southern California right by the beach!  Just in time too!  

Winter is soon coming to Cache Valley!

California trip!

 Bliss and I drove with Christa to California this weekend to

start her new nanny job.  We had a great time in sunny 

California!  Yummy crepes!

 We stayed with Bliss' dad and his wife Madeline in 

Huntington Beach.  He took us to a flea market one

morning.  

 Larry is a lot of fun!  He is a retired clown and magician,

so there is never a dull moment when you are with him!

 Awww, how cute!  Bliss and her daddy!

 Really?  Do people eat this??  Its really pokey!!

 Christa reading down on the deck outside Larry's

condo.

 We walked over to Huntington Beach and watched

the kite surfers for awhile.

 The sky was clear and it was beautiful!

 A little windy....but that is what the kite surfers like.

 The karate kid girls

 Beautiful flowers everywhere!

 Larry's condo from the back which overlooks the

Marina.

 Fun kayaking

 Even I did it.  It was fun until I had to try to climb up

onto the deck.  Then it was just FUNNY!  I resembled

a beached whale.....

 Walking around in Santa Monica

 My favorite traveling buddy!

 We met up with my cousin Marcella and her baby

Isabella in Santa Monica.  She lives pretty close by.

 Isabella loved chasing the birds!

 There was a memorial on the beach of the fallen

soldiers from Iraq.  This man was just placing

these caskets here...

 You can't see this tree very well, but it was really cool!