We went Camping! We haven't been up to the Tetons in several years and decided it was high time we saw the mountains in person again.Overall the trip was very fun and exciting. . . and a few other things. You know how vacation can be with kids, right? Putting aside the barfing, the crying, the "accidents", and the whining we had a great time. Here are some pics from our fun adventure:
1) What?! We are going camping today? I just woke up!
2) Riding in the car. After lots of crying baby, 2 barfing incidents, 1 "accident", 2 poppy diapers, several potty break stops, and 5 1/2 hours, we finally made it to Colter Bay. I tell you, we will not be driving long distance again for a while.
3) This was about the only time the baby was in the car and NOT crying. Ugh!
4, 5, 6, 7) Our lovely accommodations. We stayed at the tent cabins at Colter Bay. They were really fun. We were able to keep the baby out of the dirt and away from the bugs, but we still felt like we were "camping". Plus the girls had lots of room to explore and run, and we met some nice people. We also saw a red fox, a bat, a squirrel (who was very mad at us), and lots of fat whistle pigs.
8) Washing dishes outside was considered fun. I had lots of helpers.
9, 10) Brynny won the award for the dirtiest camper.
11, 12) Riding the boat across Jenny Lake
13) Hiking to Hidden Falls
14, 15) We made it to Hidden Falls! We got lots of cute comments and a couple of dirty looks about us hauling a tiny baby up the trail. The older two were great little hikers. Brynny even got to be the "judge" for a while.
Syd tried to head up the trail to where the Exum guides were practice climbing with their students. I think she wanted to join in.
16) Baby got a bath in a wash tub.
17) Hanging out at the tent cabin- Brynny's blanket was dubbed "Stinky Pinky" by the time we got home.
18) Going for a walk around the tent cabin loop. We found a squashed squirrel and Syd wanted to poke at it.
19) The girls resting after a hard day hiking- we later went down to the lake and threw rocks and Shawn and Syd even went swimming in the VERY cold water.
20) We went down to look at the dam. We threw lots of rocks in the water.
It was so great to be in the Park again. Of course it made me all nostalgic and itchy to get in the mountains. It was so fun to just wander around Colter Bay, see the lake, visit the Lodge, and just see the mountains. We really enjoyed the tent cabins and look forward to trying to get back up to the Tetons next year. The girls said as we were leaving "We are going to miss this place!" Me too!
We have had quite a few FIRSTS at our house lately. Here are some pics to commemorate them. (BTW-I have been into picture mosaics lately. If they bug, someone is going to have to tell me). 
