4th of July - Blanding: 
This year we spent the 4th of July in Blanding, UT with Terry's family. The kids decorated their bikes and scooters to be in the parade, then we went over to the fair, Terry and his brother Tom played horseshoes, we bumped into friends and cousins, and ate Navajo tacos and snowcones. Saturday (5th) Terry had planned to attend his 25th highschool class reunion, but we had the wrong time and location, so we missed it. Apparently we weren't the only ones since we heard that only 8 people showed up for the class reunion, and they are rescheduling for next year.
We also went to a Hunt Family reunion with Terry's mom's family, and got to visit with many of Terry's cousins that we haven't seen in a long time. Here are some of the "big" kids playing around. They were having a blast.
NEW BABY!!!!
Later that evening (Saturday) we headed for Salt Lake to spend the night camped out at Vicki and Derek's home in Herriman, UT to see a peek of their new beautiful baby daughter, Kiley.
YELLOWSTONE:
Sunday morning, July 6th, we started for Yellowstone, and arrived in the park in the afternoon to see a new-born elk calf and mother right as we got inside the park. We also got there just in time for a major hail and rain storm while we were waiting for our church services to start at Canyon Village. Just as the meeting was about to start, mom and dad Vreeken drove up with Cheri, Adam, Cindy, Ruston and Bella, and the rain stopped. Wayne and Ann Sundberg were there setting things up and Wayne said, "Okay, that's enough now" and the rain stopped! Thank goodness Heavenly Father was listening! We had a wonderful testimony meeting, and then we didn't get rained on again the whole trip - we had beautiful weather the whole time. The park received so much snow last year that our favorite swimming spot (Firehole River) was closed this year because of high waters. The rivers, streams and lake were at full capacity. The whole park was a month behind it's regular season so we got to enjoy many of the beautiful Spring flowers that are usually gone by July.
Monday, Dad Vreeken motored everyone out on Lewis Lake on his boat, and in the process of moving the fishermen and us girls, the gears broke, the boat stopped, and we had to get towed back to the dock. It was kind of an ordeal. Poor boat! Cindy , Cheri and I thought it was hilarious watching dad walk in the water to load his boat on the trailer in his socks! Tender little tootsies...
JACKSON HOLE:
This year we spent the 4th of July in Blanding, UT with Terry's family. The kids decorated their bikes and scooters to be in the parade, then we went over to the fair, Terry and his brother Tom played horseshoes, we bumped into friends and cousins, and ate Navajo tacos and snowcones. Saturday (5th) Terry had planned to attend his 25th highschool class reunion, but we had the wrong time and location, so we missed it. Apparently we weren't the only ones since we heard that only 8 people showed up for the class reunion, and they are rescheduling for next year.
NEW BABY!!!!
Later that evening (Saturday) we headed for Salt Lake to spend the night camped out at Vicki and Derek's home in Herriman, UT to see a peek of their new beautiful baby daughter, Kiley.Kiley is Vicki's 5th child, (Breilly, Whitney, Zazhary, Emily) and she was born with one club-foot and has to wear a cast to help straighten out her little foot. She will have to wear a brace soon until it straightens out (poor baby). She is soooo cute!
YELLOWSTONE:
Sunday morning, July 6th, we started for Yellowstone, and arrived in the park in the afternoon to see a new-born elk calf and mother right as we got inside the park. We also got there just in time for a major hail and rain storm while we were waiting for our church services to start at Canyon Village. Just as the meeting was about to start, mom and dad Vreeken drove up with Cheri, Adam, Cindy, Ruston and Bella, and the rain stopped. Wayne and Ann Sundberg were there setting things up and Wayne said, "Okay, that's enough now" and the rain stopped! Thank goodness Heavenly Father was listening! We had a wonderful testimony meeting, and then we didn't get rained on again the whole trip - we had beautiful weather the whole time. The park received so much snow last year that our favorite swimming spot (Firehole River) was closed this year because of high waters. The rivers, streams and lake were at full capacity. The whole park was a month behind it's regular season so we got to enjoy many of the beautiful Spring flowers that are usually gone by July.
Monday, Dad Vreeken motored everyone out on Lewis Lake on his boat, and in the process of moving the fishermen and us girls, the gears broke, the boat stopped, and we had to get towed back to the dock. It was kind of an ordeal. Poor boat! Cindy , Cheri and I thought it was hilarious watching dad walk in the water to load his boat on the trailer in his socks! Tender little tootsies...
We had fun doing other things in the park instead of fishing though - we saw more bears this year that we have in over 20 years. It was a lot of fun watching the animals and touring around the park. WE even went on a really neat hike in one of the geyser basins that took us up on this great trail to this neat waterfall with hotsprings coming out of the canyon sides. We even had everyone with us when we went up to the North entrance and Gardiner! It was weird not having all the siblings there this year - everyone who couldn't make it was greatly missed.
One of the downfalls of the trip was the expensive gas prices, and our generator had to be fixed - which Terry drove down to West Yellowstone to get the part he needed to try to repair it. We also had a hard time keeping our fridge going and are going to have to take it in to have a professional look at it $ $ $ (sigh)... Always something when it comes to all the toys....
One of the downfalls of the trip was the expensive gas prices, and our generator had to be fixed - which Terry drove down to West Yellowstone to get the part he needed to try to repair it. We also had a hard time keeping our fridge going and are going to have to take it in to have a professional look at it $ $ $ (sigh)... Always something when it comes to all the toys....
JACKSON HOLE:
Cindy and Ruston and baby Bella rode home with us and stopped in Jackson Hole on the way (it's tradition) and had lunch at Mtn High Pizza Pie Co. yum.... 
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