family trip photos

In August we went on a fun trip with my family to St. George, and somehow I missed putting all the photos up here! Enjoy :)

St. George

We had a great time with my family last week in St. George! We stayed down there for a week in a fun house my parents rented. James absolutely LOVED swimming in the pool and spending so much time with some of his favorite people! There will be more pictures to come - here is a fun panoramic one I took in Snow Canyon.

Beautiful Wyoming

After driving through Wyoming, we discovered that not only is it pretty much out in the middle of nowhere (at least the part we drove through), but it is also actually really pretty! We got some really cool pictures as we drove, and I thought I'd share a bunch of them. I wish we had gotten a picture of one part of the drive, though - I think it's a little north of Evanston, you drive up a hill and all of a sudden there are windmills everywhere - maybe even a hundred or so. It was the coolest thing - I actually slept through most of it on the drive up, and it was dark on the way back. It was such a neat thing, some of them were really close to the road.

There was a satellite radio in the truck, and there was a Coldplay station that just played Coldplay all day long - we actually listened to it for a big portion of the trip and surprisingly didn't get tired of it at all - they are such a great band! We had a great time driving together as a little family, and I'm sure we'll go on lots more fun road trips like this one in the future.

Rockpile Museum

While planning our little trip to Wyoming, I did a little research online to find out if there was anything fun to do (or anything at all to do) in Gillette. Well, pretty much the only thing I came up with was the Rockpile Museum - which sounds fascinating, no? Well, it turns out it really isn't a museum dedicated to rocks, it actually has some cool pioneer/cowboy artifacts. We went for a little while and it was actually kind of fun.

my boys in front of a cool sheepherder's wagon

in front of a doctor's buggy

our little cowboy

Daddy showing James how to ride a horse

we couldn't pass up this opportunity...

my favorite

swimming!

We got to go swimming twice while we were in Wyoming, and James loved it! He is so much fun, we just love him :)

heading to the pool!

splashing with Daddy

kicking with Mommy - he was a great little kicker!

all warm and comfy