yellowstone family vaction

We waited patently all summer for the day dad was not so busy so we could go camping.  October and the day finally came.  Here we are not quite to Yellowstone.  We spent the first night here in the tin cup area.  We saw a moose and the boys tried out the fishing.  We of course had the place to ourselves.  The drive up was beautiful, because of all the fall colors. I loved it.

Addler and Ruxton

Holdan, he loved camping

Here we all are at Old Faithful waiting for her to blow.

My crew Addler, Ruxton, Holdan, Maestin they had little animal check offs that they took very seriously, and we checked off a lot of animals.

Holdan thought he was so funny with his book marker in his back pocket, I think he is pretty darn cute.

And she begins her blow, the boys thought it was cool.

Ruxton, Addler, Maestin, Holdan, Mom. Dad

We did a lot of driving and getting out and checking things out.  We didn't miss a thing, even if it was a little rainy and cold.

Maesin and Addler being silly.

I think this is the "Yellowstone Grand Canyon"

Addler, Maestin, Holdan, Ruxton, Austin

Maysi, Addler, Maestin, Holdan, Ruxton, Austin

We drove the entire park, here we are watching a black grizzle bear.  It was cool.  The elk were just coming out of the rut, and I wanted to hear them bugle pretty bad.  So at one stop we saw a heard of them and Austin told Ruxton to cry out like an elk.  Not seconds later we heard the Bull call.  It was so cool.  He even came out of the trees, rounded up his girls and went back up into the timber.  The boys thought they were awesome and all tried the call, Ruxton had the vote for the best call.  We did this three four times over the time we were there.  This was probably our favorite memory.

We missed wolves just in the background earlier that morning.  So, the next morning we were up early to go and check them out, they closed the roads because of snow!

Holdan just playing while we are waiting for the bear to come out again.

Yes, it snowed on us, we were lucky enough to see, fall and winter in Yellowstone and it was beautiful!  Of course this didn't slow the boys down.

I love that my boys like each other They are each others best friends.  

Addler and Ruxton

Maestin and Holdan waiting for the trailer to warm up.  We drank a lot of hot coco, but we still had fun.

My boys that I love so much.  I love to go on vacation with just our family.  We have such a good time with each other.  I love the memories that we make as we go on our adventures.  And they are all game to do whatever, and everyone pitches in to help.  This was a fun trip and we are already planning our next trip for the coming year.