Our first vacation as a family was at Yellowstone National Park. We started our trip by stopping at Grandma and Grandpa Packer's house in Idaho to spend the night. Ashlee had a ton of fun playing with cousins. She actually crawled for the first time on all fours at their house. The next morning we headed to Yellowstone and stayed for three nights. We did tons of fun stuff, like hikes and watching Old Faithful. Even though it was fun, it was exhausting as well, and we are very glad to be home!
Here are some highlights from our trip:
Before we got into Yellowstone Park, we stopped for lunch at a diner. I love Ashlee's huge smile in this picture.
This close-up of Ashlee was taken in the tiny cabin where we spent our first night at the park. The worst part was the heat didn't work very well so we were pretty cold. Good thing it was only one night! The next two nights we spent at a much more comfortable hotel.
Here we are about to go on our first hike at Yellowstone Park. Ashlee got a great view during our hikes from the carrier on Scott's back.
We saw a lot of buffalo by the side of the road while driving through the park. This buffalo decided to cross the road and block traffic.
We took a fun hike of Mammoth Hot Springs.
We were able to get very close to the hot springs because of the walkways that were built right over them. It was pretty cool. I mean hot. : )
It was amazing to get so close to animals. I took this picture of a deer from the other side of a small stream.
This scene was so gorgeous, I just had to get a picture of it.
One of the hikes that we did was a beautiful hike to Mystic Falls. Here Scott took a picture from behind of me and Ashlee with the waterfall as a backdrop.
At the waterfall, we were able to get someone to take a family picture for us.
Here we are waiting for Old Faithful to erupt. Ashlee looks so cute in her hat!
More buffalo from the car on our way out of the park.
What a tiring vacation! Ashlee slept most of the way home in the car.
