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Today we drove from Jackson Hole to Yellowstone!  We couldn’t get enough of the beautiful drive up next to the Teton range!  The mountains are just stunning!

Along the drive we also had a rare moose sighting so we had to stop and take a bunch of pics.  🙂  Moose tend to be shy and stay in the trees and low river areas out of site, but not this one!

We finally arrived in Yellowstone probably a bit too late (stopped too many times to enjoy the views along the way), but that wasn’t going to stop us seeing as much as possible!  🙂

We had a GREAT time spending the entire day driving around the park, seeing all sorts of mud pots, geysers, and other types of things.  The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is always one of our favorites and is so beautiful!  It was a little on the cool side, but the day was gorgeous and perfect for sightseeing!  Below are some pics we took throughout the day…

The boys had never been to Yellowstone and Kirstyn doesn’t remember much from the last time we came, so it was a great experience for all!  We love getting into the outdoors.  This is a great time of year to visit the park, because there are not as many tourists around.  The animal population is a little sparse, so you don’t see as much wildlife, but that’s OK with us.  We’ll trade that for being able to park at sites and not have to worry about tons of people making a ton of noise!  🙂

When it got dusk, we left the park and drove to West Yellowstone where we stayed for the night.  We had great luck with the hotel there as well.  If you’re ever in West Yellowstone, the Stagecoach Inn is the place to stay!  It’s on a national historical register and the furnishings are awesome!  The whole inside of the place is filled with stuffed wildlife…

We were really tired and couldn’t determine what we wanted to eat, so we just went and got huge ice cream cones for dinner!  🙂

Tomorrow we’re off to Rexburg to pick up Brittany and then on to Idaho!

Today we left on a family extended weekend trip up to Jackson Hole, Yellowstone, and Idaho for a baptism.  We had a wonderful drive together up to Jackson hole together.  It was really beautiful once we got out of southern Wyoming and up into the mountain areas!  The hotel we stayed at there in Jackson was wonderful!  It’s called the Parkway Inn and came highly recommended from Trip Advisor.  The inside was very quaint and rustic and the room was great!  We even had our own little patio to relax outside on.  🙂

We walked around Jackson and enjoyed the evening.  The highlight was a pizza dinner at Piny G’s, a Diner’s Drive-ins and Dives recommendation.  We just HAD to go there!  🙂  The pizza was amazing and unique.  The boys really loved the “Abe Froman” sausage pizza, and the girls loved the “Funky Chicken” pizza.

The owner was there tonight and we had a chat with him about how he got started here and the whole Diner’s Drive-ins and Dives experience.  He was really nice.  We got a picture with him!

While the girls explored more of Jackson, the boys and I went back to the hotel and went swimming.  It seems like that’s the only thing the boys want to do when we stop at hotels.  🙂

Tomorrow we’re headed off to Yellowstone!

Jackson Hole.  Pizza, etc.

Today we went to the airport and picked Angela up from her trip to the Philippines!  It’s great to have her back home!  She had a GREAT time!  The only bad thing was that she put all her pictures from most of her trip on a USB key she bought over there and when we tried to get them off, we couldn’t!  🙁  YIKES!  Well, we do have all of  Carla’s and all of Angela’s are on her mom and dad’s backup hard drive so we’ll get them in July when they come home.  🙁  Here are a couple of pics from her trip…

There are hundreds more that Angela would want to post here, but these will have to suffice.  Many others will end up in our family album we do!  🙂  Glad to have you back sweetie!

Today we had a bit of a scare…  Kirstyn was singing and dancing around the house while I was out mowing the lawn and she rolled her ankle really bad!  I didn’t hear her yelling, but I happened to look over at the sliding glass door and saw her laying on the floor trying to get my attention!  I ran in and took a look.  We thought it might be broken, so after a couple hours of watching it, we took her to the emergency room where the did x-rays and the works.  Poor girl!  Turns out it’s a severe sprain (almost torn).  They gave her a boot and told her she had to wear it and try to stay off of it as much as possible (but to use crutches to get around).  She was devastated as they have a couple of BIG marching band competitions coming up!  🙁  She’s bound and determined to march regardless, so we’ll see how it goes!

One funny thing that happened while we were there is that the x-ray technician working at the hospital that night actually recognized Ben (she did his head scan when he cracked his skull) and asked him how he was doing!  🙂  That’s what we love about living here!  🙂  He told her his head was all better and that we now have covers on the window wells.  🙂

Today, I took Angela to the Denver Airport where she met Carla and they both took off to the Philippines!  They got stuck in Tokyo and had to stay there overnight because of delays and such, so they didn’t get to Manila when they were supposed to, but they were able to reach Mom and Dad Hobbs and let them know they were OK but would be late!  They are so excited to visit Elder and Sister Hobbs and spend the next 10 days with them!  Angela will have to post some pictures and write about the experience when she gets back!  🙂

We’ll miss you!

Zach had a soccer game today (fortunately it was local this week) and he did a great job!  His coach is great and he is really learning a lot!

Keep working hard on it Zach!  Great job!

This morning we got up early, hit the first sacrament meeting in North Ogden and then drove down to Spanish Fork to visit Greg and Lisa and their new baby!  As I said yesterday, Grandma and Grandpa were also there…

After hanging out for awhile with them, we left and made the quiet drive across I-70 home.  It’s good to be back home.