Bound for Yellowstone

Oh, how I have continually thought of updating our blog night after night as I drift off to sleep.  But then I would think about the last four months of pictures that needed to be downloaded and it all seemed a little daunting.  Tonight however, I decided I would just get down to it and share just how busy our life seems to have become and of course what fun we have been running into along the way.

Recently, the Clark family moved back to Montana!  We really missed them during their years in Colorado, and now that they are back living in Bozeman, we have been working on meeting up when we can.   Our first adventure was bound to be good...at least we really hoped!  Yellowstone here we come!

We were lucky enough to make a three day weekend for our trip and headed to Bozeman on a Friday afternoon.  I hope I never forget the first few minutes that Ryerson and Dakota got reacquainted again.  Ryerson walked right up to Dakota and said "hi cutie pie"!  These two kids play together so well, and I am so excited for them to grow up around one another.   

Ryerson and "cutie pie" sharing a horse ride.

Leg stretching, running around and lunch time in the park.

 Sticks and cookies...good stuff.

 Headed to Old Faithful.  Ryerson is ready to see this gyser in action!  The wait time to witness Old Faithful's eruption can be any where from 60-110 minutes.  We lucked out and waited maybe 15 minutes.

 Say what!  That water is shooting way up into the air!
Unfortunately the pics of Old Faithful showing us her magnificent water display were deleted from the  camera.  Just imagine how cool it would look :)

 Yellowstone's landscape is extremely diverse.  Here are a few pics of things we stumbled upon.

 So the buffalo...yes they are HUGE and there are A LOT of them.  But, I see buffalo when I drive to Missoula or Stevensville every week to buy groceries  So while it was cool to see them living in the wild, we weren't about to stop and take pictures of them.  We stuck the camera out the window instead.

 Beautiful waterfall we stopped off at.

 First trip to Yellowstone as a family.

Lacy, Soren, Ty and Ryerson Clark.

I didn't take as many pictures of our trip as I had hoped to.  The sun was really bright and everytime you stop to look at something, you have 20 people walking around you or in front of your camera.  We are most certainly looking forward to returning to the park in the near future and spending more time in each of the areas.