Mesa Falls/Yellowstone

When I realized I had missed posting about the first day of school, I also saw that I never blogged pics from our Mesa Falls/Yellowstone adventure. Since we go almost every year I wanted to post it because it is fun to see how the girls change and we always have a grand outdoor adventure when we go.

The stairs leading down to the falls are so pretty with the foliage all around! I have taken many a picture on these stairs. 

 

 Brian lifted Bree up to look at the falls and it freaked her out! Poor baby was terrified!!

 Look at that rainbow in the falls!

 Sadie and her cute toothless smile!

 They have a lot of fun things to look at in the lodge. Emmy is such a crackup!

 We ate in West Yellowstone at our favorite pizza place called Wild West Pizzeria. We usually do a build your own pizza option and they have unique toppings like Gouda cheese that gives the pizza a different taste. LOVE IT!

 Then we were off to hit a few places in Yellowstone.

 We always go to the Painter Pots.

 Brian in the back doing a photobomb!

 Little legs get tired so Brian and I both got great workouts that day. I always got Bree and Brian got Emmy. I was in pretty darn good shape by then after running so much in the summer that I was happy to haul a big baby around!

 I can't wait to get back up to Yellowstone! We are so lucky that we are only two hours away and can sneak away for the weekend on a whim.

 This place was  called Dragons Mouth Springs and it is my favorite! It has a stinky sulfur smell like the rest of Yellowstone, but the name is cool! 

Sadie saw this picture and said, Mom, what are you wearing! That is so not in style!" Yes my jacket is a bit eccentric, but I love it and can't wait to fit into it again....someday!

We Love Mesa Falls

These pictures are in the opposite order they should be and I am too lazy to change them all so bare with me. 

Back in June we went to Mesa Falls and Cave Falls. By the end of the day Sadie and Emmy had fallen asleep so we left them in the car while we hiked down to the falls. We were bummed the cave was now caved in. That may our last drive out to Cave Falls. That place was overly infested with mosquitoes too.

 It was a free National Park day so there were a bunch of fun activities going on at Mesa Falls that aren't usually there such as Smokey the Bear.

 There was so many bear heads and my girls were in heaven because they got to touch them all...

 and pretend to be eaten by the bears.

 I think we have made it to Mesa Falls every year since we moved to Idaho (um...seven years ago?)

 Brian's Grandma lives in Ashton so we got to visit with her and this was her first time seeing Bree. Bree was a super cuddly baby and slept on Grandma A. the entire time we were there.