For the last 4 years we have made a yearly trip to Grand Teton National Park with my parents. It is one of my favorite trips of the year. We stay in the park, usually go on a hike, listen to the elk bugel , and go swimming at the Jackson Rec Center! This year we stayed at Signal Mountain. It was a little cabin with the prettiest view of Jackson Lake and the Teton Range.
As soon as we got our things unloaded the kids and Aaron and Grandpa went right down to the lake to throw rocks! Carson wanted Grandpa to throw the biggest rocks he could find!
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Paige was quite proud of her special rock! She thought it looked like a moose footprint!
That night we went and watched the elk. We saw so many, and Carson was darling. He kept saying a a really sweet voice, Come here Elky! It was much nicer than last year, when he was so afraid, that he cried until he threw up in a walmart bag in our car!
The next morning we got up and got ready to take the kids on a boat ride and a short hike! Carson loved the boat ride, and he tolerrated the hike! The trees were so pretty, and we could not have asked for nicer weather the entire weekend. On our little hike we saw a moose and a lot of chipmkunks .(Grandma was paying the girls a nickel a chipmunck, to help boost moral! It worked like a charm!)
The last day we always take the kids to swim at the Rec Center in Jackson. They LOVE the waterslide. Carson had to be held to go down it, and that's all he wanted to do, so the four adults got quite a workout walking up the stairs about 15 times for each of us! The girls loved that they were big enough to ride it all by themselves. After about 3 hours we were too exhausted to play anymore, so we loaded up and drove home.
Thanks Mom and Dad for another wonderful weekend!
10 comments:
How fun! It looks so pretty. I can see why you enjoy going.
It looks gorgeous up there, how fun!!
It is very pretty there! I will have to tell Rex that we should go there sometime. He would love to go just to hear and see the elk. It looks like you guys had a great time. Now you just have to start getting ready for recipe group!
How fun is that? Aren't traditions the best? Lots of work, usually, but well worth the effort and something the kids will always remember! Cute family picture with the leaves!
What gorgeous pictures! Looks like you had a great view. I love the paying per chipmunk idea! Glad you had fun.
What a pretty time of year to go there. I love that you stay in a cabin. I want to do it now. :) (But not the laundry.)
Looks like a neat place to visit.
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Your pictures are beautiful, Brenda! What a fun trip! I love all the fall colors -- and what a fun tradition! (I love traditional things/trips!) I can just see Carson saying "Come Here Elky!" How funny is he!! Glad you didn't have any throwing up this year! Congrats! Thanks for sharing your fun vacation!
I just about died seeing the beautiful photos of your trip! They actually made me miss "the west"...which is saying something! And how fun to be surrounded by nature and have an amazing trip with your family! I love it!! And I loved seeing your parents...they look just the same! I miss you guys! I feel like you were my second family when I was there...hopefully on our next trip (spring '09) we can get together! it would be so fun to see each other again!
Loved your beautiful pictures of scenery, animals and darling kids! It is a relaxing time that brings you close to nature and its beauty. Thanks for all your ideas and advice as we enjoyed our trip also!
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