Here we are at Redfish Lake with the cousins. The water was a bit cold but the kids didn't mind. They had a great time.

Here are the Tetons and us under the entrance to a park in Jackson.

One amazing thing about Yellowstone was the new growth that you can see coming up even with all of the dead burnt trees there. I wonder how long it will take before those little trees are all grown up?

What a whirlwind summer we seem to be having. Since my last posting things don't really seem to have slowed down very much. At the end of June we embarked on our family vacation to Idaho to visit Andrew's family. Before we got up there we stopped at Yellowstone National Park for the day and then saw the Tetons in Jackson before heading to Idaho. We saw lots of wildlife and even saw a grizzly bear with 3 cubs on that trip. Here is the family and Old Faithful.

After I changed Avery, I left her in her crib so I could do a little cleaning. Look what she did. She started to take out all the wipes from the bag. She probably had close to 40 wipes out. Sneaky little girl!!!

Avery loves to give kisses...to her brother, to her baby doll and apparently even to herself.

On Thursday I took the kids to The Children's Museum of Denver for the day. Avery enjoyed crawling around the place and even though Zach said it was kind of baby-ish. I think he had fun too.

I just love this picture! All the cousins! Zach, Avery, Jay, Lilly and Jordan.

We all went to the Rockies baseball game while they were here. Another fun day with family! Here is Andrew with his neice and nephew-Jordan and Jay at the ball game.

The weather has really gotten toasty here, so we rolled out the slip and slide that Dana and the kids gave to Zach. What started out as a innocent slip and slide game turned into a major water fight. Everyone had fun cooling off that day. Here is Zach, Lilly, Jordan and Jay. This picture was taken before it got crazy.

Andrew's sister, Dana and her kids came to visit us at the beginning of June. What a great visit. Here are just a couple pics. The day they arrived was Lilly's 5th birthday. We had a cake and some gifts for her whe she arrived.

Someone had a birthday yesterday. I turned the big 30! I had such a great day. We had a busy day with swimming lessons and errands. But in the morning I got my big gift. Andrew bought me a brand new bike! I also got several accessories to go along with it. Later on in the day we had a birthday party, probably my first real birthday party in years...many years. We had lots of people over and had a great time. We had lots of friends from the neighborhood over and a lot of others friends from Andrew's work. I was so amazed at the turnout. Everyone was so nice and sweet. I received so many lovely gifts-a nano ipod, candles, bath and body products, wine, champagne, crocs, napkins rings, a spa gift card, a pedicure gift certificate, flowers, and earings. Thank you all so much! I am so humbled by everyones generosity and kindness. From the gifts to the cards and even to those who wouldn't even let me clean at the party! Thank you! It was a great party that lasted quite a while. Here are some candid shots....we had a great time! My best birthday party ever!