Wyoming

Our second trip of the summer was to Wyoming to visit my family. The day we arrived in Lander, Josiah turned 5 and I turned 30.

 

Here is Josiah with his ice cream cake.

 

Since Josiah was born on my birthday, my birthday often goes un-noticed, but this year Jason and my sister made it special by making me a homemade pecan pie.

 

Before we arrived in Lander, my dad buried some treasure at one of the local parks. He made a map and gave it to Josiah. Josiah got us to where we needed to go. I have a video of the treasure hunt, but not a picture. Here is picture after we found the treasure. Later in the week my dad took the boys down to the bank and they got to deposit there treasure into their own savings account. 

 

Grandpa and his boys at the park.

 

We helped my dad build an overhang at a neighbors house.

 

One of the days Jason and I got away and went on a hike. We walked 4 miles on the Stough Creek Trail. After 4 miles of uphill, the trail opens up and you get a beautiful view of the inside of the Wind River Range.

 

My toughy lifting rocks. :)

 

At the end of the week we went up north and visited my Grandma, aunt and cousins. We spent the evening at the fair. This is us with my grandma.

The next day we had breakfast with my grandpa and then we started driving toward Oregon. The next post will be pictures at Yellowstone.

Nebraska

This by far has been the busiest summer we have had. Jason had some extra responsibilities at work this summer. But scattered throughout the busyness we made sure to take some vacation. At the beginning of the summer we headed to Nebraska to visit Jason's grandparents and extended family.

 

To get to Nebraska we flew to Denver. Then Jason's sister and her husband let us borrow their truck so we could drive the rest of the way. They saved us a lot of money. Both boys have been on a plane when they were babies, but this was the first trip that they would actually remember.

 

Jason and Josiah on the plane.

 

Amanda and Jaron

 

After a  nights stay in Denver we continued on into Nebraksa. While traveling through Nebraska, we stopped at the Cabela's in Sydney. Here is Jason and the boys looking at the stuffed animals.

 

We stopped in Ogalla, NE for the night to vist with Jason's Grandma Swick and Uncle Chancy and Aunt Teresa.
The boys with Grandma Swick.

 

Here is Chancy and boys watching a tactor on the street.

 

After two days of traveling we finally made it to our destination, Sargent, NE. Jason's Grandpa and Grandma Hansen have farm. While on the farm the kids enjoyed playing with the kittens...

staying cool by playing in the pool...

 

reading books with Grandma Debbie (Jason's Mom)...

 

playing cards with Grandpa Chuck (Jason's dad)...

 

and going on 4-wheel rides with Great Grandma Pauline (sadly I do not have pictures of this).

 

 

We had really good time, even if it was over 100 degrees everyday. It was good to get away from the busyness for awhile.