We arrived on Friday and got our tent and stuff all set up. It was my brother's birthday, so we had a little celebration. My oldest sister made him a really cute birthday cake and homemade ice cream. She put the ingredients for the ice cream in a zip lock baggie and then put that baggie in a larger baggie with lots of ice and everyone took turns shaking it around. It took a while, but tasted yummy!
Happy Birthday Jeff!!!
Jeff is a computer nerd (and I mean that in the best possible way), so Shaie made him this cute cake of a guy playing a computer game!
Making ice cream
On Saturday, they had some fun activities for the kids to do. The kids painted flower pots, did a little outdoor scavenger hunt, and had a three-legged race. David helped Mason paint his pot, and I helped him with the scavenger hunt. I wasn't sure if he would do the race, but he actually did pretty good. All the kids got prizes like bubbles, balls, and other little toys.
They had activities for adults as well. We made small first aid kits to put in the car or 72 hour kit, had a cake decorating class, and also a three-legged race. I got to teach some basic decorating. The icing wasn't the best because of the heat, but everyone had some fun. Me and David totally sucked it up at the three-legged race, we came in dead last. In my defense, let me just say that his legs are alot longer that mine so our strides were way off!!!
We also went to Yellowstone National Park with Brandon and Alex that afternoon. I hadn't been since I was really little, so I was excited to go. We stopped and saw the Artist Paint Pots (Mason called them "Stinky Hot Water") and Old Faithful. It was so beautiful, and I wish we had more time to see it all.
Old School Yellowstone Tour Bus
Stinky Hot Water (I will never look at hard boiled eggs the same!)
Old Faithful
I could go on for pages about all the fun things that we did, but I know you all are probably pretty bored with reading this already, so I will just end with a couple more fun photos and say that I am really looking forward to it again next year!
Riding the four-wheeler with daddy
I thought this was a sweet picture
Me, my Mom, and my Great-Grandma Burke
