We have been having the BEST time!

Meeting the Carruth kids at the airport.

According to the kids I drank A LOT of coffee, but what do you expect after only 2 hours of sleep.

We had a three hour layover in the Salt Lake airport.  

The kids were good about keeping themselves entertained!

Arriving at the airport in Jackson.

Mom and Dad's house, what an awesome sight!

We took a hike to Phelps Lake.  It was so awesome to hike in Jackson again!

Hannah, Amber, and Brian

Hannah and Amber have been best friends the whole trip,

how fun to have a cousin so close in age!

My Dad and Me

Burr, the lake was COLD!  But look at those crazy kids anyway.

What a beautiful day!

My rock climbing monkey!

Sweet Amber!

We saw a lot of animals, a bull and cow moose, antelope, deer, elk, bison, chipmunks, ground squirrels, marmots, and a snake!

The Grand Teton Mountain Range

MY three girls!

Amber, Brian, Grama Ann, Mikey, Granddaddy, and Hannah

This is Mt. Moran, Scott's favorite mountain, so I wanted a picture of Hannah and me here.

We spent the day in Yellowstone!

The kids enjoyed watching Old Faithful erupt.

The four cousins at the geysers.

The wind was whipping in Yellowstone and we told the kids to hold their hats tight, but, of course,

whose hat flew off into the geyser field?  Hannah's.  We had some tears until I assured her we would get another one.

We went to the Bar J Chuckwagon for a wonderful authentic chuckwagon meal

and a great show!

Downtown Jackson.

Grama Ann bought the girls matching shirts and jackets.  They loved being twins!

4th of July!  We went to Teton National Park for a picnic, hike, and swim in String Lake.

Hidden Falls.

Mom and Me!

Hannah loves to rock climb.  She literally ran to the top of these rocks!

Look at those hikers!

We had to take a boat across Jenny Lake to get to the hiking trail.  Here we are on our way back.

When I was a kid we loved to swim in String Lake.  We must have been cold blooded because I never complained about the cold.

We met my second parents here in Jackson, Judy and Dick, and headed to the fireworks!  They were spectacular!

Judy, Mom, and Dick

The only jacket I could find to wear was my high school letter jacket, that brought back memories!

On Monday I took the two girls for a girls' day.  We headed up into the Granite Canyon to Granite Hot Springs, a favorite childhood place of mine.

I got a wonderful surprise.  One of my best girlfriends from high school was there.  It was terrific to see Marybeth again!  I also met two girlfriends for a picnic one of the days, but unfortunately, my pictures didn't turn out.  Hopefully one of them had success with taking pictures.

Granite Falls

There were flowers blooming everywhere, it was gorgeous!

My dad took the boys for a boys' day.  They rode the tram up to the top of Jackson Hole Ski Resort.

I don't think I have ever done so much in one week!  We have been going non-stop!  We have been to both Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone, we went to the Bar J Chuckwagon for a night of entertainment, we swam in two lakes and one hot springs, we hiked (me too!), we rode in a boat, we celebrated the 4th of July with friends, we will celebrate my nephew Brian's Birthday today, and we have thoroughly enjoyed our time together!  Hope you enjoyed the pictures of some of the great things we have been doing!

I can't begin to tell you how amazing all of this has been for me.  What a blessing to have this incredible week with my family!  Thank you for your prayers and please pray for a safe trip back for all of us tomorrow.

My love to you all!