Yellowstone Trip

Last week we had the chance to go on a fun vacation with the Peterson family. It was a family reunion for Ian's mom's sibling and their children and so on...

We had a blast! It was a TON of driving though! Here is what our schedule was like:
Wednesday: Drive 12 hours from home to Salt Lake

Thursday: Drive 5 hours from Salt Lake to Yellowstone National Park

Friday: Drive around Yellowstone all day

Saturday: Drive around all day some more :)

Sunday: Drive those 5 hours back to Salt Lake

Monday: Drive 12 hours back home

SO basically, we spent a lot of time in the car, but we still had so much fun! I had never been to Yellowstone before so it was fun to go and see it!

On our way to Yellowstone, we stopped at a place called Bear World just outside of Rexburg. It was really cool! You drive through this park and there are all kinds of animals around that you can see from your window. Mostly bears (hence the name) but there were also deer, turkeys, elk, and some other things.

Mady looking at the animals from inside the truck.

After the driving part, there is a little petting zoo and some rides for the kids. This is the part that Mady really loved.

Trying to get a good picture. FAIL!


It was so crazy to have all these animals that were totally cool with everyone coming and petting them!

She thought the goat was so funny for some reason.

Saying, "Hi!" to all the chickens in the coop.

Following a peacock around

Mady LOVED this little roller coaster. I wasn't sure if she would like it or not. It was pretty small, but still went fast for little kids. She absolutely loved it and went on it about 5 times. She gets it from me :)

See, look at that smile!

Alivia and Uncle Ryan

Aunt Shelby and Uncle Ryan taking the kids on the train ride.


One of the days we spent driving around Yellowstone we came up to a herd of buffalo. There were probably around 60 of them. It was so crazy, they were just walking around right by all the cars, through the parking lots and on the road in between cars. Mady loved seeing them up so close! We told her she was going to get to see buffalo a few weeks before we left and she asked us constantly when we were gonna see them!

Casey and Mady hanging out in the stroller

Sleeping in the camper. It was kind of fun to squeeze our whole little family into one small bed!

Sweet little Alivia in her Yellowstone shirt that Grandpa bought her. (We all got matching ones. :) )

On the way home we spent the night in SLC. We decided to go to temple square and walk around a little bit on Sunday night.

Once again, trying to take a good picture. This is what most of them turn out like!

Best one we got... don't mind my disgusting-ness... I had been camping for 5 days, ok?