THE NEWTON'S

We left my family reunion and headed over into Yellowstone.  I've got so many pictures, but it really doesn't do the park justice- it's something that really has to be seen and experienced.  Being from Oklahoma we see Buffalo frequently, so it was a little humerous to us when around every bend into a valley area tons of cars were pulled off the road for people to take pictures of the buffalo/bison.  We only had one day to experience all we could of the park- and it is huge, so we hit some high points and had a very full day experiencing a little of each of the different area's of the park. Driving through the park we saw lots of steam vents and buffalo. Our first Stop was Old Faithful.  We had about an hour before it was set to go off, so we walked around the Geyser Hill and past Grand Geyser before settling in to wait for Old Faithful .    We saw Midway Geyser Basin, The Paint Pots... We had a little laugh at someone's juice box left on a...

We left Rich's sister and brother and their families in Keystone and headed on to Julie's family reunion in Island Park Idaho. The drive was gorgeous. I can't get enough of the views as we drove through the mountains. I was surprised at the quality of pictures I was able to get through the windshield of the car while we were speeding along at 60+ mph!  (sorry for the wierd formatting of pictures... trying different options of hosting sites here! :)) Upon arrival at the cabin in Idaho we wasted no time and started the games and fun. Grandma (my mom) had some things she shouted out and everyone that fit in the group would go and sit by the fireplace for a group picture... "A" names, Born in Utah, Born east of the missisippi, etc... it ended with all the girls and all the guys taking group pictures. The next day we went on a gorgeous hike. The kids surprised us and just took off on the hike. We had to send Rich off to catch up with them instead of tagging bac...