The 9 Tanner grandkids and Grandma & Grandpa Tanner in front a geyser.A quick summary of our family vacation 2007:
We flew to Salt Lake and hung out with both of our families. Then we packed up my grandpa's truck and drove with my parents to Yellowstone. We met up with my 2 sisters' families and stayed for 3 nights in cabins. We had a great time with 9 kids and 8 adults! We saw all the traditional Yellowstone stuff and then some. The cousins were so cute as they got reacquainted (living in 3 different states makes gatherings hard!) and they enjoyed driving and sleeping with different combinations of family members. We had a perfect stay: long enough to enjoy the scenery and the company, but not too long that we got sick of each other and the many buffalo & elk herds we saw. The only thing that would have made it completely perfect would have been to have my brother Brian there, too. We miss you Bri!
We then headed back to Salt Lake and enjoyed a family gathering with all of the Omers. We had a little surprise party for Mom & Dad Omer for their 30th Anniversary. Tom's sister Melanie made a beautiful quilt of each family member's hand. Very cool.
I posted way too many pictures here, but here's a summary of our fantastic trip:
Jacob & Braden watching our second Old Faithful show inside the lodge while eating ice cream.
Uncle Tom with the nieces & nephews at the head of Uncle Tom's trail :)
We spent quite a while here on the 4th of July. An out of the way river where the kids could play and some of the boys could fish.
First time fishing and about 30 seconds later, Jacob catches a fish while fly fishing with Lance!! Too bad it won't always be that easy.
The kids with their Yellowstone rock necklaces that they made with Grandma.
Not the greatest family picture, but these are the beautiful falls and canyon.
Julie & I quickly hiked down the many steep stairs to get a closer view of the falls.
Our closest encounter with a buffalo. We were looking at the falls by a chain link fence and then turned around to see this guy walk by. We were cornered for a few moments as he looked at us, but then moved on.
Back in Salt Lake. The 6 Omer grandkids, the youngest was 2 weeks old: Adam, Jacob, Isaac, Bria, Allison, & Abby.
Jacob & Bria had a great time playing together. So fun to have an Omer cousin that he can play with now.
Mom & Dad Omer & the beautiful quilt. Way to go Melanie!
5 comments:
Looks like fun! Cool for the kids to get to see their cousins!
I love that you are blogging again! You know I keep checking everyday, just to see . . .
That trip looks fantastic! How fun. Jacob is so big among all those little cousins on the couch! Your little family is so cute and you have such fun adventures! Thanks for sharing.
Looks like you had a great trip with your growing family! It's fun to see your discoveries.
Yellowstone is beautiful! We'll be going to Yosemite next week. It is fun to see all those little cousins together. That's how it is with Jason's family, except now they're getting older - 6, 7, 9. It's fun to have cousins know and love each other so much.
Amy, what a great review of our visit to Yellowstone! It was a blast! The best part was seeing all the cousins having so much fun together and having the chance to hang-out together and re-connect after 2 years of being apart. What fun memories we have of buffaloes, geysers, mudpots, hot springs, swimming in the Firehole River, the "fish nursery," etc., etc. Thanks for the memories! Love, Mom
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