family camping trip!

so my family went camping this last weekend and let me tell ya, it was fabulous! i had been wanting to go camping all summer and we finally found time to go! We drove up to Box Canyon which is in Island Park. it was a nice campground and me and Caleb were so excited to try out our new 8 person tent, new air mattress, and new sleeping bags. they all work perfectly! especially the tent. LOVE it! anywho.
Day 1: Drove up to camp, set up camp, sat around the fire, roasted hot dogs and relaxed for the night.

Day 2: Slept in, ate fantastic camp breakfast (eggs, sausage, pancakes) loaded up and hiked up to the fire watch tower which is roughly 2 miles or so. and then went to big springs to feed the fish.

On the hike

Top of the tower with an AWESOME view

the whole family minus my mom who is takin the picture

feeding the fish

my cute parents.

Once we were done feeding the fish, we took another small hike to see Johny sacks cabin along the spring. it was kinda neat. After all that, we went back to camp to have lunch. and then for the rest of the day we just simply hung out at camp, explored trails and walked down to the gorgeous river where we decided to take a bath. trust me, it was MUCHLY needed. we all smelled so bad. haha crazy how bathing in river water can make you feel so much better. We had tin foil dinners and made us some scones and all just laughed around the fire till our cheeks hurt.

Day 3: Slept in, ate breakfast, packed up our camp and then drove to yellowstone for the day. which honestly turned out to be somewhat of a disaster. throughout the whole day i did not see a single buffalo. WHAT!? right?! and it was so crouded everywhere!! not a single parking spot at any park or anything. we had to wait about a half hour just to go to the bathroom. We saw the geysers and bubbling pot thingys and also Old Faithful and by the time we were done seeing that we all were done with yellowstone. way to hecktic. only saw 2 elk sitting next to eachother in a far off field, we were hungry, getting cranky, tired, and kinda ready to just be done. so we pulled off to a place we could set up a picnik and had some lunch and then shot for home. 

Just relaxin

haha my little brother

the many games of Uno we played

my dadios

love this boy :)

oy. please ignore my hair. i cant just pull it up and call it good anymore. so i look like ive been through a tornado. dont judge.

Old Faithful

Shandell, Lane, Kristie :)

I love camping!!