The Kahuna Klan Times: July 2008

Jackson Hole Trip

Okay so I'm finally blogging again! The last four months were a blur, but wefinally got moved, settled, kids done with school, etc. We have had a really fun and busy summer so far, here's some of the stuff we've been up to:

We just got back from our annual family trip to Wyoming to go river rafting. This picture was taken at the top of Inspiration Point at Jenny Lake, just outside of Yellowstone. The kids did a super job on the 4-mile hike and the view was spectacular. Also feeding the "chickmunks" at the top was a thrill. :-)

Famous antler arches at Jackson Hole

The "Big Kahuna" wasn't so big this year, but we definitely got our thrills on "Lunch Counter" (below). Adam, Aubree and Cam did the big rapids four times, and the third time down we all fell out of the raft on this section of rapids. But they got back in and wanted to do it again! They were braver than I, who had nightmares about it for a week!

All the grandkids piled into the raft for the "calm section" of the river

with Uncle Cam as the guide, they had a great time!

Moose Falls

Just inside Yellowstone, there is a place called Moose Falls where you can swim and jump off the cliff into the water. The hot springs come in and warm up the water so it isn't too cold, the only chattering comes from fear of the cliffs! The little kids and I sat on the edge and provided a feast for the unbelievable swarms of mosquitos.

Daddy getting ready to jump. Aubree and Adam did it too, only I wasn't there to take a picture that time.

Yellowstone

Cam's brother Ryan and his family joined us on a short trip to Yellowstone before our river rafting trip in Jackson Hole. The kids had a great time doing all the hikes together and checking out all the awesome geysers, hot springs and wildlife. By the way, no, we did not see any bears (I don't think they really live there!)

OLD FAITHFUL! Ryan amused us all by telling us loudly as other people were passing by that this was the LAST time Old Faithful was going to blow, and boy, were we lucky we were going to see it! You should have seen some of the looks he got.

Ben, cousin Kobe and Spencer were inseperable little buddies throughout the trip.

4th of July Race

Aubree and Cam joined me for the Kaysville 4th of July 5K fun run (why do they put the words "fun" and "run" in the same sentence, we want to know?). They did awesome! They ran the whole way without stopping, and both of them beat me with a surge of energy at the very end. They are a couple of great runners!

The runners: Aubree, Tilese, Cam, Lauri, Blythe and Dave

This was before the race; we didn't look so pretty after. As Cam put it: "You looked like you were about to die." Can you say, "someone's in the dogouse?!?"