Utah Trip - Part 2

My family had a reunion in Island Park and it was a blast!

We had everyone go into Yellowstone National Park one day and it was fun. Spencer loved being with his cousins and we loved seeing the beauty of the park. During our first visit in we saw elk, bison, and even some black bears! But only through my dad's scope that he had, thankfully he had it! 

Here the boys are waiting for Old Faithful to erupt.

Spencer and Old Faithful at the beginning of her erupting.

At a stopping point we saw a bison up on the hill. I love this picture because the way Preston is looking, it's like he's looking right at the bison, but he really was not. 

We stayed at a beautiful place in Island Park, Bill's Island. It was so cool. 

This was our view out back!!!

Isn't it gorgeous! Steps down to the lake, that you could swim in and fish in and play in, which we did all of those things. Even rented a skidoo and the kids had a BLAST!!!

The sunset.

It was so calming and pretty and the best weather. 

On our last day there Tyler and I wanted to go back into the park to see if we could see more bears or something. So we dragged our boys out of bed at 6:30 or 7 in the morning. It takes a little while to get to the park, so by the time we were there, this is what they looked like. Completely asleep. 

They missed a bison that was super close to us!

 Also another one that just walked right out into the road when we were driving. I stopped, but it was pretty nerve-racking to have a bison so big walking by your car. This doesn't look like it was close, but it really was.

After we looked around for more animals, that we didn't get to see...bummer, we stopped at a place in the park for some ice cream. It was yummy!