Jackson Hole

The one thing I really wanted to do while on our little vacation was to get these pictures done. I think they turned out pretty good. Jaylee was a hit in her little fish net stockings :)

The girls had tons of fun dressing up and wearing the fancy dresses.

The last night we were there somehow all three brothers ended up on the same couch... huh, bonding time I guess :) We had a blast talking to Bryce and Marsha about how they met and talking about the "old times" What a fun night!

We had a FANTASTIC rain storm the last night we were there as well. The water came down in buckets! Dave loved how it looked like a river going down the street. It smelled amazing outside and add the thunder to the rain - couldn't have been a more perfect evening!

The boys golfing. Dan is so excited to get his little Jack golfing - he fits right in don't you think?

Marsha thought this was hillarious. Dave doesn't golf much but enjoys it when he can. From what I understand he lost several balls. This is just one he lost in the little stream - for the life of him he couldn't find it in the inch deep water. Poor dave...

Dan and Chanel enjoying a day of golf with baby Jack - what a cute little family!

Carlee and Paige really had a great time together. It was fun to see Carlee branch out on her own a bit. The girls were cute!

Dan, Chanel, Bryce and Marsha packed up their Harley's for the vacation. I was lucky enough to get a shot of Dan and Chanel before they took a quick ride. Don't you just LOVE Chanel's bike???

These are the two cabins we were able to enjoy in the Teaton Springs Lodge. It was a beautiful place - minus the mice (which we found a dead one on the floor the first day then I saw a live one running around in the kitchen on the last day) and minus the fire alarm with low batteries - no one believed me that I heard anything until the last day when it happened to go off again with others awake and around - and the fact that poor Jaylee got locked in the bathroom and we almost had to take the doorknob off to get her out - good thing Dave has big muscles and was able to push the door open with all his muscle and body weight! Thanks Dave! :) The girls LOVED the bunk beds they got to sleep in - they even had their own bathroom - so spoiled! :)

Carlee and Paige were looking for HUGE dandilions to blow - they had so much fun.

Shannon and I took the kids with Jared to do a little fishing - or in our case - watching. Itw as cute to see Shannon with her two girls chilling with a treat.

We tried to eat all of our meals in one house - this is a partial shift of lunch. We had so much fun eating and laughing together. What a party!

Matt was ADORABLE with Cole! I wish I could have posted all the pictures of this afternoon - Matt taught Cole how to roll down a hill. Cole decided to push Matt down the hill instead so they took turns rolling down the hill together. SO cute!

Sorry for the watermark - we're working on getting a copy of the real picture - this is us going down the big Kahuna on our rafting trip - if you look close you can see Case, Jared, Shannon, Dan, Becky, Chloé, me and Chanel. We got SOAKED! It was cold that day too - only 60 and the water temp was in the low 5o's. It was still worth it and lots of fun.

All of us geared up ready to go - well, before we decided to put on jackets... What a fun group! Notice how Case and Chlo have on kids wetsuits - we rented them for you and were glad we did.

Me and Chlo before the freezing trip down the Snake River.

Chlo enjoying the view from our wagon on our way back from the Chuck Wagon Dinner on Thursday night. The kids LOVED it. What a fun experience.

They pulled Pa up on stage for part of the entertainment. He did SO good! They did the song "she'll be coming round the mountain" and he was the one who snored - I think the performers were amazed at how well Pa could snore - he stole the show for sure!

On our way up to dinner there were two indians who ride by REALLY fast on horses screaming at the top of their lungs - I think it was to add theatrics and drama - Carlee really liked them and kept asking when she could see the "pioneers" again - I had to remind her that they were indians and not pioneers.

Jaylee was a STINKER at the chuck wagon dinner - Dave and I both left with food CAKED all over our clothes, hair and faces... She enjoyed the meal though :)

G&G Nelson with Chlo and Case - they are such fun Grandparents.

Our whole group was able to fit into one wagon - quite an amazing thing. The best part was the driver of our wagon actually served a mission with Chanel's brother in HI - what a small world! Even Chanel learned some new things about her own brother :)

This picture needs to be framed! While we were waiting for the wagons to come get us for dinner Dan decided to chill with Jack - isn't it precious?!?!?

Carlee had a great time messing around. They told us to bring jackets because it would be cold - ended up being super hot... Oh well, better to be safe than sorry :)

This picture is SO precious of Marsha and little Lucy. Lucy has a special place in grandma's heart and it was fun to catch this sweet moment.

YEA!!! We have a family picture in front of the Jackson Hole antlers. There was this really cute group of people who offered to take our picture if we took theirs - we had a good laugh when they asked us to do a silly pose - I figured this one was a better shot for posting though - thanks to them we got this cute picture of us.

Chanel takes Jack to the pool all the time but has never put him in the water - she decided to try the "blow in the face" trick and dunk him - Here is Jack under the water for the first time. He did really well. He's going to be a water baby for sure! :)

Shannon decided to help Chlo a little more with her swimming skills - no kidding - when we left the pool Chlo was able to jump off the side and get back to the stairs all by herself with no floaties- Shan, you're amazing! I honestly think she made the trip for Chlo.

Off the pool they had this cute little fountain area for kids - Cole and Lucy LOVED it. I love this shot because of the kid's faces. We had a great time!

Baby Mason decided he wanted to chill out by the pool in the shade. He is the cutest chunky kid - I have to squeeze his cheeks every time I see him.

Chlo and Case decided they wanted to run through the sprinklers - yes - in their clothes. They had a blast and got laughing so hard.

These stairs will give me nightmares for years to come. We thought we had them blocked really well so Jaylee would leave them alone - yea, not so... the first evening we were there Chanel and I were on the couch talking and we heard a loud "thump, thump, thump" I started screaming and Chanel put Jack on the couch and we both went running just in time to see Jaylee finish rolling down the bottom few steps... I was FREAKED OUT!! She started screaming as well and I was SO releaved Chanel was there to help me assess her to see if there was any damage - she seemed to be fine thank goodness but we decided to take her with us fishing instead of putting her to bed to be sure she didn't have a concussion. That was - on a side note - the same night she got locked in the bathroom. She slept in there and I went to check on her to make sure she was still okay from her "little" fall. When I couldn't get in I panicked - thank you Bryce and Dave for helping with that little episode.

Shannon said she and Jared don't really have any pictures of the two of them - I had to fix that :) This was the first night fishing. Cute couple huh? Shannon is expecting her 4th baby this November and it's a BOY!

Chlo LOVED fishing. She's actually been asking me to take her for a while now. Thanks Uncle Jared for bringing all the stuff to let the kids enjoy this little activity. They did end up catching a few fish. Yea!

Case and Chlo were all but inseperable - they are really cute friends.

This is frame worthy picture for sure. We were trying to find a good spot to fish which meant hiking through some pretty high weeds. The kids didn't seem to mind - what a fun adventure!

This is a view from the girls room down onto the family room in the cabin. This is where we spent a lot of social time.

This is the view from our cabin. Isn't it breathtaking???

Thank you so much Bryce and Marsha for inviting us on such a fun family vacation. It was really nice to be able to spend some time with the Nelson family. We have so many fun memories that we will keep with us for years to come!