Family Reunions are the BEST!!!

Lots of Fun interesting/funny things have happened this weekend. It was quite interesting trying to make it up to Idaho for my family reunion. I've been pretty sleep deprived this week so I've been able to relax and catch up on so much needed sleep at the reunion! Luckly my Cousin and I drove up together and she was the one driving. i kind of had a hard time meeting up with her due to my own lack of sleep.

We were supposed to meet at my friend Desmond's house because he's fixing my naughty car. The first thing that delayed me was i was looking in my purse and couldn't find my stinkin orthodontic elastics and i knew my orthodontist would have killed me if i would have gone 5 days with out wearing them so i called my cousin and told her I needed to go back and get them. I go back and then find the dang things in my purse where they were supposed to be grr.. but it was good that i turned around because i was in charge of making breakfast on friday morning and i made belgian waffles but fogot my iron but i remembered it when i went back to "get my elastics". So then I start heading to layton then totally pass the exit i'm supposed to get off at and drive all the way to Odgen (what the heck is my problem?? oh ya NO SLEEP) so i finally met up with my cousin and Des they were busting a gut when i told them why i was so delayed. My cousin had been at des's house for about a hour.
We Finally made it to Idaho Falls where i met up with my parents and we drove straight to my Uncle Doyle's cabin in Island Park getting there at 130 am going to bed at 2pm(at this point i had been on about 12 hrs of sleep in the last 72 hours not a very good ratio.)

The next day we woke up at 615am :0\ dang ya talk about no sleep. It was worth it though we went to Yellowstone National park we were trying to beat all the traffic. we started out with a little hike to the Yellowstone Grand Canyon where we saw so breathtaking waterfalls! the upper and lower falls of the cayon were amazing!

Yellowstone Grand Canyon Upper FallsYellowstone Grand Canyon Lower Fall

After we got down hiking down then up the 328 Stairs, were able to see a buffalo and deer up close. That was pretty cool! We all piled in the car and noticed how diverse the licence plates were. In the parking lot that we were in alone there were about 25 of the 50 states represented. this was out of proabably about 70 cars. that is crazy! We decided to then play the licence plate game where you get all the 50 states. i was suprised some of the states we got. We got quite a few florida's, New Jersey, one ALASKA crazy!. who would be crazy enough to drive from alaska in a motor home none the less only if you were rich! dang gas prices are so expensive ($4.25 per gal). we ended up getting about 40 of the 50 states.

On our way out we were able to see some buffalo up close and personal. The Buffalo walked across the road and backed up traffic. This buffalo walked right up to the from of our car. As you can see the antenna is right in the way. Man you really have got to LOVE yellowstone. No wonder there is people from all the country and world coming to this park. we met 2 girls and a boy from Malaysia. They came out here for the summer to work at old faithful lodge how cool is that!The next day some of our cousins came up to the cabin. We went out on a little adventure in the polaris ranger. Jess was on her dirt bike. We took some dirt trails around Island Park and are final destination was finding Elk Creek gas station so we could fill the ranger and Jess's bike up. We have before and after pics i'll post them below they are pretty awesome! I look like a dirty hispanic/french man, because of all the dirt on my body. Jessica didn't get quite as us in the ranger We had alot of fun bumming up and down through the woods of Island park it was quite the little adventure! Such a blast!

Me, Lissa, and Ash PRE-RANGER AdventureIntra- Ranger Adventure POST Ranger Adventure

After we ended our little adventure my parents and little sisters were going to go to mesa falls. You know me and waterfalls we just go together so i cleans up so i didn't look like a homeless french man and we went to mesa falls. Can I just tell you how much i LOVE waterfalls. Any hike that has a waterfall at the end of it is SOOO worth it even if it's super hard and long!. I've have always wanted to be proposed to by a waterfall i think it would be romatic to take a hike and view the beautiful and amazing scenery nature provides for our enjoyment! So any boys out there there is one of the keys to my heart ;0)

Upper Mesa FallsLower Mesa Falls

Today (saturday June 28th) the rest of the aunts and uncles came up for the day and we had lunch together and we jumped into the COLD COLD water. My uncle's cabin where we stayed is lake front property. how awesome is that. this weekend has been a dream! i LOVE it! I love the outdoors.