Mountain Vacation Rewind

Snowbird

All kinds of family fun:

snow

hikes

and even more animals...moose, deer, badgers, beavers, chipmunks and potguts too!!

Tuesday Trip #6 in Snowbird...

Bungy tramps, bounce houses, rock walls, alpine slide races, tram and chair lifts, ropes course

The boys are ALL extremists...with injuries all around. So when Daddy and D crashed on the alpine slide, I figured we'd get some manly photos of the aftermath. Not so much.

Yellowstone

Phenomenal 2 day adventure through the park complete with a drive through the gorgeous Grand Tetons...

Old Faithful

bike ride to Morning Glory PoolCamping

Mammoth Hot Springs

We saw all kinds of animals...elk, moose, coyote, bear. It was AWESOME!!!!

Idaho

We stayed in an amazing cabin...a friend of Dad's. Had a blast!!! smores over the campfire

Utah

We landed in Utah and headed to Grandpa N's house. The evening brought a nice game of croquet (which Mr. D immediately confused with a golf like sport mixed with baseball)

coloring "calf" roping"horseback" riding

Tuesday Trip #5
The kids and I hopped a plane headed for the mountains. Daddy was joining us a few days later. Our Tuesday was pretty much spent just traveling to our destination. We are on vacation!!!! :)

A Day off with Daddy

We took advantage of a Monday holiday for Independence Day and went exploring. Daddy had heard from friends at work about a cool spring fed pool not far from our house, so we went to check it out.

relaxing

floating

jumping

watching the rope swing...wondering when they'll get to do that

exploring "tree houses"

finding hidden waterfalls
Krause Springs was amazing!!! Definitely a new Caswell favorite for sure. :)

Here Comes the Sun!!!

After being under clouds and rain for what feels like FOREVER, we FINALLY had some wonderful wholesome sunshine today!!! It was so nice!!!! We hit the trails this afternoon in search of the fastest route to the park and pool we can see from our backyard. (A ten minute walk...we'll be using this trail on an almost daily basis in a couple months!!!) It was so nice to get out as a family and just enjoy spending time together. With an afternoon in the sun, we are all acting like we have a little more spring in our steps. I think the Caswells are definitely solar powered!! :)