Out and About in West Yellowstone

Today we explored the cute little town of West Yellowstone!  We bundled up because it was windy when we set out, but the wind died down and we had a fun timing checking the local area out. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The daring rescue of Adrienne!

How much are those wolves in the window? 

 

  

If you have ever seen the art pigs in Seattle, I think this is the Yellowstone version of that!  Fun decorated Buffalo!

 

The OTHER Pool

Richard took the kids to the game room and taught them some pool skills.  Annalina was not thrilled when they started because she knew nothing about pool.  As she learned though, she got more and more excited about it.  Joseph on the other hand went into the game room ready to rule the game!  He struggled and got frustrated and quit after a while.  It is fun to see the differences between my kids.  We will be playing some more pool before we go, that is for sure, and maybe Joseph will come around!

Swimming Surrounded by Snow

It has been fun to play in the pool area.  The kids are all old enough I don't have to worry about their safety quite so much.  This Worldmark has a wading pool that has a gate all the way around it.  Nice if you have little people. You don't have to worry about them finding the big pool. There are two hot tubs too.  There are windows all around and right outside...piles and piles of snow!  The pool room is kept very warm and so is the water, so it is very comfortable. 

West Yellowstone

It is Spring Break at BYU-I so we decided we really needed a break. We left Saturday for West Yellowstone, Montana. We drove quite a snow/lightning storm.  Due to the time of year the Worldmark here is fairly quiet.  It has snowed lightly a couple of times.  The parking lot is almost empty!  We are having a nice relaxing time.  So far we have gone swimming every day and mostly had the pool and hot tubs to ourselves.

 

Music to My Ears

My sweet Annalina has been learning to play the violin.  She practices every day and she is improving constantly!  I am proud of her and her willingness to learn something so difficult.  I cannot wait until her next performance in May!

Whip Cream Dyed Easter Eggs

Saturday was an amazing day!  We helped our neighbors move...to the house next door.  Funniest move I have ever helped with, but I am glad my friend Tiffiani is happy with her new house!  We went on a beautiful bike ride and I have a sore bottom to prove it!  Then we dyed Easter eggs!  I read about a new way to do it online so we decided to give it a try.  We took some pie plates and spread whip cream in the bottom.  The instructions say to use shaving cream, but then the eggs cannot be eaten, so I substituted whip cream instead. Then we dropped food coloring in various colors onto the whip cream and swirled it around with a toothpick or spoon.  Then we rolled the eggs around and then set them, all covered with colored whip cream to sit for a while.  When we wiped them off, walaa!  Some fun swirly Easter Eggs!  Richard did the last couple and he let his sit for a couple hours.  His were far more deeply colored, so I think next time we will leave them for a few hours and then wipe them off!

The other fun part of using whip cream is that you can eat it when you are done with the eggs.  Here is what THAT looks like...

It was an especially meaningful Easter for me this year.  Richard and I have been taking a New Testament class together and learning so much about our Savior's life and death.  And with my Father passing away, well thoughts and questions about the post mortal life have been on my mind. I will post more about my personal experiences later.  But  I am grateful for the timing that has helped to remind me that we will all be resurrected, as our Savior was. And we will all be perfected.  I am go grateful for this blessed knowledge that I have.

Waterfront Property

It is so beautiful out right now that I am posting this from my front porch!  The weekend after we returned from Oregon we got about 4 inches of snow. It had almost melted away entirely, then the ground was covered once again!  Well Spring has come and that snow has melted. The other night we got a thunder storm and somewhere upwind there was a mighty big rainstorm.  We watched as a river of water came running down the culvert here.  Up on the other side of the street, the runoff was even wider.  THIS is what happened behind our house...