Yellowstone With the Theurer's

This last weekend we had our annual Theurer vacation (since we lived in SF for the last three years this is the first one I have ever been able to go on). We rented two amazing cabins just outside Yellowstone and had a really great fun filled weekend.



We started out our trip with a 5 mile hike to the Lone Star Geyser. All the kids did so great! I am not even joking, Jaxson RAN at least 2.5 of the 5 miles.



The rest of the time he either rode in his cousins stroller, or we carried our little tank.




When he finally got tired of running it was like he hit a brick wall. He suddenly stopped and looked up at Danny and said, "Daddy,...shoulders". That was the first time I have EVER seen Jax run out of energy.




When we got to the geyser, it was about an hour until it went off again, so we went on walk to the stream to throw rocks in...



...and Jax wanted to get in to cool off after the long hike.

Lone Star Geyser

My superman.

Grandpa, Ellie, Grandma, and Luke.

All the kids that survived the hike.

When we got back to the car, Jaxson fell asleep before we even left the parking lot. He was one tired kid!

After the long hike we stopped in West Yellowstone to do some shopping, get ice-cream and pizza, then we headed back to the cabin to hang out.

Jax and Emily are a month apart and so much fun playing together.

Playing at the cabin

The next morning we woke up early and headed back to West Yellowstone to buy fishing licenses. While Danny was buying them, we went to the museum. They had these cool bison that were pained really neat.

Jaxson had fun finding all the bears on them.

They also had real pioneer wagons to look at.

Then we headed into the park. We stopped at Yellowstone Lake, it is SO beautiful!

We had a fast crazy lunch, filled with just about every kid having a meltdown.

Then continued down the road headed to go fishing. It was really fun searching for animals along the way. We saw lots of elk, white tail deer, bison, and even a bald eagle!

Luckily the bison herds were still in the valley and we were able to see them before they went up over the mountain.

He would get really excited when we came across bison.

There was a road closure that turned what should have been a 20 minute drive into a 3 hour drive. But Jax found lots of ways to stay entertained. Jax has pretty good rhythm if I do say so.

But we did stop for an ice-cream break to keep every one's spirits up.



We finally made it to our fishing spot and it was fun learning how to fly fish. This was the best way to fish with a 2 yr old.

My fly fisherman.

Sunday morning we woke up and went to Big Springs to feed the big fish. The water was so amazingly clear. I haven't ever seen water that clear.

The little cabin behind us was actually a little playhouse. How cute is that?!

It was sprinkling a little so Danny taught Jax how to catch the raindrops.

Then we headed to Mesa Falls. It was a little rainy, then humid from the waterfall. It made the air so refreshing. I loved it!

William, Jaxson, and Ellie

Click on this picture so you can see Jaxson's face. This is the face he makes when he hears or sees something cool (like the garbage man, airplanes, tractors...). It is so funny to me.

Jaxson LOVES "wa-fa's"

We had such a fun weekend. We can't wait until the next Theurer trip!