Yellowstone

Two weeks ago we were in Yellowstone... our first time spending an entire week there. We started the week fishing on the Madison River with our favorite guide. It was the first time Angela was in a boat. She did pretty good. She liked to explore all the equipment and hang her feet over in the water. She liked it when her dad caught fish - which he did quite a bit. She even took a nap on the floor. There was a perfect spot for her in the back and she just layed down and went to sleep. We stopped a couple times and let her play and for lunch. All in all, it could have been worse with a 2-year old on the boat. Next time, I need to remember that fishing is not enough activity for a youngster.

We stayed at a hotel that had a great slide. Angela has spent some time in pools, but not enough to know what to do when she goes under water. But she kept wanting to go down the slide. So mom carried her up the steps and to the top, she still wanted to go down. So we had a quick lesson. Mom practiced plugging her nose while she closed her eyes, and down the slide we went. We did it two times and she loved it.

On another day we hiked to Cascade Lake. We got caught in a little rain for about 1 hour, but that gave us some resting time under some pines to eat our lunch. We played around the lake and then hiked out. It's a pretty easy hike through a meadow and some pines. Angela took it in the backpack where she enjoyed her nap.

on the boat

hello fishy

lunch by the river

nap time

Dancin' Queen

Angela loves music. A few weekends ago the UT symphony was playing at Deer Valley. We thought it was just going to be the symphony playing ABBA tunes but there was actually a cover group that sang the songs. The original guitarist, keyboardist and saxophonist from the group were also there. We had so much fun!! The half-hour before the concert started it poured rain. We tried to wait it out but decided it wasn't worth it so we went and got our place on the hill and ate our picnic dinner. We weren't prepared for rain so we did the best we could. A few minutes before the concert started the sun came out and we had a chance to dry out.

When the music started Angela put down here dinner, held our hands and got up and started dancing. She did not stop the entire night. We weren't sure how she would be, but she loved it. We went with some family so there were also some cousins there and that made it even more fun. We cannot keep her still when there is music going.





Click play to see her dance.