Our vacation...

Written by Jared:

We took a roundabout trip that encompassed our first national park -- Yellowstone, and family on both sides. We spent a weekend in Yellowstone, that included seeing many of the geothermal wonders, an encounter with a bison on a narrow path, and some spectacular waterfalls.

We then drove to visit Jared's grandmother, who lives in an assisted care facility in Missoula, MT.

After spending time there, we drove on to Deer Park, WA, where we spent 3 days with Christi's brother Erik and his family. The kids loved having five cousins to play with. We spent time tubing at a park, and getting lunches in the park among other things.

Our next leg of the journey was to Leavenworth, WA via Moses Lake (We tried to find the old house where Jared lived, but couldn't exactly). There was not enough room in the house for all of us. So we stayed the first night in a motel. But some drunk construction workers chased us out of there. We ended up buying a tent and camping at the house. That turned out to be more fun anyway. The occasion was to celebrate his other grandmother's 90th birthday. All together, there were about 60 people staying there. The kids had a great time on the trampoline, rafting around the river, making s'mores, and sleeping in the tent.

But all good things must come to an end. We are back and recovering from gas price sticker shock before we go somewhere else.