Bath Time!

Lily's first pigtails! Well, close enough for me.



So this is the look we have been dying to get on camera. It is the confused/figuring it out/angry/you are totally crazy look. We really aren't sure which one she is making now but dang, it's funny.

This was at the top of a mountain for Nick and Ang's wedding while in Helena. Great fun day. Lily was so much fun and tried desperately to make friends with all the kids there. She ran after them as they ran away.

Thanks for the dress Zach! It was perfect for the the 4th Holiday!

June 7th-Cabin/Mesa Falls, Idaho

Mesa Falls, Idaho was only a 20 minute drive from the cabin in Idaho. It was a nice first day trip with a small hike to see the falls. Very gorgeous! We had a picnic there and here are some pics:




Then this is the house we stayed at which was really nice.
Carolyn playing on the lawn with Lily....

And then went Lily went to bed, we played Honky Tonk Mystery. Everyone dressed up with stuff we could find around the house and it was a lot of fun! (Mike was a preacher.)

July 8th--YELLOWSTONE PARK!

This is at Firehole Falls in Yellowstone, our first stop to our day.




This is the gang hiking to Ojo Caliente' which was completely empty so it was cool to have just us there checking out the stuff. We walked around and there were a ton of hot springs. At one point we were walking in this sand and we looked around and there was buffalo scat everywhere. Matt said he felt like we were walking in a big litter box. "Scat" is now a very common term in the Bowers' household as we got a book for Lily title "Who pooped in the park?" and its a big kid glossary for "scat." It's awesome.



We also made a stop at the Fountain Paint Pot loop which we don't have many pictures of but it was very cool. Below is the family at Old Faithful....we got to touch the water that trickled down towards us and, surprisingly, it wasn't hot. That is Lily's new favorite word "hoT" with an emphasis on the "t."

On our plane ride home, she touched the window of the airplane, looked at me and said "hoT." I then said.."no, not hot"..then touched the window and "OWWW! YES HOT!"

Old Faithful....
This was our picnic at the park at a nice place a bit away from Old Faithful Village which was a bit packed. We had a great time and Lily really enjoyed the day.

July 9th and 10th in Yellowstone and House in Island Park, Idaho

Daddy and Lily self portrait...


Lily loved the house we stayed at in Idaho 20 minutes outside of the West Yellowstone entrance. It had a wrap around deck that she kept...wrapping around.

Mommy and Lily playing bubbles...


Then Mommy, Lily and Maureen went for a hike around Harriman State Park which was 5 minutes from where we stayed.
Lily rides a horse! Basically, she got on, took this picture and was done. She kept calling it a "kitty" but I think she got the basic idea. We told her it was a very big kitty.
Lily was thirsty after all her hiking so Maureen gave her some water.

Lily really had a great time being outside the whole trip. We know she won't remember it but we have proof!!

On our way to Boulder...Friday, July11th

Ok, this trip was 7 1/2 hours to Casper, Wyoming and then another 4 to Boulder. We decided to stop in Casper at a B&B to break up the trip. Casper is....interesting. Notice there are no pictures.

We left and HAD to drive through Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. That is really the quickest route. We drove all through Wyoming which had really great landscape but it was filled with nothing. We saw one town that had a sign that said "Population 30." We counted the houses and yes, there were 5 trailers. Here is some pics:

This is us stopping quickly at West Thumb which Carolyn, Maureen and I had already stopped at....Daddy and Lily are tired...

This is us on the boardwalk that shows all sorts of geological situations....that place sure is weird.


We then drove through the Tetons...we had no idea it was so gorgeous and then BAM drive around a corner and its beautiful. Well worth the drive! Me and Carolyn....

Boulder-July 11th and 12th

Our last few days were spent in Boulder. It was so great to be out of the car and in once place. Lily was great but we were all pretty sick of the car at this point.

This is Lucille's in Boulder which was a great breakfast place! Cajun breakfast which has something to do with trout and biscuits...I guess. Anyway, I highly suggest it.
This is Mike, Lily and Mike's friend from college-Rachel.



Lily is such a good eater of real food now! Loves eggs and any kind of bread you put in front of her and fish too! Apparently, she ate some salmon the other day, NOT her Mama's little girl.
Lily above with Tara and Bowers. Special thanks to Tara and Adam for watching Lily while we went to the wedding in Boulder!



This was really neat. Its a whole big square which shoots out water intermittently and sporadically. Lily was a bit tired but this perked her up a bit. Very cool. There were lots of kids playing there in their bathing suits. The city seemed like a cool place to have kids.