Our trip to YELLOWSTONE.........

We have wanted to take a trip to Yellowstone for quite a while, so this was our year. Craig and I along with my mom and David, Aubree and Amanda loaded up in our new van and we were off.
We left Cedar early the 19th of July and drove all the way to Wilson where we stayed, that was a long drive. My mom wanted to go up and around Bear Lake so we did, then thru Idaho and into Wyoming it took us about 10hrs to get there with all of our pit stops. The first few pictures are somewhere in Idaho and then Wyoming, we had a lot of fun but somehow we never had one picture taken with all of us together. I promise we all went and had a great time, we all got along. So you know what that means....there could be more trips in our future Yeah!!!!!
And so the fun begins......
I couldn't pass this up, not sure what the m stands for, but I think it's for MOM.....

Craig laughing I'm sure it was at my M for Mom on the side of the mountain....

David reading the map so we didn't get lost.

We really thought we were getting close, only a few more hours.....

Hey, look the same kind of sign. We made it to Jackson Hole!!!!!!!!

Our view of the Teton Mountain range....

Something River in Yellowstone...

Craig, Aubree, Amanda and I in front of some Hot pots.....
(do I really only own one shirt it seems that in every picture... green shirt)

Old Faithful.......

Aubree, Amanda and I in front of Old Faithful.....

Craig, Amanda and Aubree in front of Old Faithful...

Our first wild life sighting!!!!!!!

Teton Mountains

We stopped for lunch at Jackson lake Dam......

The Barn and the Bison are at a place called Mormon Row, very cool place....

My mom and I and the girls under the Jackson Hole WY antler sign.....

We just couldn't pass this up, it was sooo funny.......

This is where we stayed, the road we were on was called the Cedars..How appropriate.

Summer Fun!!!!!!!!

We have decided that this summer we are going to take our children on some field trips to some fun places that are close to Cedar City. Cedar really has some interesting sights and they are right under our nose and so we are going to enjoy them this summer. On our first outing we traveled up cedar canyon toward Navajo Lake but turned and went to Cascade falls. The sign there stats that the water leaves Navajo through the lava rock at the east end and goes through a series of sink holes and comes out through this wall of rock. It is very spectacular the water is so clear and comes out the side of this mountain, it also stated that the water from Cascade Falls ends up in Lake Powell (very interesting). The view was amazing you can see forever....

Here David and I are standing on the platform next to where the water comes out..

This was a big old tree that David thought was pretty cool looking.....

This is the water as it runs down the mountain side.

Me standing on the trail with my sturdy walking shoes on.. David cursed me the whole way.

The girls playing on the slip and slide along with the dog....

Catch Up........

In all of my spare time I made a wedding cake for my friends daughter.

This is what it looked like before all the other flowers were added.

Amanda's first All-Star games........
Amanda played so well during her games. She plays a great 2nd baseman.

She was sooo little compared to the other girls, she was also the youngest too.

She looks pretty serious.......

These are a few pictures of Amanda on the 4th of July in her All-Star jersey.
Her team didn't do so well but I think they had fun.....

They got to ride in the back of a truck in the Parade.
This is just about the time they passed the shoe store
and all the family clapped and cheered for her.
Noticed the look on her face....

The latest pictures.....

Is he just not the cutest baby ever!!!!!!

McKenzie and Lance after some rest, they both had a hard day yesterday....

Our New GrandBaby!!!!!!!

Ok, so the pictures are out of order AGAIN you would think that I've never done this before!!!
Well our new grandbaby was born today June 14, 2009. He is a flag day baby he will share his birthday with his great great grandma Cardon, and his cousin Brooklyn Cardon. He weighed in at 8 lbs and was 20 1/2 inches long with tons of long dark hair. We think that being born on flag day is quite fitting because his Dad so proudly serves in the military, and we were so afraid he would miss his birth because of summer gaurd camp. His name is Lance Cardon Esplin and we are so greatful that he is here and in our family.

HELP!!! we fell off the face of the Earth (not)...

These are just some pictures of what we have been up to. Playing some baseball/softball, hanging out with friends and just enjoying life. Be sure to look at all of our new pictures below.
Its been a while since I posted and all the pictures wouldn't fit in one post. We are waiting for the arrival of our grandson any day. I promise I will do better at keeping the blog up so keep checking...until then Love to all...

Amanda and her friend at their last softball game. She found some one as small as her and they insisted that they were sisters.

Aubree on deck....

They had a renaissance day for the 6th graders, this is Aubree all dressed up. (This costume was made for McKenzie when she was the same age, its held up well)

Amanda showing her redmen pride or something????