I haven't been the best about keeping my blog updated, but there has been a lot of excitement and work going on in our home. We are so excited because we have finally made the decision and have been working really hard to take the steps to enter the temple. This is such a huge step for our family but one that we couldn't be more happy about. 
I finally got the time to upload some of our pictures from Yellowstone. I actually took some pretty good ones, We stopped in Rexburg ID at Bear World and we were able to get pretty up close and personal with some of the animals, this was probably my kids favorite part of the whole trip. We also toured Yellowstone national park for two days and we were able to get some good photos there, my kids thought it was cool but they hated the smells that came along with it. This was a really fun trip and we would like to do more trips similar to this in the near future.
We were fortunate enough to be invited by some of our close friends to go to Island Park this past week. We were able to stop in Rexburg Idaho at Bear World were we saw several different animals and we were even able to feed some bears, this was probably the kids favorite part of the whole trip. We then went on into Island park were we stayed in a really nice cabin at the pines. The next day we went into West Yellowstone and went around the lower loop. We were able to see Bison, Elk, and a wild Grizzly bear along with lots of geothermic activity. The next day we just hung around the cabin in the morning and then we went on a four wheeler ride down to the river, once we were there the kids saw people river rafting and they really wanted to go so we hurried back to Mack's Inn and rented a raft to head down the river. The next day we headed back to West Yellowstone were we went up to Mammoth Hot Springs. We had a really good time, and I think this was probably one of our most relaxing trips we have been on. The kids loved being able to see all the wild life and just hang out and play. Thanks to the Little family for thinking of us and allowing us to tag along. I did take a million pictures but haven't had time to upload them yet so as soon as I get this done I will post more of our trip.
This morning after several long hours of labor my darling niece delivered a beautiful baby girl. We are so excited for there family to start growing and that there is a new baby in our extended family. The only draw back to all of this is that I am now legally a great aunt, who would think that at the young age of 30 that I would be a great anything. Oh well I forgive them just because of the wonderful gift that it has brought into our families life. By the way this makes Brandi a grandma ( isn't that funny).
Sorry this may be to much for some of you but here are some of the current pictures of Jays recent surgery. He thinks he looks like a part of nightmare on elm street. Oh well this is how we all get better right. We are hopeful that this will be the last surgery, but only time will tell.
