Bryce and Reid camping

This is what happens when you let two 2 year olds play at a camp site for a few minutes without close supervision. This is Bryce and Reid playing at Golden Gate State Park during a camping outing with Melissa's Mothers of PreSchoolers (MOPS) group. We camped Friday and Saturday night and even brought our dogs along. They got to swim in the lake and go on a short hike with us but otherwise they pretty much just hung out at the campsite. Sydney and Bryce had a blast playing with all the other kids and climbing around on the rocks.

Bryce's Boo Boo (Blue Dog)

So this is Bryce's Blue which he calls Boo Boo. A few days ago as Sydney and I (and I thought Bryce) were watching a movie, he snuck outside with Blue to play. When I noticed he had gone, I checked outside and he had decided to pull down one of our Tiki Torches which was half full with the fluid. He managed to get that stuff all over himself and Blue and we even called poison control because we didn't know if he had swallowed it. Poison Control said to give him some milk and watch him which we did. The next day as Melissa talked with another of her nursing friends, she was told how dangerous this Tiki Torch fluid really is. So rather than trying to clean Blue we bought a new one. We were worried Bryce wouldn't take to the new Blue, but he loved it. The real problem arose when Sydney saw the new Blue because then she wanted a new Lamby which she's had since birth (thanks Heather!). We managed to delay long enough and convince her how special Lamby is so I think we're over that. I guess some (most?) kids will only take they're grubby old toy they've grown up with, but not ours ... out with the old and in with the new!

Yellowstone (Part 2)

This is the second (and final) batch of Yellowstone photos. These were taken in the Mammoth and Canyon area. We really enjoyed the Mammoth area and how unique its "thermal features" are (to quote the brochure). We also enjoyed the little cabin we stayed in, even though it didn't have a bathroom. Unfortunately the next day we found out the road from Tower Falls to Canyon was closed due to snow! We still went that direction in order to visit Tower Falls and even saw a huge herd of Bison right next to, and ON, the road. We then backtracked through Mammoth to get to Canyon where we found they had received 10 inches of snow the previous day. In fact, it was still snowing as we were there. Luckily we were able to get some decent pictures of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and managed to stay warm. It was an awesome trip and a must see, especially for Denverites who only live about 8 or 9 hours away.