Island Park & Yellowstone

I don't know why, but we seem to be blessed with some great friends...and they happen to be great friends with awesome connections!

Calvin and Amber invited us to come stay at Amber's Uncle's cabin in Island Park.

And by cabin I mean MANSION. It was gorgeous. Thanks guys!

We had fun roasting 'mallows outside and chomping down on smores. Most of the time I watched the sky.

I have never seen a shooting star.

And boy was I determined to see one. It blows my mind how many stars there are. But, of course, every time I turned my head to another part of the sky, one would shoot across and someone would say, "Oh, you just missed one." Frustrating. So I focused on one part of the sky for probably about 15 minutes and then it happened! It shot from the top of the sky down for a long time. It was awesome, and I was so proud of myself for being patient and ignoring the crick in my neck.

Scott didn't see it, so he teases that I probably just saw an airplane or bug. But it was definitely a star.

The next morning, we got up and headed to Yellowstone.

Scott has never been to Yellowstone.

It was definitely a vacation of firsts. It was fun to show him Old Faithful, Painter's Pot, the mud pots, geisers and of course those crazy-ugly-hairy bison and majestic elk. 

It was a gorgeous drive and everyone was exhausted later. 

Thanks Calvin and Amber for a fun trip! We are so lucky to have you as friends!