Jackson Hole Summer 2012

We made it up to our family’s condo in Teton Village TWICE this summer, which is a new record for us since having kids.  Seth and I used to spend a lot of time there, but with five kids in tow, travel is just a little trickier these days.

Our first trip was a week-long holiday over the fourth of July with Jeremy & Chris’s family.  The kids had a blast and were so excited to spend a week with their cousins.  In usual form, a really fun bug somehow made its way through all TEN of our kids, which made for lots and lots of vomit.  Other than that (and one trip to the emergency clinic for a very dehydrated little cousin ), the trip was a success!

Free gondola rides after 4:00 p.m. means we did a lot of traveling to the top of the mountain

All the cousins.  We are so lucky that all our kids match up and they adore each other.

Swimming at the condo pool

We drove into Teton National Park and had a campfire dinner at the Gros Ventre campground

And saw a moose…..

Then we did some paddleboarding on Jenny Lake

On the way home we happened to drive through Soda Springs right when the geyser was erupting, so we stopped to let the kids see it

 

Jackson trip #2

Three weeks later we were back at it again, this time with the rest of the Wallace clan.  Ben & Megan were in town and made it up for a few days.  It was so nice spending time with them and our other family members we don’t get to see as often!

Family day hangin out by the river.  Its amazing how long a river will entertain kids.

They skipped rocks, splashed in the water, took turns “floating” down, tried to commandeer logs and turn them into watercraft, and some even had a nice bath (Ok, just one…..)

But isn’t he the cutest????  Such a nice, round bum.

After our picnic, we rode bikes up the road a ways via the fabulous bike path they have in the park. It was so much fun. So much in fact, that the ladies snuck out the next day and rode from the condo all the way back to Jenny Lake.  It was fabulous!

Just having fun in the village square

We let the kids do some of the rides at the ski resort since we had some passes left over from trip #1

Noodle was our best “flipper”

On our last night Grandma Lesli took us all to the the Bar J Wranglers.  I haven’t been for years and my kids have never been.  I wasn’t sure if they would appreciate the music and the humor or not, but they loved it! Sparky especially.  He was cracking up at all their silly jokes. After the show, he told me he really loved the fiddle music and wants to learn to play the fiddle.  Such a sweet boy!

It was a successful summer season in Jackson to say the least!  Now, if we can just get up there one time this winter for some skiing, that will really be a miracle!  Thanks everyone for such great trips!