Jackson Hole

We recently returned home from a trip to Jackson Hole. Jackson is an amazing place surrounded by some of the most beautiful country side imaginable. When we received a phone call on Sunday afternoon inviting us to Jackson the following day, there was no turning it down. We knew that it would be a long drive there, so we packed up and had the car ready to leave early the next morning. Monday turned out to be a lot longer than we planned for. After making a few LONG stops, we finally arrived in Jackson at 11:15 Monday night. We had left the HOT Colorado weather behind and knew that it would be a fabulous week.

We had an wonderful fun FILLED week. On Tuesday we drove into Grand Teton National Park and hiked around Jenny Lake. The hike totals close to 8.5 miles which includes a beautiful waterfall. Our kids did amazingly well. Olivia did about 7 miles and Aubree close to 3. Maddie enjoyed the entire trip in the backpack. The week's activities also included a lot of bike riding. There are a LOT of great single track trails accessible right from town. Grandma, who is an amazing babysitter, watched the kids so that Brad and I were able to ride some of these trails. About ten minutes after we returned from our ride, Olivia fell on the ground and cut her chin open. (Grandma was very relived that she waited until we were back to do it!) Livs was very upset and hurt but didn't want to go to the hospital so we patched her up with butterfly bandages and superglue. I am afraid she will have a pretty good scar from that cut.

On our last day in Jackson, we went over to Teton Village and bought lift tickets to ride our bikes down the mountain the lazy man way. There were a lot of very technical trails and I got a good bruiser on my leg from my crash. Olivia loved it and is quite the biker! Dad and Livvy spent the evening with Grandpa, Heather, Cari, and Casten at the Bar J Wranglers Ranch. Aubs and I were able to fit in some alone time as well. We went out on the town for the night, enjoyed the end of the art show, played at the park, went shopping, and ate Kettle Corn.

While in Jackson Hole, we also found time to go swimming, play at the park, watch the wild west show, eat Thai food, go running, biking some more, barbecue, enjoy the great company, play some games, and fit in a little bit of sleep. Thank you Grandpa and Grandma for a great trip. We love you so much and really enjoy spending time with you. Also, thanks to Uncle Bruce for the use of the condo!