Uncle Tom's Cabin

I am so far behind in my blogging, I hope I can remember all the fun we had at the cabin this year. The cabin is always a special place to visit, especially during the 4th of July and especially with our family. 

I never tire of this beautiful view.

Tom and I drove to the cabin on Wednesday and brought Eva with us.

It was fun having some one on one time with her.

Beautiful full moon

On Thursday, Tom, Charlie, Eva and I drove into Yellowstone Park

We saw this lonely buffalo which of course stopped about 40 cars.

We had a beautiful picnic

Father and son

We loved this crazy van we saw

Tom has been wanting to swim in the Firehole river for a long time, so we finally made it. Eva just wished she had brought her swim suit.

Lots of other people had the same idea on this hot afternoon

The adventurous swimmer

When we got back from Yellowstone we met up with Missy and Jed and family.

Jed's parents have a cabin in Pinehaven too 

so we love seeing them when we're at the cabin. 

They were having so much fun swimming in the river 

that Eva jumped right in to swim with them

Grandma and Grandpa Smith have 4 wheelers which 

Eva thought were pretty awesome.  

Especially with her cute 2nd cousins, Jared and Anders,chauffeuring her.

Taylor, Whitney, Devin, Sarah and Sophie arrived on Thursday, they spent some time helping Grandpa clear the trail down to the dock.

Taylor does love his machete

We had some fun canoe rides. Taylor is a great oarsman

Gotta love selfies with Taylor's cool selfie stick

Sophie loves Grandpa Charlie

On Friday we drove to Jackson Hole.

What a view

 

 

 

Can you tell we had a good time with the selfie stick?

We had hoped to do the Alpine Slide at SnowKing but it was closed for repairs.

We spent some time "bouldering" instead

Then had a fabulous picnic lunch

The famous antler arch

 

Sophie and Eva got to ride in the stage coach

On the way home, we stopped in Ashton for a delicious huckleberry shake

This little friend picked some beautiful wildflower bouquets for her Grandma

More beautiful pics of the view from the cabin

This is what happened once we got the kids to bed.

Who knew we had a family of card sharks?

On the 4th of July we drove into Ashton for the parade.

We love the small town parade

These two brought home a bucketful of candy

Devin and Taylor represented the US in their soccer jerseys

The parade goes down main street, then turns around and comes back, so during halftime, we walked around the Farmer's Market in the park

Taylor entertained the crowd with some juggling skills

There was more card playing on Saturday afternoon and some more yard work

We also floated the river.

It was so hot and the river felt great!

After a fabulous 4th of July barbecue, we drove back into Ashton for their Fireworks show

It's always fun to attend church in Island Park on 4th of July weekend.

There were like 2,000 people there.

After church, we stopped for some pics at Harriman State park

Here's what Eva and Sophie think about more picture taking

until you ask them to be models

Aunt Whitney is everyone's favorite

Swan family

Farewell little cabin in the woods

We can't wait until next time