Pierce Family Vacation

We spent four days with Eric's family at Jackson Lake, Wyoming. It was such a beautiful place! We were so glad we could come and spend time with our families. On our first day we saw a lot of wildlife. We drove by a herd of bison, bears were sighted near camp, one deer almost ran into grandpa's car, and three deer walked in front of our cabin. We loved being so close to nature... or so we thought...

During our first night in our cabin, around midnight, we awoke to a russeling sound. Eric woke me up and said, "Do you hear that? I think we have mice." I turned on the light thinking "Gross, I hate mice." Eric went to investigate the sound. He went over to the plastic bag (where the noise was coming from) and peered in. He had a puzzled look on his face then he looked at me and said, "It's a bat!" I thought he was joking, but then a bat swooped down from the ceiling and tried to attack his head. I ran from the room screaming and locked myself in the bathroom (yes, I left Kinsley behind with the bats). We didn't have a hard time getting the first bat out of the room because he was still in the sack-- we just tossed the entire thing outside-- but we spent an hour throwing things at the second one trying to get him out the door. We had a very restless night because whenever we heard a sound we turned on the light to see if we had more bats in our room. I learned an important lesson... while I do hate mice, I hate bats even more.

Eric's sister, Jenny, made this chair for Kinsley and Russelito out of PVC pipe and material. Kinsley loved her "big girl chair!" Thanks Jenny!

It was So beautiful at Jackson Lake, in Wyoming! I loved the mountains in the background. One of the days we were there Eric's dad, Brent, rented a boat and we were able to go out onto the lake. It really was breathtaking but as you can tell Kinsley was less than thrilled to be back into her straight jacket... ummm I mean life jacket.

Some friends of ours, who go to school with Eric, told us about "Mormon Row" so while we were in the area we had to check it out. It was such a beautiful place. If I were a pioneer (which I am glad I am NOT) I would have settled in the same area! Justin and Haylee, thanks for the information and driving instructions!

Some of us swam in the lake. I personally thought everyone was crazy for swimming in freezing coold water! PS Josh... Cute picture!!!

Kinsley loves doing this with her dad.

I've lived in Idaho for the majority of my life but have never seen Old Faithful in Yellowstone. My family went snowmobiling in Yellowstone one year and we went to see Old Faithful twice but each time we were running on "Chad Jones standard time" (aka 15 mins late) so we always missed it. So when I found out how close we were to Yellowstone I made Eric promise to take me to see Old Faithful! I am SOO glad I did because it was so neat to see.

Kissing Cousins! Kinsley tried to give Russelito kisses all week but he would always push her away and cry (he didn't like her kisses) but she finally got him cornered and he gave in.

The Group

The Pierce FamilyWe will need a vacation from our vacation.