Catching Frogs - June 26th

Here comes the Idaho vacation pics...a whole pile of them. However, as there are so many, I will be interspersing the Idaho posts with current posts of what we are up to. So...hopefully it isn't too confusing when you read a post of us being in Idaho, then a post of us in Alaska. :) I'll put the dates on the Idaho posts to keep them straight.

And now...onto the Idaho vacation!!

After flying into Idaho Falls early on Friday, we headed up to the Pond Family cabin that night with Jonette, Tayler, Dallan, Dustin, and Erica. Dana showed up later that night as well. KayCee, Kendal, and PresLee and Jamie (Dallan's girlfriend) showed up the next day (Saturday).

There was an INCREDIBLE lightning/thunder storm the night we showed up. We don't have thunder/lightning where we are at in Alaska. I forgot how much I missed those amazing storms. We just sat outside on the covered deck and watched the spectacular storm. The Bug was pretty amazed. It scared him at first, but then he was just as in awe as the rest of us. It was pretty cool.

The family cabin is about 5 miles from West Yellowstone. It's property Shayne's Grandma Pond inherited from her family. They then built a cabin on the property which each of Shayne's dad and siblings have use of. We were lucky enough to be able to reserve it for the weekend we were there for a little family reunion. It's actually the place Shayne & I went to for our honeymoon...after our horse-trailer experience. :)

Anyway...there is a cute little spring creek that runs through the property which Shayne and his siblings grew up catching frogs in. Luckily enough for us...there are still frogs in it. So on Saturday, Shayne took The Bug out to catch frogs with his brothers, Dustin & Dallan, and Tayler. KayCee and PresLee and Jonette joined us down at the creek a little later.

It was so fun watching The Bug with the frogs. His favorite thing was to poke their eyes to watch them blink.

I lied...his MOST favorite thing was the 4-wheeler we brought to the cabin. That's how Uncle Dal was able to get him to hang out with him. That's how Papa also got him to warm up to him. He took him on lots of rides on the "bike", as The Bug would call it.

As you can see from the pics, Shayne thoroughly enjoyed the water-proof camera. He took a plethera of pics of a fatty frog under water, and of the small creek. They did turn out pretty cool though.

It was so fun to watch The Bug play in the water and mud and with the frogs. It was also fun to see Shayne hanging out with his family...in particular his brothers.

I must admit...the sun was nice as well. :)