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Last Pictures From Yellowstone (I Promise!!)...

Here are the last pictures that I have to share with you (I actually have a TON more...but I promise not to bore you with them)!

This is what is called "Roaring Mountain" (just North of Norris in Yellowstone).  The diversity of the sights in Yellowstone is just AMAZING!!!  Our older two children each chose three things that they want to research further when we got home...and this "steaming" mountain is one that my 8 yr old son, Jared chose! 

   

These are "my boys" :-) (actually DH with our three boys).  This is the start of the walkway that led to the "Upper Terrace".  My daughter Ali and I didn't think it was anything too special...but they just couldn't get over how the mineral had coated all of the grass and weeds to make these hard strands!  Boys!  

Oh, if you're wondering where my daughter is...she was absolutely mortified at the thought of me posting her picture!  I guess she's like her mom in that sense....

 

Speaking of boys being boys...LOL!  Out of everything there was to see, it was the insects that captured my 3 (almost 4) year old son Bryan's heart!

I love this picture of David (our almost 2 year old son)!  He was pretty sick for most of the trip, but really came "alive" when we visited the Upper Terrace at Yellowstone!  I'm not sure if it was the waterfalls, interesting mineral deposits, insects, or maybe just the fact that there was a looooong walkway in which he could RUN!  LOL!  Here he's showing DH some waterfalls!  This kid loves water!

Thanks so much for "putting up" with all of my pictures!  I will have something stamped to show you tomorrow!  :-)  ~Laurie

More Pictures From Yellowstone...

I've had some trouble with my site today...I kept getting an error message every time I went to post.  Finally, everything seems to be working so I will now share with you some more pictures that I took on our trip. 

While driving back to West Yellowstone for the night, we saw a small herd of Elk grazing across the river.  I just love the soft evening light in this picture (I am NOT a photographer by any means...but even I couldn't mess this up too badly :-)!

I took this picture from the "Upper Terrace" at Mammoth (very close to the North Entrance to Yellowstone).

This amazing "hill??" was on our way out of the parking area for the Upper Terrace!  Isn't this the coolest thing?  There is water (I'm not sure if it was totally water) spraying out of the side of this!!!

I have just a couple more pictures to share...but I will continue them in another post so I don't jam your in boxes!  Sorry for the "side tracked" nature of these posts...I just can't help myself!  The scenery was just amazing!!  ~Laurie

We're Back!

Hi!  We're back from our little "getaway" trip!  Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments and well-wishes!  We all had such a wonderful time!  I can't remember the last time I laughed so much!  Late Fall is my absolute favorite time to see Yellowstone!  The people are scarce and the animals are abundant!  I have just a few pictures from our trip and a card I want to share with  you today.

This is what is called the "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone".

There were so many buffalo along side the road...it made it easy (and safe) to get a great picture!

This is my husband's favorite part of the whole trip!!  LOL!  Because there was so few tourists, the Elk were closer to the road than they usually are.  With a good zoom lens attached to my camera, I was able to get a pretty decent picture of this big guy!

I will have a few more pictures to share with you tomorrow!  I hope you don't tire of seeing these, but there was so many interesting things we saw (not to mention the amazing scenery) that I can't help but share!

Here is a card that was completely inspired by the gorgeous colors I saw this past few days!  The cool crisp air, the Fall colors, and the fresh snow all made for some amazing colors!

I started with a 5 1/4" square Old Olive card base.  I combined the snowflake circles from Seasonal Circles with the snowflakes from Winter Wonder (both sets are from Verve Visual).  The wide Olive green satin ribbon is some that I bought from Jacksonbelle's Embellishments (it is exactly like the Pomegranate and Chocolate satin ribbon from Stampin' Up!...just a different color).  I used the backside (an antiqued solid Sage color) of some Dutch Girl (by Cosmo Cricket) DP to stamp my snowflake background.

I will be back tomorrow with some more pictures from our trip and a sample for Beate's Weekend  Sketch Challenge!  Have a great day!  ~Laurie

Recipe   Stamps: Winter Wonder, Seasonal Circles (from Verve Visual)   Paper: Sage Shadow, Old Olive, Dutch Girl (Cosmo Cricket) DP, Vellum c.s.   Ink: Versamark, Tea Leaves and Oasis Green Versamagic Dew Drops   Other: White e.p., Old Olive brads, Olive green satin ribbon, White gel pen, Coluzzle