Halloween

For Halloween this year Chris decided that he wanted to be a "Rodeo Glown that rides horses". We had a lot of fun making his costume this year. He was so excited to get to wear his costume and get his clown makeup done. We also got to go to the Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo on friday and saturday.

Christopher and his cousin Lainey

and Chris is riding his stick horse Rosie

ready to head to the next house

"Are they going to answer the door and give us some candy?"

Big Guy and Little Guy

At at the rodeo

now thats a scowl!....he didn't want me to take his picture

the actual rodeo clown liked Chris' costume

he came and posed for the picture with Chris

Chris took this picture...its actually a pretty good timing shot!

The guy in the brown shirt is one of Chris' heros.

His name is Cody Wright and he's a former World Champion Saddle bronc rider. Chris has even named one of his toy saddle bronc riders "Cody Wright"

Cody's ride

Cody Wright heading back after his ride.

Chris had such a wonderful time at the rodeo. This was our 6th rodeo this year! Chris loved everyone of them!

Yellowstone, October 13-17

We headed up to Yellowstone for a few days for a little vacation. Chris was really looking forward to seeing all the animals again. I was looking forward to both the wildlife and the geysers, and hot spring.

of course we have to go look at the hot springs

Sapphire Pool

Mommy and Me at the Sapphire Pool

Me and Jared (it was a little chilly that morning)

Chris got a mommy grizzly bear for the baby grizzly bear he got last year, and he wanted to carry it in his jacket....I think its pretty darn cute

our trio with The Lower Yellowstone Falls in the background

Mr Cheeser with The Lower Yellowstone Falls

Lower Yellowstone Falls

Lower Yellowstone Falls, such a beautiful place

My guys

Upper Yellowstone Falls

Just above the falls

top of the Upper Falls

the falls

Firehole River Falls

Black Cauldron.... one of my favorites

3 goof balls with the Black Cauldron behind us

My goof balls

Mommy and me with a mud pot behind us

Lil man pointed out all the buffalo poop along the trail, he thought it was hilarious that there was poop on the trail

another Mommy and me shot

someone stole mom's sunglasses

mmuuaahh ... eat your hearts out ladies

You can't go to Yellowstone and not go see Old Faithful

Lil Man and Old Faithful

Old Faithful erupting

Mommy and me at Old Faithful

another random geyser

Lil man on one of the geyser walks

Of course there has to be wildlife at Yellowstone!

some buffalo

one of the many elk we saw, this was actually one of the smaller bull elk we saw, however he was chasing off an even smaller one

this guy had the largest rack of all the bull elk we saw, however he was smaller mass wise. We figured he must be pretty old, and had been run off by some younger tougher bull since he was all alone with no cows

and we had one of them stick his tongue out at us

one of about 5 coyotes we saw

one of two wild wolves we saw! This was the first time I've ever seen the wild wolves in the park. There were two here, this grey one and a black one, but I was only able to get a picture of this grey one

another shot of the grey wolf

we saw a black bear this time

one of the grizzly bears at the Discovery Center in West Yellowstone

stuck in a bear trap

caught me a little man!

GGRRRooowwwll

checking out a wolf den

our trio

this looks like a good place for a nap

We had a great time on this trip. We had a lot of fun looking for all the wild animals. Chris gets a big kick out of the buffalo that are right along the road and that are close to the car. He thought the geysers were pretty cool, but he said they were stinky.

"Barnyard Boo"

For Halloween Thanksgiving Point does a "Barnyard Boo". Its a less scary thing for kids to do. We went and did the pumpkin painting, and then Chris wanted to go and play around with what looked like a croquet course. He had fun crawling around and sticking his head thru the holes.

a little battie

My pumpkin

BOO

of course, no trip to Thanksgiving Point is complete without the pony ride

painting his pumpkin