9 days & 48 hours in the car

We got back last week from the one summer vacation we planned. The Cannons (Snows included), 13 of us in total, locked and loaded in four cars headed for the great wide open. Well, it was desert until we reached St. George.

There were many car changes, driver changes, DVDs, CDs, people napping, pit stops, and laughter on our way to SLC. The boys rested their heads for a night with us at Nels and Shirin's house before they hit the road for their boys canoe trip down the Snake River. The canoe trip will be a separate post by Tucker.

When the boys left for Wyoming the girls (luckily for us sometimes with the newphews) got to play. We partied down at Grandma Slagle's birthday party, shopped, ate Wendy's Frosties, shopped some more, got mani/pedis, had an all girls dinner at Ruth's in Immigration Canyon (Bo was the ladies man), napped, relaxed, and then packed it up to head to Jackson Hole to meet the boys.

Another long car ride through some of the most beautiful land I've ever seen and we were there. Us girls missed our men so much we drove up and down the banks of the Snake River to suprise them. Well, we found their truck and a Bald Eagle, no boys on canoes. Our condo at Snow King was so beautiful, with views of the Tetons.
After the boys returned from their trip of a lifetime, tired and sunburned, the Cannons hit the ground running for the next four days.

We went to the rodeo.





The girls went white water rafting down part of the Snake.

The boys arn't the only ones who ride the white water.
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Big Kahuna

We rode down the Alpine Slide.

Had a knee slap'n time at Bar-J Chuckwagon.

We took a trip to Yellowstone National Park.

Never having been there before we quickly realized that the park was a lot larger then expected. So, we ventured to no more than a fourth of the place.

We ended our last day in Jackson Hole with a good ol' cowboy shoot out in the town square.

If you look closely you can see Cannon running away from the cowboy gun fire like the rest of the kids and then you'll see Roman staring admiringly at the cowboy with a top hat.

When we got home from our trip I found Tucker on the computer. When I asked him what he was doing he said he was trying to find a way to move to Jackson Hole.

Thanks mom and dad Cannon. We had a blast and would never have been able to have as much fun with out the whole family there.

PS- Cole, we missed you more than you know!