The Walker's Visit

We've been super busy the last 10 days or so. It's amazing how summer can make life really exciting all of a sudden, but at the same time so, so busy. We had some friends from Texas come up to visit. They've never been up this way, so we wanted to show them everything we could in our neck of the woods. We started with Salt Lake City. We drove down last Friday night.

We took them to the Mayan for dinner

The next morning, the kids got up early and headed straight for the pool. What good is a hotel without a pool, right?!?

Saturday, we walked around Temple Square. While there, we went to see the new Joseph Smith movie. It's in the visitors center in Idaho Falls also. If you haven't gotten a chance to see it yet....GO!!! It's amazing. I think it just may be my most favorite church movie yet!

While there, we also got to catch up with my sister Aubri and her kids. It's been about a year and a half since we've seen them, so it was fun to visit!

Then, went to the Church History Museum. On the top floor, there is a children's exhibit. It's way fun. Our kids always like to stop there if we can.

We also went on a tour of the Conference Center and went to a late lunch at The Lion House Pantry. YUM!

Sunday we drove them up to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We walked around and toured the town. We also went to the Ripley's Believe-it-or-Not! Museum.

 (sitting on the Buffalo couch)

(in front of the matchstick train)

It rained the whole time we were in Jackson, so we didn't get very many pictures. We were way disappointed because we drove up to Grand Teton National Park, but the clouds were so thick, you couldn't see the Tetons! 

As if that weren't enough. After staying up way late both Saturday and Sunday nights (and being completely exhausted!), Monday morning we got up and headed to Mesa Falls.....

and then to Yellowstone!

At Yellowstone, we went to Old Faithful

Saw some of the water pools

Saw a waterfall:

And we saw a little bit of wildlife (but not as much as we expected!)

And did lots of driving and walking

We ended the day at Mammoth Falls.

It's been several years since we've been to Yellowstone. I really want to try and make a trip back later this summer and spend a few days up there.
 
I think everyone was completely exhausted by this point. We did in 3 days what we would normally do on several different trips. It's amazing what we accomplished!