We had the AWESOME oppertunity to take a family vacation this summer to Bret & Heidi's house in Powell, Wyoming. It also happened to be during the Park County Fair, which is it's own holiday for Bret & Heidi. So we thought we'd join them on their "holiday"!
We started our trip first thing Tuesday, July 26th, morning, after Ben got done with work. We stopped in Rexburg long enough to pick up and order for Ben, grab some Arctic Circle, say hi to Michelle, and head back out.
Our quickest way to Powell is through Yellowstone so we got to see a few animals while we were traveling as well:)
We got to Bret & Heidi's around 5:00pm and had a chance to visit and up pack a little before we headed off to the fair. We grabbed some dinner before Bret had to leave and work his last graveyard shift before his 4 days off. Ben and Bret had what was called a "Country Burger". It was a glazed doughnut, cut in half, with a cheese burger put in the middle. Sounded so weird, but was tastebud confusingly good!
Then it was off to watch the pig wrestling! KaDee and a few of her friends had entered and because Bret is a volunteer firefighter, we even got to sit in the back of the truck right in the arena. Here is the before picture....
And here's the after! They did a good job, but the mud was just to slippery and the pig a bit to heavy for them to get him in the bucket in the 60 second time limit.
One of the girls was even nice enough to share some of the "mud" with Jacob as she walked past to go get washed off. 
This was the inventive way they came up with to wash off the pig wrestling contestants. Firehoses!
Then next day, Wednsday, the 27th, my cousin Jessica happened to have a dr's appointment for her broken ankle and my aunt and grandma got lost getting her there that Bret saw them and they came back to visit us while Jessie was at her appointment. They had her 2 adorable little girls with them. This is Cassidy. She had just turned one and Bentley is 8 months! Difference is.....Cassidy is walking all over and Bentley hasn't even started to crawl yet!
Here is Ben, Peyton, and Maddie, Jessie's older daughter, playing on the tramp. While Jen and Cassidy watch.
Here is Bentley's Great Grandma Iris! He wasn't so sure he wanted to give up his toy to set on her lap for a second, but you can't pass up oppertunities like these:)
After our visit with Grandma and Jen, we headed off to Cody to go mini-golfing. It was an activity we could all do and enjoy!
Even Bentley didn't mind it:)
Peyton thought the mini-golf yard decorations were fun to play with as well.
That evening, we let Jacob and Chris go ride the carnival rides while we sat back and watched the lumberjack show. It was awesome to watch. Very entertaining!
Then we caught up with the boys and they rode a few rides with the little kids:) Here is Chris and Peyton in the purple/red car and Zack is in the lime/green car behind them. Pretty sure he was trying to pass ;P
We had a stroller for Bentley, but after a while, he wanted some attention. Aunt Heidi was more then glad to take on the challenge. He sure loved all the commotion!
Bret and I got to ride the Carousel with Zack and Peyton without having to get a ride pass. Peyton wasn't sure at first, but she sure warmed up when she relized she could say hi to daddy every time she came around!
Thursday, the 28th, morning we got up and watched KaDee's friend Baxter show her steer. When I said this was Bret & Heidi's "holiday" I meant that they enjoyed EVERY aspect of the fair:) We did have a good time watching the different steers come and go.
Then it was off to the lake. Bret & Heidi got a new boat at the beginning of the summer so we had to test it out. We dropped Peyton and Zack off at Heidi's Grandma Georgia's and headed up to Horseshoe Bend. There was hardly anyone on the lake and the water was so high that we could get to places that are usually dry land. We swam, shot water balloons from a balloon launcher, and tubed.
Chris and Jacob were the first to get to go on the tube!
We started our trip first thing Tuesday, July 26th, morning, after Ben got done with work. We stopped in Rexburg long enough to pick up and order for Ben, grab some Arctic Circle, say hi to Michelle, and head back out.
Our quickest way to Powell is through Yellowstone so we got to see a few animals while we were traveling as well:)
We got to Bret & Heidi's around 5:00pm and had a chance to visit and up pack a little before we headed off to the fair. We grabbed some dinner before Bret had to leave and work his last graveyard shift before his 4 days off. Ben and Bret had what was called a "Country Burger". It was a glazed doughnut, cut in half, with a cheese burger put in the middle. Sounded so weird, but was tastebud confusingly good!
Then it was off to watch the pig wrestling! KaDee and a few of her friends had entered and because Bret is a volunteer firefighter, we even got to sit in the back of the truck right in the arena. Here is the before picture....
And here's the after! They did a good job, but the mud was just to slippery and the pig a bit to heavy for them to get him in the bucket in the 60 second time limit.
One of the girls was even nice enough to share some of the "mud" with Jacob as she walked past to go get washed off. 
This was the inventive way they came up with to wash off the pig wrestling contestants. Firehoses!
Then next day, Wednsday, the 27th, my cousin Jessica happened to have a dr's appointment for her broken ankle and my aunt and grandma got lost getting her there that Bret saw them and they came back to visit us while Jessie was at her appointment. They had her 2 adorable little girls with them. This is Cassidy. She had just turned one and Bentley is 8 months! Difference is.....Cassidy is walking all over and Bentley hasn't even started to crawl yet!
Here is Ben, Peyton, and Maddie, Jessie's older daughter, playing on the tramp. While Jen and Cassidy watch.
Here is Bentley's Great Grandma Iris! He wasn't so sure he wanted to give up his toy to set on her lap for a second, but you can't pass up oppertunities like these:)
After our visit with Grandma and Jen, we headed off to Cody to go mini-golfing. It was an activity we could all do and enjoy!
Even Bentley didn't mind it:)
Peyton thought the mini-golf yard decorations were fun to play with as well.
That evening, we let Jacob and Chris go ride the carnival rides while we sat back and watched the lumberjack show. It was awesome to watch. Very entertaining!
Then we caught up with the boys and they rode a few rides with the little kids:) Here is Chris and Peyton in the purple/red car and Zack is in the lime/green car behind them. Pretty sure he was trying to pass ;P
We had a stroller for Bentley, but after a while, he wanted some attention. Aunt Heidi was more then glad to take on the challenge. He sure loved all the commotion!
Bret and I got to ride the Carousel with Zack and Peyton without having to get a ride pass. Peyton wasn't sure at first, but she sure warmed up when she relized she could say hi to daddy every time she came around!
Thursday, the 28th, morning we got up and watched KaDee's friend Baxter show her steer. When I said this was Bret & Heidi's "holiday" I meant that they enjoyed EVERY aspect of the fair:) We did have a good time watching the different steers come and go.
Then it was off to the lake. Bret & Heidi got a new boat at the beginning of the summer so we had to test it out. We dropped Peyton and Zack off at Heidi's Grandma Georgia's and headed up to Horseshoe Bend. There was hardly anyone on the lake and the water was so high that we could get to places that are usually dry land. We swam, shot water balloons from a balloon launcher, and tubed.
Chris and Jacob were the first to get to go on the tube!
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