Star Valley

Now onto part 2 of our Wyoming stay.  My parents finished their mission and drove back across the country and met us at Phil & Nicole's.  Luce & I rode with them and we caravanned across the state of Wyoming to Star Valley.  We had a few close calls with a few deer but thankfully no animals were harmed on our journey.  Lucy complained that her "tummy hurt" a few minutes before we arrived and sure enough, when we pulled up at the cabin we were staying in she threw up.  Poor thing still didn't have that nasty bug out of her system.  I decided that I would rather clean up poop than throw up.  The smell is unbearable to me!  Oh it was sure nasty.  It was times like that when I really wished Trey was there to help.  But I know he handles barf worse than I do so I would have been cleaning it up anyway. :)
We stayed in Nicole's neighbor's cabin for the first few nights and then we met up with the whole family on Sunday at Reunion Ranch.  We had such a great time!  We went to Jackson Hole and stopped by the Snake River to watch some people go down on rafts.  It killed me to be so close but not be able to go river rafting like we usually do every year with the Banbury clan.  It was such a tease!  But we had a good time in Jackson checking out the overly-priced stores and strange clothes and such.  Of course we had to get a picture of the antler arches.

And one of the kids on the giantor bear chair

 We had lunch and then all the girls got pedicures while the boys and Lucy went out and saw the town.  That pedicure was heavenly!  The lady even popped my toes which was weird.

One day we went to the world's largest intermittent spring in Afton.  The kids had a grand time.  Lucy did not want to leave.

  Here we are at Reunion Ranch.  It was a nice cabin with a firepit and v-ball net.

 The Hawaiians came!  I love little Lukey and his funny faces he pulls.

 The kids thought it was funny to smash their faces on the screen door.

 A bunch of the girlies and a few of the boys decided they wanted to have a "spa" on the front porch where they were giving us "pedicures" and charging us a penny.  It was hilarious and super creative.  They basically were dumping soapy water on our feet and hands, rubbing it in, and then wiping it off.  They made a lot of money!

 Here is Suzanne and Brookelle and Luke and Chris getting their "pedicures", tee he he!

 Here are some of the silly girls who thought it up.  I love their poses.

 Lucy loved chasing cousin Carter in the pasture.

 A bunch of the childrens roasting some mallows.

Lucy and her mallow

We had a few good games of v-ball going

Here is a good view of the cabin.

 And another view of beautiful Star Valley.  It was gorgeous up there.

 And one more shot...ahhh...

 Cheryl and I took a bunch of the kids with us and walked down the road to see our neighbors, the horses.

  This is the one picture I took inside the cabin...typical Wyoming cabin decor :)

 A pretty rainbow

 My cute missionary parents

 Banburys minus our man

And here is almost the whole fam (sans Trey)

The night before we left we had an awesome firework show.  Here are the kids anxiously awaiting the show.

Another fun thing we did was had a little girl outing where we went to a local consignment store/boutique and bookstore and then got a treat.  Good bonding time with all the sister-in-laws.  Oh and we went to the Cheeseburger Factory in Alpine and had some delicious burgers, they seriously are the best!  And their fries are the bomb.  And of course there was plenty of late night Nerts playing going on.  Nicole will always and forever be the Nerts champion.
We had a blast catching up with family and it was fun watching Lucy get to know her cousins and play with them.  I wish it could have been a few days longer because it all went by so fast!  I guess that's usually the story when you're having fun.