We had a ton of fun last Saturday going through Yellowstone. Elise was a little unhappy at the end because unknown to us she was coming down with swine flu. But still the trip was very enjoyable and I got some fun pictures. (I also just did a new post about Sarah's blessing below.)

Firehole Falls. Thank you Dad for being Vanna White for us.

I've never seen such a rich blue. It was beautiful!


This is me playing with my sweet Nikon camera. The first shot took it quick for the choppy look. The second is my favorite with the more flowing look.

This is a picture of my new house. I wish! This is the lodge by Old Faithful. It looks like the worlds most amazing tree house in a log cabin. I wish they would allow people up there. I know my dad was just DIEING to get up there!

Old Faithful before.


Old Faithful! Elise asked if it was doing the dishes and all the ladies around us laughed and thought she was so cute.


This is a picture of the smoke from the fire that closed part of the park. This view is from Old Faithful.

That red dot is the sun behind the smoke.


We went through a bit of Teton National Park on our way home. I got some cool pictures as the sun went down.


This was not on our Yellowstone trip. I took this on our way home from Sarah's blessing a few weeks ago. I thought it was pretty.

Baby Sarah's Blessing

Great Grandma Anne Beckstead holding Baby Sarah Anne Beckstead.
Grandma Linda and Grandpa Kelly Beckstead holding little Sarah.
Who could resist kissing her!

Lots of New Posts!

We have had a ton of things going on that I wanted to blog about and the easiest way to do it was to give each one there own post. So scroll down and read them all!!

Elise's First Day of PreSchool

Elise's started her first day of PreSchool in the 4 year old class today. This is the last year she will be going to Grandma's PreSchool but the first year with out me since I'm not teaching this year. She was so excited and we feel blessed that she has the opportunity to go to the best PreSchool!

Labor Day, Beckstead Family Reunion

We had a great time at Cherry Hill in Utah! Thank you to Aunt Jill and Grandma for all the fun activities!

Elise participated in the pie eating contests. It was so much fun to watch her get a little messy!

Randon and Nicole took us on a walk that went behind Lagoon. We had no idea it was there and it was really pretty.
Elise standing in front of a hug old rotted out tree. This was off the path of the Lagoon Trail.
Also off the Lagoon Trail, it was the perfect picture tree.
Cool bridge that we stopped on to take a look at the little creek below.
Elise really liked the hats that Grandma brought!
Fun with the jumping air toys that Aunt Jill rented. Everyone had a blast!


Scott won, but Michelle put up a really good fight! So fun to watch!! (I was cheering for you Michelle!!)

We celebrated Becka's second birthday on the 31st. We had so much going on the day before and the day after so we just had a small party with the family.

I told Becka to show me her teeth in an attempt to get her to smile.


Grandma Linda made the cake. It was so cute with the princesses that light up!
Our funny Becka girl. She loves to play with my shoes. We got her some princess dress up shoes for her birthday.

Baby Sarah

We were so excited to meet Baby Sarah! She is the sweetest little thing and Elise can't get enough of her!


Elise with Baby Sarah at the family reunion.
This is what Grandpa Kelly and Linden were doing in the waiting room when Baby Sarah was born. In all the excitement I had to stop and get this picture. Men can sleep through anything! So sweet!