Park City was cut short for us this year. Dave and both boys started football, so we only got to stay for the weekend. We still made it fun and adventurous! We started with swimming and tennis. After coming to the painful awareness that tennis is not the sport for our family we moved onto the basketball court where the boys took on Dave in a game to the death. They ended in a tie!
We quickly left and avoided paying for something we did not intent to be at!! We headed to the park and let the kids play in the blistering heat while we adults rested in the shade.
Before Football Hunter got to open his presents from us. He got a vest for the cooler school days, a water bottle for football, and binky mouth piece (also for football), and SURPRISE!!!
After the parade we headed up to the Parry's for a BBQ, Ice cream, and fireworks. The kids had a lot of fun, we talked baseball, football, and football, and baseball until 1am!! Needless to say we slept in on the 24th!
Monday Squirmy returned to our Heavenly Father after 2 years of devoted hamster service to the Munk Family. Squirmy was the pet of Hunter Munk, but she was loved by all. Squirmy never bit a sole, rode upon Hayden's head, and entertained the children of Spectrum Academy. We will miss her. Funeral Services were held in the Merle Burningham backyard on Monday evening. Squirmy is survived by Hunter, Hayden, Harley, Dave, and Stefie Munk.
The boys took it really hard. Hunter's tender heart was broken and he cried and cried. Hunter was more private and quiet about it, Hayden was devastated and sobbed to the extreme at the initial death scene, then when the reality of leaving Squirmy in the ground hit him, he sobbed a good one again. Harley will miss Squirmy also, but she was not as attached to her as the boys. Hunter's parting words were: "She was my first and last pet. It is too hard when they die." Hayden had this to say: "I cry because I have emotion. When are we getting another one?"
After the All Star Tourney that Hayden and P were in we stopped at Arctic Circle and got ice cream. We were loud, rowdy, and stayed until we were kicked out. But that equals FUN in our book! 
We had a great BBQ of hamburgers, hot dogs, and Brats. Fireworks. Sleepover. Parade. Movie (UP in 3D)*. BBQ. Home. FUN!
*Movie UP in 3D: This is a great movie, we laughed, we learned, we cried, we cheered. It took on a whole new meaning for us having Great Grandparents who have passed away and watching their spouses battle on, even though they miss their eternal partner more than anything. This was a tender movie, however Hayden was moved to tears only when the dog was bullied by the pack of dogs, then it was the most horrible sobbing you can imagine! Hunter admitted he cried when the Grandpa missed his wife, everyone else avoided the question.
In one of the games Hayden's team was short almost had to forfeit but Hayden's cousin P came to the rescue, threw on a team shirt, and took the field. After the game we went to celebrate with ice cream!!
We awoke, Day 3, with a little car jacker. "Sandy" (as Hayden affectionately called her) got into Maka's car and could not for the life of her get out through the windshield...eventually she found her way out of one of the doors but not before we had a good laugh.
This was the day of driving, hiking, and waterfalls. Yellowstone Lake was so beautiful. As we drove around it I told the kids about my experiences fishing in Yellowstone Lake with my Grandpa and Grandma Dalling. The water is painfully cold, but we always caught fish. 
STINKIEST!
Along the way to the water falls, we drove through Hayden Valley. How ironic that Hayden Valley is where all the animals are...Hmmmm seems fishy to me ;) From the Mud Volcano we could see Hayden Valley and thought this would be a great photo op. Hayden infront of Hayden Valley! 
Next stop was Uncle Tom's Trail. This trail took us to the Lower Falls. As we hiked and hiked, Hayden got hot really fast and shed his three layers of clothing but not before laying on the path and refusing to walk another step! So he shed his clothes and we were able to finish the hike.
Then it was off to the Upper Falls one of the most impressive and breathtaking spots in the world. 
Day 2 was Father's Day. So we started the morning with breakfast in Maka's room and Father's Day cards for the Dad's we love. Being in Yellowstone was hard to have an official celebration, but we had a good laugh at the funny cards.
Then it was off to see the hot pots and geysers. It was a smelly, cold, windy, rainy day. Hunter was the most effected by it and he took this great picture. After he took it he asked that I post it with the words "This is what our vacation looked like."
On our way back to the hotel we came across an awesome waterfall. And a place to rock climb. Of course Hayden led the way climbing up and down the CLIFF with ease.
After dinner we decided to split up, some of us wanted to stay at the lodge and play games, some of us wanted to explore the unknown. Those of us that explored the unknown got caught in a torrential hail, rain, snow, wind, storm that drenched us (and froze us) to the bone! We ran as fast and as much as we could but we could not manage to get back to the hotel fast enough! After that I cranked the heater and climbed in bed...to cold and wet to do anything else!
Day 1 was a lot of driving and when we arrived at our lodging the kids were a bit ancy to get our and do some running around. We quickly dumped our stuff in our rooms and ran to see Old Faithful. The thought of something erupting out of the ground AND wild animals roaming free was too much for Hayden to handle. He was in tears by the time I was forcing his shoes on him. After dragging his terrified body to the elevator and out the front door of the hotel Uncle J swept in to the rescue and put Hayden up on his shoulders "away from all wild animals and Old Faithful danger". The rest of the groups was running toward the danger that awaited us!
The first day was just a taste of what was to come! We all went to bed early exhausted from our day of driving. But before I depart these are the cute pictures I took of the cousins!
Then there were the black bear cubs that were being very calm and quiet, just adorable not causing a ruckus...I am not sure what that would feel like. Having a child calm, quiet, playing alone... 
After the baby bears we moved on to the petting zoo. The kids had a blast petting the animals, feeding them, chasing them, poking them...(the poor animals!) As usual Hunter was polite and reserved, animals are unpredictable and make him nervous...he is definitely my kid! But he still had fun! 
Bear World offers a truck ride through the park where you can feed the bears. The truck broke down right as we were getting our tickets! BUMMER, but the funny thing is when we were driving through the park, the broken down truck was parked on the side of the road and all the bears were around it waiting for a free meal. The workers were out with just a stick for protection! I thought that was pretty brave of them. But Hayden informed me that on Animal Planet there is a guy that lives in Alaska and he has bears live at his home, and all he uses is a stick, even with the grizzly bear named Coco. To that I say, "really?" and "crazy" and "NEVER!"
