So many pictures, so little time...

For those of you who have ever seen my father, you know this is almost the spitting image of him! As you can see we are still having a lot of fun with the Wii...thank goodness!Our trip to Utah and Yellowstone were great! Donovan got a lot of grandparent loving and he got to be outside in the dry heat, my favorite! I will try to limit my comments, it will be a miracle if any of you can read and see all the pictures in one sitting.

He loved playing in the water at my parents house, my mom would take him out to the pool to swim.
I think he liked floating on the "raft" the most.
Once he got out of the pool though, he went straight for the dirt. He is such a boy.
Of course we had to go down to Springville to see baby Colin, Kirsta, Nate, Caleb, and Granny and Papa. We didn't get a chance to see his other cousins, they were in Logan for the weekend.
Donovan loved Colin, all he wanted to do was touch him.
I'm sure they will be great friends someday.
He also got to play in Granny's pool! He loved going down the slide and playing with the wiffle balls.
He also liked to play with the bird bath like his cousin Mason, but thankfully didn't try to take a drink, he just filled it with rocks and dirt.
I look huge in this picture because Colin was so tiny, at least that is what I am telling myself.I got a picture of Donovan kissing Colin on Tia's camera, but they have been out of town and haven't had a chance to send it to me yet, but it is so cute!I don't know if Jayla likes Donovan, but he sure loves her! He is hoping that she will officially be his step cousin sometime soon! She is such a cute little girl! And such a little smarty pants!
"On the road again."

Donovan does not love riding in the car as much as he did before he could crawl. In fact, I think he hates the car. He still gets happy when I turn around and take pictures of him, but I'm sure that won't last much longer. On our way to Yellowstone, we stopped in Logan to see Bradley, he was up there helping out a friend. We met him for lunch at one of my favorite places, Cafe Rio. It was nice for Donovan to see his daddy before he had to be away from him for so long.Donovan Byron and Jean Byron, what a pair.
Donovan loved his great grandpa Jean, they are both so good looking. He made sure Donovan remembered why he is so handsome, it's because he has such a handsome great grandfather.
For all the time we spent in the car, he stayed pretty happy most of the time. I had to sing a lot though.
Playing with Molly while we waited for our rafts!
Both of us on our first rafting trip, don't worry, it wasn't white water rafting. I wish! We went on the scenic route down Yellowstone River with all the babies and mommies.
He loved watching the water and the oars. It was fun for him to see wild life outside of the river too.
He stayed happy most of the time, but it lasted almost 2 hours so he got pretty tired. He even fell asleep for a few minutes.
This is Tinley (sorry, I'm not sure how to spell her name), she is my cousin's little girl. She was so cute, our guide let her row for a little while. The oars were a little heavy and took her off her seat a couple of times, but she had a lot of fun and made sure everyone knew what she got to do.
The other boat.
My mother, being the person she is, had to ask if she could get in the water. Our guide was pretty cool so he let her and Alexis (Tinley's mom) even joined her. They said it was refreshing, but didn't stay in for long.Donovan couldn't get enough of Gabe's chair, he thought it was pretty cool. I hope Gabe didn't get too annoyed with him.
He loved Molly's swing. They are only about 2 weeks apart, but she is about 10 lbs lighter, maybe more.
Auntie Sheila and the boy.
Again, he is such a boy. All he wanted to do when we stopped was crawl on the asphalt.Tyler, my Mom, Aunt Diana, and my Dad. Wrong sister dad...my mom and Aunt Diana look a little bit alike and both have short hair, my dad almost smacked the wrong bum one night...
Mmmm...stolen cookie... My child is such a bully. He stole his cousin Molly's cookie and sat right in front of her to eat it. I just love that hat on him! I can't remember which waterfall we were headed to...
...but here it is!
Donovan with Little Craig. My Aunt Brenda married a Craig, so her's is Big Craig. Donovan woke Little Craig up almost every morning by pushing the bar stools all over the kitchen that was located right above his room. Yes, that is my sister, she went platinum.
"I love my Grandma!"
We saw a lot of wildlife in Yellowstone, I know, that's a shocker.
This was a black bear cub, he wouldn't come out of the grass! He was the only bear we saw.
Tower Falls.
Mammoth Hot Springs



The buffalo were pretty awesome.
This is the bug that tried to hitch a ride back to the cabin in Island Park. Isn't he ugly?
"Trotty Horsey"
Yes, my dad is smiling! Brad, Dustin, Erin, Jayla, Nich, and Mac were all missing.
"I'm sick of pictures..."
My mom and her siblings.
Checking out Mesa Falls.
Mesa Falls was pretty awesome.
Donovan, ShayLea, and Tyler.
Lower Mesa Falls
We found a boat dock that wasn't busy and went swimming. The water actually wasn't too cold so my mom and I jumped in and floated around while my dad and siblings watched Donovan. He liked to dig up the rocks.
"I'll drive"
"Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters..." It's funny, now that I am out of the house, I appreciate and love my little sister.
Old Faithful is still faithful.
Driving back home through the Grand Tetons.
Random elk on the side of the road.
We went to visit Jessica a couple of days before we went home, it was nice to see and talk to her. Every time I get to talk to her it makes me want to move back so we can be closer and hang out more! She is such an awesome friend and Donovan loves Heath! It's nice that even though we don't get a chance to talk a whole lot, we can still pick up right where we left off. I love that about our friendship, but it still stinks that it has to be that way!!!
We enjoyed our time in Utah, hopefully we will be living closer in the next year or so. I couldn't believe how humid it was when we walked out of the airport in Omaha!!! It's so yucky out here! Regardless, it is good to be home with Bradley.