Eaton Family Reunion

Last weekend we were able to spend the weekend in Island Park for my dad's family reunion.

We left early Friday morning and met my parents at the condo and headed to West Yellowstone.
It had been quite a while since all of us had been through the park.
First stop Old Faithful...
Tydon was really excited when it finally went off.
Then we were back on the road to West.
We stopped there and had dinner and did some shopping...
Tydon wanted to ride the buffalo outside our restaurant.

Saturday morning we slept in!! All of us except Gord. His brother picked him up at 6am and they went fishing.
After breakfast we got all geared up and went for a 4 wheeler ride to Big Springs.

Tydon LOVED wearing Brody's old helmet
My mom even got her FIRST motorbike lesson :)
She did great!

We fed the big fish and baby ducks...
and visited the little cabin there.
Then Tydon and I went back and took a nap while my parents and Brody went on a motorbike ride --- Gord went golfing ;)

All weekend this is where you could find Tydon...
The kids LOVED going for rides...
My dad and a few of the kids... and Brody

We couldn't get enough of the cute puppies either
Saturday night...
We gathered around the campfire to update the family on our lives and share some of our favorite memories of Grandma and Grandpa Eaton.
My dad is the baby of 9 kids so it is a large family to keep up with.

Gord was wore out from fishing and golf so he took Tydon back to the condo to go to bed and this is what we found when we got back...
I love that he can fall asleep anywhere :)

Sunday morning we had a yummy breakfast and packed up to go home.
We stopped at my parents for a few hours and Tydon begged Gord for a ride on the little motorcycle.
Love these cute boys!

Thanks Mom and Dad for such a fun weekend... it went by way too fast!
*We love you*

Waterless Flowers...

After the long weekend and the hot weather,
a few of my poor flowers didn't make it.

I've decided waterless flowers are a lot more fun:)
Check these out...

Rosette Embellished Tank

Wise Craft's Tutorial

Fabric Flower Brooch

Molly Chicken's Tutorial

Multi Petal Flower Tutorial

Rounded Petal Tutorial

3x3 Flower Tutorial

Frayed Flower Tutorial

Now it's time to get busy :)

Mitchell's Cabin

We left last Thursday evening and headed to Tabiona, UT... Ever heard of it??
We hadn't either until we were invited to stay the weekend with Gordon's sister's fam.
It is past Strawberry Reservoir East of Provo.

Friday Gordon got up early and went fishing with Snap and Kirk. He even brought back some lunch! Yum :)

While Gord was gone Tydon stayed with me and played with his new friend Elli.

I finally finished some headbands my friend and I started a few weeks ago.

Some of the other guys brought back these yucky things...

Gord's niece Lindsey is really into making jewelry lately so the girls tried to get creative

And there always needs to be some friendly competition

Exploring, lounging, playing, riding motorbikes...

Saturday we went down and watched the Tabiona 4th of July Parade

After the parade everyone went shooting...

Tydon loved it!

Then it was time for a...

After dinner a few of us girls went to the Rodeo

Where we were introduced to Hide Racing... ever heard of it??
Here are a couple videos
One of the Girls

One of the younger riders...

And one that didn't quite make it on the hide...

We finished the night off watching the town fireworks from the cabin.
Sunday on our way home we stopped to see a new lodge recently built in Tabiona. It is amazing!! Some people had stayed the night before so I took pictures of the detail throughout. The guy who owns the cabin is trying to keep prices down and only charges $100/room per night! It is gorgeous... There are 13 bedrooms and each bedroom has its own bathroom. There is a private, stocked fish pond and amazing views located on an elk farm.

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