More Tetons. More?

One of my favorites about Peter's current stage is how he says the word "more." It is so cute! He gets these big eyes and this little grin, looks up at me and says "more" like it's a secret. "More? More!" More also means "different" or "the other one."It cracks me up. 

Anyway. Scott just downloaded the pictures from his iphone of our trip to the Tetons. I wanted to be sure to include these memories in our family record. So... MORE Tetons!

At the pizza place on our way out of town. We can always count on Peter loving his pizza. We had the most refreshing rainstorm while we were eating that gave way to an amazing hail storm. Scott was checking the truck for dents. 

A little blurry, but I love this picture. The sunglasses were the main bribery on this trip. Peter would do just about anything if I whipped the shades out of the bag.

We are Colter Bay amateurs. We had never been before, but we are so excited to go back again and again. It was so much fun. We didn't know what we were doing, so we kind of wandered around for a while... maybe lost each other for about a half hour :)... and then finally found a fun place to swim with the kids. Our kids, however, were both sound asleep when we got there! So we waited their naps out in the shade and then had some fun once they woke up. In the future, we'll come prepared with beach toys, towels, umbrellas, etc... but this was a pretty fun first trip to Colter Bay.

We stayed in little cabins by Jackson Lake Lodge, and had so much fun going on hikes and taking in the breathless view. This is such a beautiful part of the world. I loved seeing Peter so content to be there and stare at the mountains along with us. I loved to hold Brooklyn close to me as she experienced the spirit I feel when I'm there with me for the very first time. I can't wait until next summer when she's walking! 

BEAR!

Our photographer cut out the Tetons...?

The ferry ride across Jenny Lake to hike Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point. Peter's 2nd time; Brooklyn's 1st. 

We bent the binkie rule for this hike. Peter hasn't used his binkie (except bedtime) for the past six months. But this hike was right during nap time, and Peter was such a trooper. He and his sister both slept through the majority of the hikes. It was so nice! 

Peter had his fingers in his mouth the entire trip. It kind of gave me anxiety when I thought about all the things he was touching with those hands, but we did our best to stay germ-free. Shortly after returning from our trip, we noticed two big molars popping through his gums. This is going to sound terrible, but I forgot he still had some teething to do! He got most his teeth so early on, that I forgot we still had four to go! 

Some more pictures from Jackson Lake and Signal Mountain. It was idyllic. 

We were so happy to have Espen along for the last part of our trip! He is the best cousin to me and uncle to Peter and Brooklyn. Uncle? Are we going with uncle? Anyway, thanks for joining us Espen! Sorry about that night (we now know Peter was teething).  :) 

This was minutes after we got home. We were so happy to be welcomed by warm July rain instead of the hot 100+ temperatures we left behind (they were back before we knew it). Peter and Scott celebrated our return with a jig.

Home again, home again jiggity jig.

 The Tetons and Home. Pretty much my two favorite places ever.