Yosemite in April

It's about time I did this post...

Day One
First stop...Bridal Veil Falls.
We met up with a bunch of families for the day and a few die-hards for the whole weekend. Suttons, Tuttles, Slavens, Barlows...It was a great day!

The Slavens followed us up and the kids were excited to finally stretch their legs.


Owen and Chancellor have a special bond...

Meeting up with the Suttons and Tuttles...(every kid had to find the perfect walking stick)

Chancellor and Dallin following Owen's fancy dance moves. They are so cute with him.



(I love Dallin's face imitating Owen in the last shot. So cute!)
Owen was in love with the waterfalls. "Roarfall, roarfall" he repeated over and over and over again!

Playing on rocks...

Yosemite Falls and the valley...


Half Dome...

After Bridal Veil, we rode the bus to Yosemite Falls...

More Owen and Chancellor love...


Group shot of all the kids...


The moms...

The dads (minus John)...

Family shot...(no I'm not pregnant. bad angle. or something like that.) That's mist from the falls behind us.

Jake and his best friend...

The boys...

My brood...

Lots of rock climbing and log crossing and cave dwelling and snowball fighting. (yes, there was a little bit of snow.) The kids were in heaven!

Owen. too cute...(he stole Mason's hat)


Uncle Chris with two sad girls...

John and Hannah...Hannah didn't feel very well on this first day...

She had to be carried...

And coddled, and given back rubs...(yay for cute Dallin)

And lots of love to feel better.

Love Yosemite Falls...

Pensive Chris taking it all in...

After all that exploring, the Suttons and Tuttles had to call it quits and head home (they didn't have reservations for the night). The Barlows, Slavens and us had to find our different accommodations and then we met up for dinner. We went with the Slavens to check out their tent and this is what we found...

A bear came strolling right through their camp! Crazy!

Day Two
Our sweet accommodations...


Good morning bed head!!

After cleaning up at the lovely bathrooms near our cabin, (part of the adventure, right?) We went to check out the Barlows tent...

Some cousin love...



Then we met up with the Slavens at the lodge for breakfast with the whole gang...



Then off for more exploring...


On the bus to Happy Isles...


Me and my girl Kristi...(I'm standing on a rock or something!)

Chancellor and Jack-Jack...

Crossing logs...


Group shot...blurry, but the only one we got!

Lisa, Kristi, me...

My Owester...

My Aggs...

Cute Jack-Jack...

We decided to hike Vernal Falls after much debate. John--no, me--yes. I won. Yes, it was difficult with little ones (especially carrying Owen for most of the way and a cute, but feisty Katie who was "Sooo Tired!") but we made it to the bridge where we could get some family shots. Isn't that the most important thing? And we were proud we did it!
Our Family...

Slavens Family...

Barlow Family...

We filled up our waters and got well-rested (which means pulling out the DS amongst all this beauty! Kids!?)


And then headed back down...


It was a beautiful hike and a wonderful weekend!!
I Love Yosemite!!