Nilsson News

What an adventurous week!  First of all, I have to say it was a blast having the Mannings here for the 4th of July as well as mom and dad.  We didn't have any plans and just sat around and visited.  It was lovely!
This past week we have been in Island Park for the Nilsson family reunion.  It was pretty monumental because not a single person was missing.  We went to Bear World which was fun but not necessary when we discovered a huge black bear hanging around our own cabin.  He had discovered a cooler that was accidentally left out and it was full of oreos, crackers, candy and lots of other goodies.  We could not get him to leave and everyone was banished indoors the rest of the day. We went rafting on the river, attended a hilarious play at the Yellowstone Playhouse (highly recommend!), hiked around Yellowstone, and survived an incredible hailstorm.  It was a good adventure!
We got home just in time to get up early the next morning to drive down to Snowbasin resort for the Spartan race!  We picked up grandpa on the way down and met up with the Hart clan, the Bellistons and Lauren.  The kids all did an awesome job running their races and conquered the obstacles.  I think I should have stuck with the kids race.  I was sick the whole day previous and the morning of the race.  I didn't have an appetite to eat anything so this race definitely was not as great as it should have been.  The first two miles went up, and up, and up.  I will say the wild flowers were gorgeous and when we finally got to the top of the mountain the view was absolutely incredible!  Joe, Lori and Alex left Garrett and I in the dust from the get go but it sounded like they had an awesome time.  It was a pretty grueling 8.6 miles but we all conquered!  So glad for everyone that did it!  We missed Nick and Lauren, Elise, Thomas and of course the Flakes (they are running their own race right now).  Hopefully we can get everyone on board next time!  Thanks to grandpa and Elise for watching all the kiddos!
Now we are so looking forward to this day of rest.  I have bruises in some pretty strange places and can barely walk, but it's all good.  We can now sit back and enjoy the rest of summer!

 At Old Faithful

 Floating around the lake

 It was so cold the day we were at the lake, that blankets were a necessity.

 It is really hard to tell from the photo, but the bear was BIG!  He attempted to get into some of the vans and left muddy paw marks on top of the back of the vans.  Don't mess with the big boys!

 Go Spartans!