Pseudo Yellowstone

Since not everyone was going to be able to make it up to Yellowstone at the same time this year, my Grandma organized a Pseudo Yellowstone event yesterday.  Anyone who could come met up at Mueller Park in Bountiful where we had a group site reserved for the morning.

Playing Ring a Round the Rosies around the firepit

Birding

Leila liked "sliding" down the dirt hill

 We announced the gender of our baby to the family by spraying cans of pink silly string into the group.

Anxiously awaiting the reveal

The Reveal

Thankfully all of the little girls loved collecting the silly string and did most of the clean up for me!

 And, of course, we did the traditional Cherry Pit Spit.

The Kids Division

The Youth Division

The Women's Division

The Men's Division

Trophy Handoff

Ashley was the Women's Champion this year

Even though it was sad to come to the realization that a big extended family trip to Yellowstone won't always be possible, I feel like this was a good alternative.  After all, being together is the most important part.  I'm so grateful that my grandmother has always scheduled times for us to be together.  It is truly remarkable how close our family is because of it.