We gave Reagan a trip to Yellowstone when he turned 16.  He didn’t get to take that trip in October because we didn’t want to deal with Yellowstone in the snow.  Instead we took him the day school got out.  Turns out it was perfect weather and perfect timing as far as the crowds go.  Here’s the story.

Our first day in the park it took almost three hours to get to Madison, a drive that should  have taken 15 minutes.  We started to doubt that Yellowstone was ever NOT crowded when we finally came upon the cause of the traffic.  It was not a traffic jam at all but a Buffalo Jam!!!

Rock has been wanting to remodel our bathroom for years, but I usually prefer to spend money updating stuff everyone else can see and use.  I finally decided to go along with his idea and we recently had our master bathroom remodeled.  It was quite the experience and not really an easy one.  We hired a contractor, but not a designer so we had to pick all the tile, faucets, grout, cabinets etc. etc. etc. Talk about overwhelming!  Some people love this kind of thing, but apparently I’m not one of them. Too much second guessing and way too many options to choose from.  But I learned a LOT about myself in the process and overall, we are thrilled with the result!  Here are the before and afters….