Happy Birthday Jon Howell (Dad & Grandpa)

Today is the day my fabulous father was born into the world.

Here are some of his favorite things:

hogs


fishing

the mountains

king crab legs

his family

and especially his grandchildren

thanks for being a fantastic dad, grandpa, father-in-law, and example.

happy birthday dad, we all love you!

thanks aunt lisa!

thank you so much for taking us to lagoon! I had so much fun! thank you so much again. I loved the White Roller Coaster! Hannah


Dear Lisa thank you for taking us to Lagoon my favorite was wicked . from Gunther

Yellowstone - Drapers

Thought I would share this picture from the Draper Family Vacation 2007 - Yellowstone. There's getting to be quite a few of us. I think there were 15 adults and 11 kids. Talk about your makings for fun. I'll try and post more pictures later. I do love pictures.

Happy Birthday Jorel

Today is the day we wish Jorel a happy happy birthday. Which means it's also a good day to kick your feet up, relax, taka a mid-day nap, maybe catch a movie, enjoy a big piece of cake, and let everyone around you spoil you. We hope you have a wonderful birthday Jorel. We love you.

GREAT TIME IN YELLOWSTONE

Tim, Cooper, Kelly, & Aly went fishing. The only thing they caught was a turtle. Cooper loved the fishing and animals.
Don't worry, Rand, they let it go!! Jeff, Erin & girls at the geyser basin. Lauren just kept saying "when are we going to the
"yellow" stone?" Both M & L, when asked about their trip to yellowstone, say "I don't like the water falls"

The whole Willey Crew at "Grandma's Cabin" in Island Park, Id. Now the grandkids keep saying "I liked it at your cabin, Grandma---it was fun!"

A thunder storm was brewing when we were taking the picture, so it turned out a little too dark.
I always need a tree picture, so Aly posed at this one in Mammoth.
Kristen and Shane enjoying the scenery.

We all had a blast. We swam in the Firehole river ---which was a new Yellowstone experience for me. I would recommend that to anyone, it was fun.

We saw elk, eagles, fish, turtles, buffalo, coyote, and I saw a moose----Cooper was sad that he didn't see a bear. We may have to go again.

Green Chili Egg Muffins...Yum!!!

Today is my completion of two weeks on Phase one and I'm celebrating with Green Chili Egg Muffins. They are actually good for Phase one as per Kalyn but so delicious they don't seem like much of a diet. Who ever thought food could taste so good!! Where have I heard that before. Thanks Kalyn for the recipe. Mine have turkey bacon, parmesan cheese, four blend mexican cheese, onions, savour salt, pepper and eggs. Oh, and a splash of milk to make the eggs beat a little better. As Emeril would say, "Oh ya baby". I'm 14 pounds lighter and feelin' good!!

Love to all, Mark

Not Good When You're on Vacation!

UPDATE: When adversity strikes, fry sauce can definitely make you feel better.