Usually working at Blacker's is the same of mundane tasks. This time Mike got to do something a little bit more exciting. He had a guy come in that had just bought a cabin in Island Park. He needed some furniture bids. He decided that he would let us go to his cabin and spend the night. That way Mike could get more of an idea of what he's looking for.
He didn't have to tell us twice. We packed and were on our way. The guy had drawn us a map. By the looks of it the map didn't look too difficult to follow. We were basically there when we pulled up to a cabin thinking it was the one. Well, we couldn't find a keypad to get in. It was kind of frustrating because we didn't think to get a key. After a while of trying to find a way in we received a call. By the information that was given us we finally figured out we were at the wrong place.
The map wasn't clear what it was so we pulled into each driveway until we found a key pad. When we found the right one we were super excited because it was way nice. Right when we walked in we had to explore the place. Mike was all geared up to take pictures and then changed his mind. He decided to wait until there was more light (since it was dark by this time.)
As you can tell it's still under construction (somewhat.) Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures from the outside. These are only a few of the rooms.
Kitchen
Sitting Area (Connected to Kitchen)
Same Picture...different angle
Dining Room
Upstairs Loft
Upstairs Living Room/Sitting Area
Basement Game Room
We got settled in and Mike decided that he NEEDED some
ice cream. I wasn't in any particular mood to go get some but I went anyways. We settled on some
root beer floats. We had this great plan of leaving on one of the light to make sure we could find the cabin a lot easier in the dark. You could guess! Yep, it took us a long time to find the right one again. I felt so lame!
I was so worried about Quinn sleeping a new place since this would be his first time. I shouldn't have because he slept better than Mike and I. He fell asleep in his bouncer around 10:00 and he didn't wake until 9:00. I think that he slept better that night than he does at home. For me, on the other hand, had the worst night sleep in forever. Mike couldn't sleep so he went out and watched a movie. I was excited about this because I wanted the bed to myself. I got up around 1:00 to go to the bathroom and heard Mike snoring. So, I assumed I would get it to myself the whole night. Well, Mike at 2:00 came in. He touched my shoulder to get me to move over. I screamed and started kicking. For some reason I thought I was being attacked. Because I was riled up I couldn't get back to sleep till 5:00. I was so hot and had to go in the other room to open some windows. Then, I woke at 8:00.
I thought he was so cute in these pajamas. They were perfect for where we were. Thank you Karalee!
Where Runt Slept
The next day we took a while getting ready for the day. About 1:00 we had this great idea to go to West Yellowstone. We thought, "it's not that far way, why not?" We headed out! (We stopped at the gas station to make our root beer floats since we didn't have them the night before. We got some strange looks but other than that no one thought anything of us!)
We arrived at the service station. For some reason we didn't realize you had to pay! It's been a while since we've both been. $25 later we were in. We started our drive toward Old Faithful. Little did I know how cool West Yellowstone really was. Mike said that my eyes lit up when passed every little thing.
Buffalo (I'm so excited!)
Mike also being enthused!
You pass lots of this on the way to Old Faithful
Old Faithful was the coolest. We arrived and found out that we had about 30-45 minutes until she was scheduled to go off again. It was cold and I needed to go to the bathroom so we went inside the lodge. The plan was to hurry and feed Quinn and change his diaper. Then we learned that he had a blowout all the way down his leg and up his back. Since I had just come from the bathroom, I didn't find a baby changing table. We went upstairs and just found a corner. We went to work. Mike started with his bottom half and I tackled his top half. Of course, he started to scream bloody murder. We got a lot of looks and observers. Finally, with that mess cleaned up, we thought we were going to miss her going off. I hurried and fed him enough to get him by.
Finally There!
We went outside and found out that we had another 10 minutes. Remember, it was cold. We wished we didn't rush so fast to get out there. We patiently waited. Quinn was happy inside of his stroller (for the most part...Mike had to push him for a minute or two to get him calmed down.)
Quinn in his
car seatThen...
The whole reason we had chosen Quinn to be a mouse was for his Grandpa Dale. Grandpa is deathly afraid of mice and rats. Every year we do something to tease him. We thought it would be fun for Quinn to play along too. I think Quinn was too cute to really scare him. It made him smile so it was well worth it.
We had been looking forward to our ward party ever since we found out about it. We wanted to show Quinn off, of course! I put Quinn down for a nap thinking that he wouldn't sleep for very long. The time came and he was still asleep. I know when he doesn't get his sleep Quinn gets so grumpy. I wanted him to wake on his own. Mike couldn't stand it anymore and woke him. Quinn, surprisingly, was in a good mood. 
Grandma Karen came with us since she would miss the actual Halloween. She went to Arizona for her grandson's baptism.
