Red Lodge, Part 2

After we had stuffed ourselves with pizza (see post below), we decided to go to a little creek side park and digest for awhile.  We found The Smallest Beach in the World, where we all just barely managed to fit.  The kids skipped rocks and played in the sand.  Then we washed them up, packed them back in the car (after Matt used the outhouse -- not because he had to go very bad, he just wanted to see inside there), and headed back to the park.

It was much cooler by then, so we enjoyed our time there a little more.  We also helped some local grandparents figure out how to fly their grandson's remote control helicopter.  Andrew was very useful, and had it figured out in no time.  Before we left, he was instructing them on how to use it, how to charge it, and how to store it.

Red Lodge, Part 1

A few weeks ago, we decided to hop in the car and go up to Red Lodge for a few hours.  We had promised the kids that we'd go get pizza at our favorite pizza place up there.  First we stopped at the park, played a little (it was really hot), talked to some people from the East Coast that had just come through the Beartooth Pass (it was the most treacherous, terror-filled road they had ever experienced -- but they liked Yellowstone), and then went on to eat some pizza.  Sometimes I am amazed at how much food it takes to feed us.  It's truly astonishing.

Matt, trying to climb the rope. He was not successful.

 Joey going across the rope course.  They were playing American Ninja Warrior the whole time.

 Grace taking a break in the shade:

 Andrew, looking cool:

 I found Grace trying to help out Matt on the swings.  She was doing a great job!

 But it was really hot, so she took another break in the shade:

 The next American Ninja Warrior:

 I'm not exactly sure what was going on here, but she was just being weird -- shouting something in a British accent:

 Joey likes to climb things, and then pose for pictures:

 See?

 Matt could have been here all day, dumping rocks:

 At the pizza place, coloring the child menus kept them busy for quite awhile.  Luckily, we ordered appetizers. And soda.