Monday, July 27, 2009

Phillips Family Trip to the Red Rock Ranch - Part 1

Last summer my Grandfather treated us (all 15) to a trip...a cruise to Bermuda. It was amazing. This year he decided to take us all (15) to a Ranch in Wyoming. The Red Rock Ranch. We spent everyday riding horses, swimming and visiting with the amazing staff at the ranch. Monday, Wednesday and Friday were two half day rides. Tuesday and Thursday we all day rides. We were able to explore the area on horses. The views were amazing! I, of course, have a million pictures, but I will show you just a few of the highlights.

The luggage of 15 people:

Outside our cabin and our view.

Our first night there was a thunderstorm. The sky was so beautiful.

One of the first days horse back rides my horse, Drifter and Eric's horse, Magnus.

On our Tuesday all day ride to Grizzle Lake. Eric was in the back because his horse had a farting problem.




Grizzly Lake!


We got to heard cattle. It was so much fun!







Eric's Horse - Magnus


My Horse - Drifter


Photo Opp. at Grizzly Lake

Some of the beautiful views of the area!





The is the view from our bed in our cabin!


The Connelly Family -
Dan, Uncle Vince, Kate and Aunt Liza


The Phillips Family-
Uncle Tim and Aunt Alicia (the boys were in their group)


The Phillips Family -
Mom, Dad, Me, Eric, Kelli and Laura

The Frett Family -
Eric and I


Grandfather and most of the Grandkids


The Entire Phillips Family
(minus the two little boys)

Phillips Family Trip to the Red Rock Ranch - part 2

There are a lot of pictures to choose from and I am picking just the top pictures. I figured it would be easier to post this trip in to separate posts. Here is the rest of the weeks pictures.

The is the view from the owners home. Can you imagine living here and seeing this everyday? Amazing!


Wednesday we had a morning breakfast along the river. It was beautiful.


The is one of my favorite pictures of Crystal Creek.

Breakfast


My Cousins - Jack and Wade


Jack and Wade catching flapjacks!


Another Photo Opp.
Grandfather and his kids


An Awesome shot of Grandfather


Mom and Dad


The Entire Phillips Family!


Dad and his crocs with socks

Funny photo


View from Skyline - our second all day ride.


Love this shot of Eric


Daddy and his girls


Cute picture of Eric and I


Awesome shot of a true cowboy.


Our wrangler Sarah and Kyle (squints or little)

Friday we got to pen cows. It was fun, but very hard.






The Hot Mommas won the penning challenge.



The rest are fun pictures from the week:
Me resting at Grizzly Lake

An Awesome shot of Aunt Alicia in the pool hall.


Very sweet, honest shot of Dan

This is my grandfather to a "T" He is so adorable!

Another classic Grandfather shot.

Aunt Liza and Grandfather

Drifter and I

All the Wranglers and us
Kyle(Little or Squints), Jenny, Lindsay, Kelli, Kate, Sarah, Alec(head wrangler), Laura, Me and Kyle(Big or Precious)

Grandfather and Jack rode bikes everywhere on the ranch.

Indian Paint Brush - it is the local flower.

The Grand Tetons
Buffalo:
There were buffalo all along the road to and from the airport and Jackson Hole. This guy was huge!

There were moms and their babies.

Our room:
The Honeymoon suite
The front



The living room, which is part of one main room including the bedroom

Our huge bathroom with a space heater right next to the toilet. Perfect spot!

Hanging out at night:
Kelli and Kate thought they would be funny and put on my and Eric's sweatshirts! Too Cute!

We played a lot of pool, every night actually. Eric was playing pool with Jake or as we called him, Kennedy (because he looked like a Kennedy.

Kate had a lot of fun play pool with Kennedy too!

Kyle or Little or Squints was known for a saddle dance, so finally we convinced him to show us. This is a picture of part of the dance and I have a video to follow.

The Saddle Dancing Cowboy!