Friday, October 1, 2010

Our BYU Football Game

In this picture: (Back Row) Chris, Sheila, Norah, Scott, Gabby; (Front Row) Jack, Audrey, Jodie
So once upon a time two people fell in love and got married. 5 years after they were married, they bore a son, who we will call Jack. Well Jack grew to be a strong, active young man, with many talents and interests. One day he learned about a game called football, and wanted to nothing more than to learn about this fascinating game. But someone forgot to tell this handsome young boy that the two parental figures in his life - hate - this game. They know none of the rules, and think the players are a little wussy wearing all the padding, comparatively speaking of other games like soccer, and rugby. But these parents loved this boy, and chose to forgo their own dislikes and try to please him. So they called UNCLE SCOTT!!! Now, Uncle Scott is a man who knows his stuff, and he agreed to take this boy and his family to their very first BYU Football Game!!
Alright, as you may have guessed this little story is about us Unsworth's. And the story is entirely true, not a single thing is false about it. We did call Uncle Scott and he set up for us a fabulous day. It was quite memorable. Uncle Scott grew up going to every BYU football with our Grandma Jones who was a season ticket holder. So he has many memories of being with Grandma and the things they would do.
Auntie Sarah was fabulous, she offered to watch Norah while we went. Which made the game for us much more enjoyable. She also surprised us all with matching T-shirts and hats. I wanted to be twins so bad before we left, but settled on just all wearing dark blue shirts. So I got so excited about that. She even bought a cute outfit for Norah, and I just want to kiss her face when I see this picture.
We arrived in time to watch the marching band stop at the cougar just outside the stadium and play. Oh, it was so much fun. I used to be in the marching band in Jr. High and High School. I enjoyed so it was cool to watch them, I got really excited seeing the piccolo flute. Such memories it brought back to me.
Although we lost the overall game Jack loved watching the 13 points we did get, all the tackles and dogpiles that went on. Occasionally he got bored and lost interest. But after only a few minutes he went right back to watching the game.
Audrey on the other hand, spent most of her time playing with her cousin Jodie. Then, of course when she got to bored she actually fell asleep. Oh well, she had fun in her own way.
We had fun with the game and some memorable things happened. Just as the game finished and we were leaving. Jack noticed that "Cosmo" the mascot was right at the end of our section. So we ran over there and were able to get some pictures with him. My niece Jodie, who has been to a few games already said, "That's the closest I have ever been to him." What a treat for us, on our very first visit.
And one very funny thing that just can't be forgotten is Jack and Jodie. These two are the same age. And it has always been fun to do things with them because of it. Jodie, is a very loving girl who enjoys showing affection. Jack, is a boys boy, and is very aware of the awful disease girls carry called "cooties." As we were walking to the game Jodie kept trying to hold Jacks hand, but he wasn't really interested in letting her. Being the patient boy that he is, instead of just not holding Jodie's hand, he simply held his hand in this tight fist and Jodie awkwardly tried to hold onto that. Scott and I laughed ourselves silly, watching this interaction. Later that night, he must have forgotten to be on the defense, or rather Jodie's persistence paid off, and I snapped this shot of them holding hands, not fists. Jodie Won!! Yay!!
We all enjoyed the day immensely. Thank You Uncle Scott for for putting the day together for us. We love you!!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Audrey's Prayer

Audrey gave this prayer today before scriptures:

Dear Heavenly Father

Please bless Norah's brother.
Please bless Norah's sister.

Please bless Norah's sister to be a good sister.
Please bless Norah's brother as he goes to shool.

Please bless mom and dad to be married in the temple.

Please bless Martin, Jacks friend, so Jack can play with him.

Please bless us to have a good day.

. . . . Amen

Note: Martin is not Jacks friend. He is an obnoxious kids that lives around the corner, whose DAD is a huge bully.

oh, and Chris and I are already married in the temple.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Audrey turns 4

Happy Birthday, to my sweet girl Audrey!! 4 years ago on September 18th, 2006 at precisely 2:18 PM we welcomed this amazing person into our lives. She has been a wonder, a joy, and a blessing to us all. Here are a few things, I love about my big girl:


1. She is my cuddlebug. I love to be cuddled, to have someone close to me whenever I can. She cuddles so well, she loves to be tickled and she is willing to tickle in return. I have taken many naps with her cuddled into me and I love it.

2. She sings. She sings everything. She sings songs that she likes on m iPod, she sings Primary songs, and she sings her own impromptu songs about whatever she happens to be doing at the time. She sings to me and her sister all day long. She dances quite often as well, and as long as you dance along with her, she doesn't get shy. Although, she is OK with performing for you every once in a while.

3. She is incredible smart. She is so interested in all of Jacks homework. She wants to read all his books. My favorite phrase that she says, which makes me stop what I am doing to help her no matter what is "Mom, teach me, please." How can someone resist that? I can't.

4. Her complete, absolute, undeniable independance. People might say: "Oh, its just her age," or "She will grow out of it." Well I hope not! I hope she keeps it forever, that she uses that independance to keep herself unique and individual from the world. That when others choose wrong she will choose right. I love it and I hope I am able to foster it for her in her life.

We had a fun day celebrating her birthday. We opened all her presents in the back of an ambulance, as Dad was working, so we joined him for the celebration. We had lunch at McDonalds and saw the movie Nanny McPhee Returns, and stuffed ourselves with Popcorn. Later that night, we were able to cake, with Dad when he came home. All day long Audrey kept asking "Am I still 4?" She was so sweet and enjoyed sharing all her goods and fun with her brother and sister.
I love you Audrey. Happy Birthday Sweetie!

Friday, August 20, 2010

Moments. . . .

Our happy little family. . . . .



Audrey's Sayings:
"Mom, can I put on my swimming soup?" (swimming suit)
"Can I watch a DVDV?" (DVD)

Jacks Sayings:
"I love you Norah."
"Can I play, Can I ride my bike, Can I build a clubhouse, Can I climb the tree, When is playgroup, ?"

On August 18th 2010 Norah took her first bites of solid food. She loved it and ate with such gusto we all laughed at her, but she gagged on it as well. Next time I will make the rice cereal even more thin then it already was.

My little sister gave me a cricket and I am having a fabulous time using it to make the posters for my calling as Activities Committee Chairman.

The Cheesecake Factory has the best ever Chicken Salad Sandwich. The flavor completely surprised me. It was fantastic and it was the biggest sandwich I have ever seen.

Even though I am lactose intolerant I just can't seem to give up the ice cream, or the cheesecake for that matter. I just pay the price for it.

Life is so good right now, I am very happy, I feel in control of the things I have control over, like my home, meals, cleaning, my calling. And I feel that I am responding well to that which I can't control. I am blessed to feel so well these days.

I am grateful for my husband, he is a wonderful man, and I am blessed to be married to him.

Jack starts first grade in a couple of days, and I am happy with the teacher he got. I am excited to see how this year plays out and only having my girls home during the day.

My parents have moved from Rapid City, South Dakota to Roswell, New Mexico. Neither one of them liked Rapid, but its a bit surreal for them being in Roswell. My Mom lived in that area growing up, and my Dad served his mission there, and his Mom, my Grandma lived in that area later in life. I grew up making the trip to go see Granny once a year. I am excited to go visit them. No plans yet, but as soon as we are able, we will.

We got a new dog about 6 weeks ago. We named her Oxo after the english bouillion cube. She is such a cute dog, and looks so much like Bisto. Very good natured and doesn't run off. She is the kind of dog, I was hoping Bisto to be 5 years ago. We still love Bisto very much and she lets Oxo know exactly where her place is in the family. Having not had a puppy for a while, we are right in the stage of her chewing on EVERYTHING!! It is very frustrating, but it is just a matter of time before she grows out of it.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Girls Nights

Father and Sons Campout? Lads and Dads Camp? Whatever. GIRLS NIGHT IN!! This is the first year I actually planned to do something fun with the girls when Chris and Jack went to the Father and Sons campout. Audrey is old enough now to plan something that can actually hold her attention - for a little while anyway. And Norah, well, she was just showering us with her cuteness the whole night.

(Ignore the dates on the photos, these all took place in May of 2010)
We had a PINKALICIOUS PARTY!!

I baked some PINK cupcakes, then Audrey and I frosted and decorated them with PINK frosting and PINK sprinkles and PINK writing gel, and mini M&Ms. Not to mention all the pink Audrey was wearing.

Then of course, we ate them till we were sick. Unfortunately, neither one of us actually turned pink, but we sure gave it a try.

Look at what a fantastic artist she is. She wasn't interested in actually spreading the frosting so she directed me to do that, then she lovingly applied the sprinkles and gel. She kindly requested that I draw an "A" for Audrey, a "J" for Jack, and a "D" for Dad on three of the cupcakes.

Then I purchased some PINK-ish nail polish and let Audrey give us a pedicure. Don't you think she did a fabulous job?!? I wore it proudly.

Then she gave us each a manicure. Again, what a wonderful job she did.

Here are her nails, both hands, all finished.

Don't worry, we didn't forget about Norah. I got two fingers done, before I realized that is probably wasn't such a good idea to paint the nails of a 4 week old baby.
What an adventure we had!! It was a lot of fun. I can't wait to see what kind of mischief we get into next year!!

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Beautiful Moments

Have you ever read the book "From Head to Toe" by Eric Carle? Well it is a favorite in our home. The book goes through the motions of different animals. "An elephant stomps his feet. Can you do it?" Or "A donkey kicks his legs. Can you do it?" You get the idea.

This morning I laid Norah on the floor to kick around and Audrey came to play with her. She does this often. It was absolutely the cutest thing. Audrey pulled this book off the shelf brought it over and sat down by Norah. My kids love to act out the actions as we read this. She has the book memorized, and as she was reading the book she would do the actions herself, then she would "help" Norah do the actions herself. Norah is only two months old, she doesn't do anything by herself except wiggle. So Audrey was helping her, stomp her feet, wiggle her hips and touch her toes. It was so precious. I don't know if Audrey was playing along with Norah, or if Norah was the play toy. I loved it.

I snapped this photo the other day, because I had to remember what Jack said when I took it. He was hugging both his sisters and said "I am so lucky to have two sisters!" That just made my heart melt. He is so sweet to his sisters, and takes very good care of them. I love this statement, because when we told Jack what the sex of our new baby was going to be, he broke down and cried. We spent the next few months convincing him that it would be alright. I love that boy!

Friday, June 4, 2010

The EAGeR Study



I told myself I would blog about this to remember for the future. It is actually something I would like to remember doing 20 years down the line.

February 2009, I began participating in a national medical study. The logo is posted above and its stands for "Effects of Aspirin on Gestation and Reproduction" Basically, a study to see if a low dose aspirin regime helps women get pregnant and/or stay pregnant. My good friend told me about it, and I pondered for a few months whether or not to join. I knew I wanted to have another child, but after two back to back miscarriages I was scared. Then I figured, what the heck, what can it hurt, and thinking that it could only help things, I joined.

Every day for 6 months I took a folic acid pill which was real. Then I took either a placebo or an actual low-dose aspirin. It was a blind study, so I did not know which one I was on. Then, I had to save my urine everyday and freeze it, then give it to my study nurse. They provided all the supplies, but saving ones urine gets old on day 2. I also had to write in a daily journal and use a fertility monitor exactly like this one.
and each day look at the results. When the results looked like this:
I was supposed to get really busy, if you know what I mean in this G-rated post. It was exhausting. I did not enjoy forcing my life to work around this schedule. After six grueling months I finally turned up a pregnancy test positive. 6 months was the key, if I didn't get pregnant after that time, I phased out of the study and finished. But I did get pregnant and moved onto the next phase.

I again had to save my urine for only one month this time, and log in a different daily journal. It got easier and harder after that. Each month, as before, I would go visit my study nurse, and turn in all my supplies. Then she would do a simple checkup, blood pressure, urine, weight, and the worst - blood draw. I hate needles, and my veins are extremely hard to get. Rarely does a nurse get it on the first try. My study nurse, who really was a sweet lady, must have fallen out of blood draw practice. There was one time where it took her six tries to get it. I came home every month just bruised up all over. And I started to get track marks, like a drug addict. Not Good!

Soon enough, the time past doing all the things mentioned each month, until I was 36 weeks pregnant. At that point I stopped taking the medication because aspirin is a blood thinner, and they didn't want any complications on the delivery table. The only thing left to do was delivery, in which they provided me with this bucket to collect my placenta.
GROSS!! I was totally freaked out when I found out I had to do this.
They also wanted some cord blood, and more blood from me. The doctor collected all these things, and some nurse - somewhere, called the number on the bucket and the study picked it up themselves. After that, I was completely done.

I earned somewhere around $500 for my participation. They paid $250 for study participation and then reimbursed for gas, and since I live in Tooele, and traveled to LDS hospital each month, that is where I made the rest of the money. I am glad I participated. It was a big commitment, and caused a lot of stress. I bled every day for three months, then off and on for another 3 months. I was in constant worry of another miscarriage. But things turned out and all the stress, worry, blood, weird placenta buckets, travel and inconvenience eventually turned into something wonderful. And that my friends would be my beautiful, precious Norah.



Ignore the dates on the pictures. I finally got the camera figured out, but it doesn't affect these photos.



Monday, May 24, 2010

Beautiful Moments

So I have decided to start an ongoing post entitled Beautiful Moments. I know it sounds cheesy but it is exactly what they are. It is simply cute, fun, precious moments we have interracting together as a family. This blog is a good way to remember them in the future.

Monday, May 24th 2010
I was holding an almost naked Norah, just in her diaper. She was so cute that I had to sit and love her nakedness. While I was holding her Audrey decided that Norah needed to have a flurrby on her belly. Jack heard the commotion and came running. Jack and Audrey took turns blowing flurrbies on her belly and then laughing hysterically. Norah is so good natured she just let them do it over and over again. What beautiful children I have.

Jack has earned enough "good behavior" money to buy himself a lego set. So we will take off to Salt Lake tomorrow to cash that in. He is also almost done with his kindergarten year of school and will soon be a 1st grader.

Audrey has most of her alphabet memorized. She has taken to spelling different traffic signs when we are out in the car. "Look Mom, S-T-O-P" she said the other day, and completely caught me off guard. We also have been giving her .75 mg of melatonin to help her fall asleep at night. She has morphed into a different child. She is much happier now that she is getting the sleep she needs.

The arrival of Norah Unsworth

(ignore the dates on the pictures - they are wrong. A feature I need to fix on my camera)

On Saturday, April 10th 2010 our four member family woke up just like any other day. Almost. . . we had a plan to turn that four member family into a five member family. We drove Jack and Audrey out to my sisters house to stay for a couple nights. Then Chris and I drove back to Tooele and started exercising. Being nine months pregnant, I ran up and down the stairs about 4 times and almost died. Then we went on a very long walk. I am a slow walker anyway, so I hung onto Chris and told him to drag me along at his pace. After that walk, which made me physically sick, we hopped into the car and went off to the hospital.
We were admitted to have the baby, but they wouldn't let me progess to quickly because I had to get a few doses of penicillin. At 4:30 PM they broke my water and the contraction started coming slowly. By 5:30 I was ready for the epidural, which didn't work properly the first time. It only worked on half my body. So half my belly was nice and numb and the other half was feeling every contraction. Kind of a weird feeling. To fix this problem they took it out and put it in again a little higher up my spine. Ah. . . . relief. By this time it was 6:30-ish. Just after 7:00 I was very uncomfortable and told the nurse, I think the epidural is messed up again. She did all the fiddling she could then noticed she couldn't read the baby on the monitor. She decided to check to see how far along I was. "Wo!" she says, "If you feel like pushing - DON'T" I was ready to have the baby. The doctor came and Chris and the doctor quickly got prepped to deliver a baby.
Dr. Krista Anders was fantastic. Chris has asked all three doctors if he could help deliver the baby. This was the only time he was able to. She was very calm and talked Chris through the whole process. She was right there with him, but Chris did the work and delivered our baby. What an awesome thing for us to be able to say that!
So at 7:15 PM with only two pushes from my end Norah was born. 9 lbs .01 ounces and 21 inches long. I did not rip or tear or anything. Which made recovery a lot easier. She is a beautiful baby. We are seeing a lot of red in her hair and other features. As with Jack and Audrey she is looking after her fathers side.
We went home the next day. But again following after Jack and Audrey, she had problem with Jaundice. It took all of my effort not to freak out with Norah after our experience with Audrey. Norah was only on the lights for 6 days. But she hated them, and my nerves were a little shot forcing her to be there. But she pulled out of it and we all were much happier.
Grandma Bethel came out for a week to help me recover and boy was she needed. Thank You Grandma!!
We love our new addition and are very, very blessed to have her. Our family is now complete. Jack and Audrey absolutely adore her. They want to take care of her and play with at all times.
Norah, we love you, welcome to the family.





Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Only Constant Is Change

Group Shot of the Tooele 8th ward Young Men and Young Women outside of the Church History Musuem. Dec 2009.

Denniqa and I, May 2009

Sister Boone and BethAnne posting signs for our YW fundraiser. May 2009

(L-R) Emily, Amber, Haley, Quincy, Lexi, Salena - playing the belly game. Jan 2009
Emily Skelton at our Yard Sale Fundraiser, dressed up all fancy, May 2009.

Valentines Day 2010 seems so long ago. I woke up that morning and the life as our family knew it was all fine and dandy. Everything was great with very little stress. Now it feels as if we are living in a whole new world. Just after Valentines Day, we were presented with a certain change that has caused a major hardship on our family. This hardship in turn, has led to an enormous amount of stress for us, and it is my faith entirely that is seeing me through this.
Four days after that, I was hit with the worst cold, I believe I have ever experienced. It lasted for two weeks before the symptoms started to ease up. I am grateful for a husband who researches and asks questions for my welfare. Because of that, I was able to take some medications while being pregnant to help me recover. But in retrospect, this cold was very minor, probably a result of my stress, but then it just added to my stress as well. Lose, lose situation.
Three days later, my husband was called into the Bishops office, for a worthiness interview to receive his High Priest. The first thing he did after telling me, was call my Dad. My Dad only confirmed his fears about what this might mean. Then for 11 stressful, tearful, fearful, and frustrating days we waited. Finally he was interviewed by the stake and called to be the First Counselor in our wards new Bishopric.
Then for three agonizing days we had to keep it quiet. Of course we were able to tell our families because they don't live out here. But I am sure my fellow Young Women's leaders thought I was hiding something or simply going crazy, because I know I was acting weird around them. But he was sustained and set apart at church the next Sunday.
Then, to read between the lines of everything that was happening with my husband surely had to affect me. There is no possible way for Chris to be in the Bishopric and me to continue on as the Young Women's President. The new Bishopric understood this as well, and just two weeks before my baby is due, I have been released.
Woah!! Almost done. Then, dear reader, if you haven't understood. I am to have a baby in two weeks. HOLY COW!! This will be a whole story in itself, and I will give it its due when the time comes.
Now some thoughts on all this craziness.
Regarding this hardship I am being so vague about and which there will be no other explanation. I love the gospel. My faith is what is sustaining me daily. I can't see the end of the road, I do not know where it is leading. But I know we will be alright. I didn't know that straight away, it has been through complete, blind faith which I have been blessed with glimpses of hope, which strengthen my blind faith, that I know we will be alright. Heavenly Father tries our Faith, and our patience and I keep thinking He must have something fantastic in store for me, because faith precedes the miracle. Its a complete circle.
Regarding that horrible cold. Benadryl is an amazing drug. I was able to take a pediatric dose to help me sleep at night. I respond to antihistamine very strongly, and that small amount would knock me out for 12 hours, and I was still able to take a good nap during the day. I would try to nap while Jack was at school and Audrey, bless her heart, she just knew that Mommy was ill. I would put in a movie and lie down on the couch with a blanket. While laying on my side, she would cuddle in the crook of my legs, just behind my knees. As long as she had a sippy cup, a movie, and me close by, she would sit quietly for the 1 1/2 to 2 hours while I slept. She was fantastic. That, I believe helped me to eventually recover, and made it bearable while I was sick.
Regarding my Chris's new calling. We, as a family are very humbled by this. It was a calling neither one of us expected. Chris is a good man, he jokes, he teases, he is extremely sarcastic. But a very good man. I am blessed to be married to him, I support and sustain him with my whole being. My parents were absolutely fantastic in this whole process. As mentioned we knew he was to be receiving his High Priest, but we didn't know what for and when until three days before it all actually happened. We learned these answers on a Thursday night. Friday morning my parents hopped in the car in Rapid City, South Dakota, and made the 12 hour trip out to our house. We spent Saturday, just talking and being together. Grandma took the kids on a walk, made playdough, did the dishes, and kissed on the kids. Grandpa took the kids on a bike ride, took me out to lunch, fixed our blinds and played like a 6 year old wanted him to. Then on Sunday the family which live in Utah, (we were missing the Fox family in Oregon, and Chris's whole family still in England) came and supported us as Chris was sustained and set apart. My Dad was able to ordain Chris with his High Priest and be present in the circle as he was set apart. At one point my parent decided to attend all gospel oriented ordinances for all their kids and grandkids. With our family spread over three different states, this is quite the goal to accomplish. Chris and I appreciate their sacrifice and support immensely. We love them very much. The family spent the afternoon having lunch and playing. Later that evening Grandma tried out a new activity with us. She bought cans of shaving cream, and squirt it into piles on the table in front of each kid. Then just let them play in it. It was the funnest activity, some might consider it a mess, but it wipes up so easily, washes out of clothes with no problem, and its clean. Its not like we had to scrape up anything gross. We will definitely be doing that again. Then, after just the two days, Monday morning they headed back home to South Dakota. We will see them soon, after this baby is born.
Finally, regarding being released from Young Womens. I don't think I can adequately describe how I am feeling. How does a person summarize three years of sleepless nights, stressful days, worry, busy weeks, spiritual highs, seeing a girl "get it," comforting the one who is lost, seeing them enter the program, watching them leave, watching their testimony grow, answering the hard questions, watching them learn a concept and seeing their brain start to churn in understanding, watching them turn away from the gospel, helping them to come back, watching them laugh, giggle, befriend, and test, the gospel and each other, hoping, praying, crying, planning, teaching, loving and most of all wanting them to know how much Heavenly Father loves them, and hoping they see the light of Christ in themselves as much as I do? There is no way. I have to make special mention of all the fantastic and rewarding times we have had at Girls Camp, these experiences cannot be compared to anything. It has been an extremely rewarding time of my life. I have learned so much about myself and grown in so many ways. I am grateful for the opportunity I had to serve these girls and I will always look back on them and this time in my life with deep fondness. To the new YW's president - I wish you all the best and you will constantly be in my prayers. They are in the best hands possible and I gently and respectfully place them there in your care.
Now I will close and the next post I have will surely be all about the new baby, and the latest change in our family. Till then. . . .

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Bear Country

TRIP TO GRANDMA'S AND PAPA'S HOUSE - SOUTH DAKOTA - THANKSGIVING 2009

Going to Bear Country is our most favorite thing when visiting. Grandma and Papa get a yearly pass and it is just so much fun to see. I took a ton of pictures but here are a few of the good ones.

I always think of my sister Katie Fox, when I see a fox the animal. So this is for you Katie!


These are the bear "cubs." They are pretty old cubs by now, but still smaller than their Mama's. They are so playful and silly, they just run around with each other and play, falling on top of each other, climbing trees, hiding. They are one of the highlights to see at the park.


If I remember correctly this is a lynx. Two year ago Audrey was just about 13 or 14 months old. We had her in the stroller walking about the park. And a lynx, similar to this one. Saw her in the stroller and marked her for dinner. He would not take his eyes off her, and moved with us up and down the cage. Whenever we stopped he would get into an attack position, just ready to pounce. Audrey saw him, but was too young to notice his intentions. It was funny, but as a mother, I felt nervous. I always wondered if we stayed long enough if he would try to "catch" her.


This is the Big-Horned Sheep. In the park there is a driving part, where you have to stay in your car, with the windows rolled up, and then the walking part. This sheep was in the driving part. As we drove up we were looking, there was about 6 or 7 of them altogether. Something either irritated this guy or caught him off guard. Because he looked at our van, about 20 feet away and charged us!! Papa had to press the gas quickly and get out of his way, because he tried twice!! The second time was only from about 5 feet away so it wasn't as scary, but whatever his reason, he did not like us!


I thought this wolf lying here was so majestic. Such a beautiful animal. I always think of my dog "Patches," from when I was a kid. He was part wolf.


Peacock. These guys just roamed the place at their own free will. There was no cage for them. Outside anyway.

Badger! He was so fat, we all laughed when he ran.


The bears were everywhere. This guy was huge!! At one point in the park we were trying to cross a cattle guard. Right on the fence there is a sign that says: "Drive Slowly, Bears Will Move." This cattle guard was being guarded by a bear, who looked very nervous, and would not move. He paced in front of that cattle guard, continually, for a long time. Every now and then, he would come right up to the car and sniff around the side and front, but sure enough he would hurry back and start pacing again. He was pacing so quickly, I am surprised he didn't get dizzy. The kids sure got a kick out of seeing a bear do that.


An albino bison, but we call them Buffalo.


Seeing the buffalo is also one of the highlights. Here they are at their feeding area.