Ryan's long awaited Teton Crest Trail Adventure (and Susanna's pregnancy photo shoot!)

This last week Ryan finally got to hike the Teton Crest Trail trip he has been planning for quite some time. The trail is in Grand Teton National Park and people come from all over the world to hike it, so you have to secure a permit way back in January. Lisa and I went with him to the park's visitor center the day before he would start the trip to pick up the permit and bear-safe canisters he would need. We spent a little time walking around Jenny Lake and Ryan humored me by doing a little pregnancy photo shoot. It was a very fun and relaxing day. Lisa loved pretend fishing and playing at "the beach". It was good to spend time with Ryan at the park since he would be gone the next four days. Originally when Ryan talked about doing this trip I was going to be doing it with him, but plans have a way of changing (thanks a lot Lyra! just kidding...waiting for this beautiful little girl is totally and completely worth it and Ryan says he'll take me on this trail someday). So at first it looked like Ryan would be doing this trek alone, but during our last trip to California a friend stopped by to visit us and said he would love to join him. So Ryan was lucky enough to have Mike Johnson along with him on his adventure and it made me feel a little less anxious that Ryan would not be alone. We were truly grateful to Mike for being so generous and fun and spontaneous! I was also grateful to Natalie for coming to spend a few days with me here in Rexburg so I didn't have to be alone the whole time. We had a good time visiting and the kids enjoyed playing together. Ryan had the camera though, so no pictures of the play time together.