Summer Fun!

I thought Heidi was going to blog this but she seems to be falling behind in this area? Too much time on facebook? Reorganizing her kitchen? PTA president duties? Creating new quilts? Designing new aprons? Well, I guess I'll take a few moments and blog our time away from home!

Camping for the summer was always on our list of things to do as a family when we were kids. Big Bear, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite and tons other places we would travel to for a fun family camping trip! I miss those days. Since being here in Utah gives us the canyons and campgrounds just minutes aways why not take advantage of those close to home sites. Diamond Campround in Spanish Fork Canyon was our camping adventure this year. Due to the fact that we decided last minute to camp on one of the most busiest day's of the year ...Pioneer weekend, this was where we ended up and it wasn't too bad. Despite the lack of trees in our area we toughed out the blazing sun and had a blast! Family, awesome dutch oven, skinny dipping in the river, snake visits, sage smelling minute long camp fires, skunk invading our "who forgot to put up the trash" episode and cousin playing from dusk till dawn! We must do this again except this time I will be in charge of the trash!!!!
What happends at the river stays at the river. O.K it wasn't that bad! At least T.J kept his pants on! Chris asked me NOT to post a particluar picture so I will respect his wishes but use it as revenge if he shall ever do me wrong!



Here are all the cousins... who remind me so much of my childhood camping trips with my cousins!




We were so glad Matt, Kelly, Fayth, Bubba and T.J, Nicole, Hannah, Adam and Caleb decided to come! You know we all just started something that must become a tradition! Where are we camping next?



Dinners were well thought out by Heidi and her master dutch oven skills. This was the only picture I had other than Chris doing cleaning duties. Meals included ribs, mountain man breakfast, chicken and rice and the ultimate peach cobbler.




Camp fires are a must and we sure did have many...many that is that ran out quick with limited fire wood and plenty of sage brush! So T.J decided to cut up some of his own wood! Way to go mountain man!



Caitlyn and Claire asked me to take these MERMAID pictures of them on the rock! Very cute girls!



The girls were throwing rocks or old coals from another camp site into the fire pit and Zach deccided to pick one up and through one too well he picked up a hot coal on the dutch oven instead, hence the sad look on his face!


We had lots of fun and hopefully soon as summer comes so quickly to an end we can do just one more trip! Here are some random pictures I had to post!