Every year since 2000 during the summer time my family plans a camping trip. Usually just up Provo canyon at a nice camp ground, but we have gone to a couple different places as well. This year it was just my sisters camping because my parents are A. are getting old and don't like to camp that much and B. they are on a mission and my brother Mark and Jocie live in AZ so they couldn't make it either.
I was looking forward to the trip even with a new born. I remember when Spencer was a new born baby he was so easy to take camping. Micah was easy also mostly because he was either being held by one of his adoring Aunts or he was in the portable swing! Spencer being 3 was another story and I knew it would be hard with him since he is still to young to be with the older kids all the time and because he is just a little clumsy like most kids his age. Poor Spencer was beat up almost every day and not by any person but from him tripping or walking in Stinging "metal" (as most of the little girlies were saying". He also bonked his head and when he tripped he landed on his mouth and knocked his teeth pretty badly. But he still had a fun time and can't stop talking about camping. Tanner and Savannah love to camp mostly because it means they get to play with their cousins, that they love so much, every day,
This year the men wanted to go fishing. Ok mostly it was Kevin (brother in-law) that said I'm going fishing so if you want to come get your license. I think every year someone has said "next year we should go fishing or boating or something, while we are here" but it never happens. The men and older boys had fun doing that. That is all Tanner could talk about while we were preparing to go camping. I'm afraid for the first day that we were up there that is all he could talk about also :) I don't think anyone caught anything but they all had fun.
While the men were fishing the little girls and the 3 little boys
(Micah, Spencer and Jaxon) stayed behind with the moms. Earlier that
morning MariAnn had done Bethanys hair so Addie and Savannah wanted
their hair done just like it. So MariAnn and Bec did the girlies hair
all the same. And then we moms all took a bunch of photos.
I think I need to frame this one (above) and give as a gift to all the girlies! Because it is just too cute :)
We brought up boondoggle for all the kids to do (which usually means the parents do it!). MariAnn brought up a fun bracelet thing-a-ma-jig that some of them made and had fun doing it. They also hiked Stewart Falls and most everyone went to Bridal Veil Falls (pictures to come in another post).
The food was great as usual. I think all the kids favorite dinner was when Aunt Lea and Uncle Kevin made pizzas with pitta bread so everyone got to make their pizzas the way they wanted. Darin said his favorite was Bec's and Jason's tin foil dinner in a dutch oven and my favorite was MariAnn's and Dave's mountain man breakfast... mmmmm.
Oh I almost forgot. While we were packing up to go. Savannah was playing with the girls and her Littlest Pet Shops. A squirrel came and stole one of her Pets. The Squirrel took it up into a tree and nibbled on it a bit and then dropped it since it wasn't anything good to eat. But it landed in a tree branch. Savannah was so devastated. Crying and screaming at the "dumb squirrel", Tanner was screaming at it also telling the squirrel that he made his sister cry and that he was gonna hurt it! And the girl cousins looking for the pet that the squirrel had taken. I think all the parents were getting a kick out of the reactions of my kids! I know I was laughing inside :) I think Spencer even called it a "stupid squirrel". Bethany actually spotted where the squirrel dropped the pet into a branch. So I called Harley to see if he could knock the pet out of the branch with some rocks. After a few shots Harley was able to "save" the pet. I didn't get a picture of the damage that the squirrel did to the kitty but once Savannah gets home from school I will have her find it so I can take a picture.
Thanks for a fun time and great memories!
