Camping at Wasatch State Park

This past weekend we went camping at Wastach State Park. It is a great campground for tents. It has showers, warm water to wash your hands in and toilets that flush! I loved it. All except it was sooooo hot. Not quite far enough up the canyon to really cool off. We didn't even have to get into our sleeping bags to sleep. It was a lot of fun.

We took a hike, roasted marshmellows and had smores and played in the little creek. The boys all carved a walking stick. And just plain got very dirty. I don't think Wyatt has ever been so dirty. It was just fun to sit back and relax. Here are some pics.









Wyatt was so dirty and he does not know how to shower so this is how we gave him a bath. Didn't like it at all.

Bear Lake Camping Trip

So this weekend we went to Bear Lake Camping for John's family reunion. We left Friday morning. We arrive and had lunch with John and then we checked into our campground. The wind was blowing so hard that we didn't put up our tents. We went down to the lake and played in the water. Finally the wind died down a little so everyone went out on the boat. Then the wind picked up again and went Aunt Megan and Uncle Greg took the boat back to the marina to get it out of the water, it was quite the ordeal. Greg and Megan both got swamped swimming after the boat when it got away from them. Quite the ordeal. Finally they got the boat safely out of the water.

The wind blew and blew and blew . . . Finally about 9:00 p.m. my kids were begging to go to bed so they could get out of the wind. So we all got into our tent and they fell asleep and the wind blew and blew and blew . . . Finally it started raining like a banshee. It was quite the night. At least our tent is good and it kept us dry and did not break. The next morning we woke up and it was about 50 degrees and blowing and raining. We quickly cooked breakfast and then we all hung out in Aunt Kim and Uncle Pauls trailer. Finally afters years of telling John we need a trailer, he finally agrees. After this weekend he said, OK, we need a trailer. YAH!!!!!

After lunch we cleaned up and came home. What a weekend. And to top it all off, I forgot my camera.

Then the icing on the cake. We were all packed and the kids strapped in their seatbelts, and John went to start the car and it didn't start!!!! Someone left the door open and the battery ran down. Luckily Uncle Paul had a battery jumper and we got jumped and off we went without any more incident.

Whew! We are home in our dry warm house.

First Day of School and Camping over Labor Day

Well, this has been a busy week. On Tuesday it was Jacob's birthday. So we all woke up early so Jacob could open up his presents and then John could go to work. Jacob got a pocket knife and a model airplane.




Then it was Joshua's first day of Kindergarten. He was so excited. It was fun getting ready for school. Then once he got to school and was standing in line ready to go in with his teacher, you could see the apprehension on his face. It was kind of sad for me to see my 2nd child leave for Kindergarten. He came home from school and had a great day! He loves Kindergarten because he likes to sit. He is already so excited to read.






Then this weekend we went up to John's parents house for a campout. It was us and his parents and Jackie and her kids. We met Jackie's new friend Preston. we had a great time. We had fried chicken and potatoe salad for dinner. The kids loved cooking smore's over the fire. The kids and John and Grandma slept out under the starts. Wyatt and I slept in the house. Then on Saturday we all went geo-caching. We found two geo-caches. It was pretty fun. The kids played in the sand box almost the whole time. They loved it. We all came home very dirty and tired. We hada great time!