It's SO hard to believe that it's already September, however when I was waiting at the station for the train this morning (I ride Front Runner to Salt Lake & back) it was VERY chilly and I didn't have a sweater on. I have to admit, I LOVE Fall - everything about it! Summer is great but I cannot stand the heat - you know the kind, where you don't even want to sit outside and enjoy the summer. So....I am looking forward to Fall.
Since my last update we've been busy with everyday stuff - work and raising our beautiful Lindy. We've had a few camping trips to wrap up the season - this last weekend we went for Labor Day weekend with some of my friends and their families. Since we girls get together at least once a year for a weekend we decided to do a campout with our families too and we had a BLAST!
We went up Kanosh canyon and camped for three nights. The weather was perfect, although the last night it rained off and on throughout the night which made for a soggy day to clean up camp and head for home. Between the three of us - me, Brandy and Lisa - we had 11 kids, eight of which were boys! I took Cheryl's three boys with us so that made a full trailer for us. The kids absolutely had the BEST time. For me it was so nice to just have a few relaxing days in the great 'ol outdoors with my little family and some great friends. One of my most favorite parts was to watch how much fun the kids had. The older kids (ranging from 4 - 10 years old) were all boys so you cam imagine how much fun they had being in the "woods" as our nephew Carson called it. There we a lot of other campers nearby and our 7 boys declared war on some of the neighbor camps after their kids "stole some of our wood." Our boys were bound and determined to get our wood back and prevent other attacks! LOL
As I watched the boys play I thought about how fun it would have been to go camping as a kid. The outdoors is a kids playground and it stirs up their imaginations. I want some of Lindy's best memories as a kid to be our family camping trips. As always Dean was a good sport, especially since we had three extra kids with us. Derek, Garrett & Carson were SO good and brought a lot of smiles and laughs to us all. Lindy loved it and wanted to be one of the big kids and was DIRTY from the moment she stepped out of the trailer.
Thanks to the Jense's and Teeples' for such a fun and successful camping trip! Also, Taunie we are SO glad you came up to visit for a little while on Sunday, we wish you could have stayed longer! Next year we hope to add a few more of our friends, we'll just have to go on a non-holiday weekend.
Enjoy the pictures! :)
4 comments:
What a blast! I did not want to come home. I could have stayed all week. It is so good to get together and I am glad we were able to get our kids together. They played great and had so much fun. I could not have asked for more. Jim and spent all day Monday looking for campers on KSL since it was to rainey to go hiking. Thanks for the great weekend and hopefully many more camping adventures to come.
It was fun to visit for a few moments. I need to find me some kids to take up next time and a camper. Then I'll be set! Thanks for the treats!!!! You're the best!
I am SO glad that we did this!!! It was fun to just hang out and laugh with you guys and the weather was great. We for sure need to do this again next year, maybe a couple times :) It was so fun that you brought your boys with you too, that definately added some laughs (Derick). I still think about some of the things he would come up with and I just start laughin! Tell him that I am going to be keepin an eye on him and his little woman LOL! Thanks for the fun times and the good eatin... ya know I am all for the eatin (especially your oreos)!!! When's our next girls trip???
I can only imagine how much fun you guys had. I love camping and I can't wait to take Mia. Camping always reminds me of the good ol' girls camp days. Boy did we have some good times :) Glad you guys had fun.
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