I have been so bad at blogging lately. I really love to have the record, and I enjoy doing it - it's just that it takes so much time and I am so behind on everything else already. So, I just decided that I would do a post and then slowly try and go back and update things.
Last week we were lucky enough to have Fall Break. Before the economic crash we were spoiled and we used our Fall Break's to go on really amazing trips. Those were the weeks that we took the family and went to Hawaii, New York, and Washington D.C. We were able to get those trips in before Emily left home. We haven't been able to do trips like that for a few years now. Sometimes I kind of get bummed out about it. But, it turns out that we had a great little vacation right here close to home!
We haven't been able to go camping much as a family lately. We were all disappointed that there wasn't a ward campout this year - so, a few families decided to take this last chance before it gets to cold and go camping. We went up to Bear Canyon Lake, which is only about 2 1/2 hours away. We found a nice spot and set up camp on Thursday. Taylor and Alex joined us later that night.
Just had to take a picture of our tents because they went in the trash when we got home. Totally falling apart. But they served us well for a lot of years. :)
We didn't have anyone to watch Murphy because so many people were out of town. So, we took him and found out that he really isn't a "camping" kind of dog! He was so funny. He was so cold and scared all of the time. We really babied him the whole time. Wyndi Curtis lost a dog up there last year and so we were afraid to let him wander. It ended up working out fine - I just don't know if we'd ever take him again!
On Friday, we hiked down to the lake and it was sooooo beautiful. The hike (even though it was steep and hard for me) and the time spent at that beautiful place was good for my soul. The younger kids had a blast finding crawdads. Ryan caught a couple and added them to the community bucket. They then hiked back up to one of the camps and cooked and ate them! Ryan said they forgot to clean them out (like shrimp) so it kind of grossed him out. But he had a great time!
Me, Wyndi Curtis, Janna Hassell, Teresa Lee & Heather (Wyndi's sister)
!Got a crawdad
Dad, Danny, Taylor and Murphy enjoying the view
Alex & Ryan
Paige Lee "walking on the water"!
The "fam" minus Emily :( I will post a better one when I get one from my friends. One where Taylor is actually looking at the camera!
Danny, Paige, Alex, Taylor and Kirk Lee went on a hike around the lake
It is so beautiful that it takes my breath away! I want to go back :)
We had a community dinner that night and it was a lot of fun. I FROZE my tootsies off that night! On Saturday, we took down camp and drove back home. Camping is just so much better when you can spend two nights! It is more worth all the work. What a great little vacation!
I came across this camping "Father and Son's" picture and had to add it. I LOVE it! (Dad, Danny and Alex)
