Camping in the Uinta National Forest

Over the 4th of July we took an extended camping trip to the Uinta's.  It was so great to get out of the heat!  Plus it is so beautiful.

I don't know what they are playing, it doesn't matter, because whatever it was they were not fighting!

Paul took the kids on a snipe hunt. 

Ellie and her rendition of "Kevin" from the movie up.  I can see it, can you.  She did this all with no help.  What a girl!  I'll help you out if your not seeing it.  Toward the top left the wood piece there is Kevin's head then follow that down to the back and body.  The bottom is his feet and the tail is cut off a bit in the picture. 

Trey chilling out on his new camping cot.  He can now lay down outside without being on the ground.

 

Fishing at Whitney Lake

Tinfoil dinner 

 

The night of the 5th of July, we had just gotten the kids down to bed and it was probably about 9:30pm.  Paul and I decide to head back outside to enjoy the night sky and cool air for a bit.  We come out the door and I turn to the left a bit and look out past the trailer and see Moose here.  I let out a little gasp and Paul is like "What" then he sees what I see.  Moose is stopped about 50 yards from the trailer in an opening chewing on some grass.  He see us and doesn't do anything, but keeps his eye on us.  We didn't move for a little bit and were prepared to run back into the trailer if necessary. 

Since Moose seemed just fine with what was going on I decided to slowing go back into the trailer for my camera.  I grabbed my Nikon D80 which was handy and it had one of my zoom lens on it.  I knew this would be a difficult lighting situation because, really there was hardly any light left.  I didn't have a tripod with me either.  I couldn't use a flash because at 50 yds it wouldn't help and only serve to scare Moose, which I didn't want.  So I bumped up my ISO really high and dropped my shutter down and opened up my aperture as much as I could.  So the pictures aren't the best but just being there was so cool.

Moose made his way across the clearing, he ended up coming about 30 yds from us.  Then made his was across and up the mountain behind the trailer.

Paul and I couldn't believe it, wow, what an experience.

 

 

My handsome man

 

Another day of fishing. 

 

Saturday night we had a huge rain storm mixed with chunks of hail.  We had fun keeping the fire going so we could have banana boats later.

 

Bald Mountain Pass Overlook 

 

Provo River Falls





Sand Hollow and a Mission Call

Last spring we had such a blast going to Sand Hollow State Park that we decided to go again this year. 
We had a very long day getting down there, between all the potty stops, blown tire on the trailer, getting blown tire replaced, stop for lunch, etc.  It just seemed like we were never going to get down there.  But we finally made it and Paul found us a great spot on the beach next to the water.
That first evening (Friday May 31) it was quite windy but we played any way.
Saturday was awesome playing in the water, rides in Pouncy the Prowler and the kids playing with the cousins.  It was a wonderful day.
Sunday we relaxed and took our time packing up, then headed to my brother John's home to watch my niece open her mission call.

Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Trey making sure dad gets some work done.

Sand boy

Saturday morning we watched Stand Up Paddle Board races

Trey's turn in the Kayak

He did ok this way, but he really liked it when laying down in Brett or Ellie's Kayak and just relaxing and floating around.

Ugh, farmers tan and I'm not even a farmer!

Uncle John helping to bury Brett in the sand

 

"I hope they call me on a mission"

Chicago, IL Spanish Speaking

 

One happy family, but they are sure going to miss Allyse when she goes!

 

 

Trey's 10th Birthday

Weekend of June 10th, 2012
Seriously, 10yrs old!  How did that happen?  Paul and I are so honored to have Trey as our child.  What a special guy.  He brings so much love and joy to our lives and into our home.  Happy Birthday Trey, we love you so very much!

For Trey's birthday we decided to go camping for the weekend.  Trey loves the outdoors, in fact when he was really young and we had our first trailer we would go camping he would sit outside in his swing and look up at the sky through the tree leaves and just smile.
We took Pouncy and Big Al up to Diamond Campground in Diamond Fork Canyon.  Paul found us a wonderful spot.

Don't worry Trey, dinner's coming.

Christy gets into a picture thanks to a tripod and remote.

On a ride in Pouncy the Prowler.

Saturday evening Paul's parents came up and spent sometime with the kids and had dinner with us.  Paul grilled some wonderful steaks.

I have the best husband ever!

Paul with his wonderful mom.

Handsome dude!

Yep, big bottom lip comes from his dad.

Isn't that just sweet?!

This campground had a wonderful trail called the Discovery Trail.  It was smooth and wide enough for us to take Trey on it in his jogger.  Every so often it would have a plaque telling about the native flowers in the area, the different birds, the different animals, etc.  We also saw this teepee and a beaver lodge.

This Sunday night and we are back at home.  Paul is making Trey his birthday brownies.  I usually make the kids' birthday cakes but since we were camping I wouldn't have time and we all enjoy Paul's brownies very much.

Birthday Boy!

Yummy!

Metal flowers to put in his garden.

More flowers for the garden.

Supervising the flowers going into his garden.

Make a wish!

Yummmy, the good stuff.  Brownies with mint chocolate chip ice cream.