Big Blue

We had a wonderful time at our big camping trip down to Blue lake this year. (Sad to say it will most likely be our only camping trip of the year.) Usually we go up at the 24th of July, but it worked out for everyone schedules to go up the weekend before. We went up with my Parents; my brother Jeremy, Jenn and their kids; my brother Josh and Anne; and my sister Julie and her 3 kids. I can't believe she brought the twins (10 months old), what a lot of work. But we all tried our best to jump in and keep them entertained as much as possible.

This year with all the rain and snow we have received, we didn't know what to expect while we were up there. This place is always muddy and usually rains at least a little everyday. Yet, this weekend the weather was perfect. No rain or storms at all. It was a nice 70 degrees and just felt perfect out. We didn't even get out and fishing much this year since the lakes were so full and there was still lots of snow. Due to the huge snow drifts that covered some of the roads, we ended up camping lower down the canyon instead of up on top like we always do. The kids loved it, it was really fun to explore new areas. They boys are still talking about how much they loved playing at Philadelphia Flats. We camped at a place we like to call Trailer City. We found a wonderful spot just hidden from the road tucked back into the trees. We had a fun little stream that the kids loved to play in and a beautiful field off to the side. There was still tons of room and fun to be had by all.

Eliza . Bella
These too girls were so fun. They are the best of friends and were always together from the moment they got up til it was time for bed.

Logan . Jaycob
They loved playing in the stream. They were hitting tons of golf balls into it and then we would all go on a hunt to dig them out.

Bella . Eliza
Grandma brought bird houses for all the kids to paint. They had a great time painting and it was fun to see the crazy things these kids came up with. The two little girls took this job very seriously. They made sure to paint every inch with pink.

Logan . Tyler

SMORES!
We had a great time making Smores! There was lots of the gram cracker goodness to go around. We had jumbo marshmallows, flat layer marshmallows and flavored marshmallows. We also enjoyed roasting Starbursts, swetish fish, Cinnamon bears, licorice, and pretty much anything that we could think of.

Jaycob

Check out the size of that mellow!

Bella . Grandpa

We did tons of riding this year. The kids wanted to be on the bikes every minute. I seemed to get out of it this year since I had an excuse. But I did snick a ride or two in Grandpa's new toy, the Razor. The boys keep asking Erek to go out o the 4 wheeler because they loved to drive it. They are getting really good at driving that thing but they aren't ready to go on their own, that's for sure.

Lisa . Bella . Erek

Jaycob . Logan . Erek

Jaycob . Erek

Bella "I'm waiting for YOU!"

Logan . Erek

Erek wanted to get out and go for a ride the non-motorized way. So he went down the canyon about 5 miles to Lake hill camp grounds. This is him on the way back when Jaycob and I went out in the Razor.

We had a wonderful time camping and were all ready for a bath by the time we got home.