Moon Lake with the Emerys

I really do think about staying current...I don't know why it sometimes doesn't happen. Anyway...

Hannah and Brad went camping at MoonLake with his family over Labor Day (I know, slacker...). Julie is so good to take pictures of Hannah when they spend time together. I wish I could give you all a play-by-play of what is going on in all the pictures. I know that the water level is down (obviously) and thus, the mud. And I know they had a GREAT time! Who wouldn't want to bury themselves chest deep in cold mud?!

Where are our little girls?!

(Hannah is peeking over my should as I write this and said..."We are curtsying right there." Hmmm...I guess we need to practice.)

Shake-n-Bake Chickens...and secretly I am a little happy that I can still see Hannah's yellow shirt. That's my girl!

Oh! That's what they look like!

They had a scavenger hunt. They had to find the longest stick. I think they did pretty good!

I LOVE this picture! This is Hannah with her cousin, Alexander.

Hiking Timpanogos Cave

While we were camping, we made a trip up to Timpanogos Cave. It is always a good one, especially for the kids. Every single child made it up without being carried. Jessica and Jodi played "Hansel & Gretel" to get Stella up the trail. It's amazing how much of an incentive trail mix can be if it's on the trail & not in the bag! I have to say we have some of the best hikers in the world!

Hannah Rae on the way up.

The Best Hikers Ever!

Point Kodachrome

Inside the big room...LOL...I can't remember the name right now...

Caramel Falls...

Can you find the mouse?

The Heart of Timpanogos

The view on the way down.

E and her fossil she found...so cool!

Roughin' It With the Emerys

Each year we make it up American Fork Canyon once or twice to go camping. We had a great time. We (my family) are lucky to have siblings that love (and even like) each other enough that we can pull these kind of vacations off. We do see each other often and spend lots of time together. But it seems like we have more and more fun each year. We hike, do a craft or two, play games, build "clubhouses", take walks to the beaver pond-although I don't think a beaver has lived there for several years now, talk, color, read, play with Playdough, watch a movie or two, sing, catch squirrels (this might get some eyebrow lifts...don't worry...with Hannah around, everything is on the up & up)-and actually, it's probably the same squirrel-& he FEASTS when we are there, fishing with Grandpa at Tibblefork Reservoir, looking for the moose(one of my favorites), picnics at Silver Lake, make up plays & shows to put on for the one person who wasn't involved, catch bugs, get after a few who get to close to the fire or the river, laugh, and MOST OF ALL...we become closer to each other! And isn't that really what it is all about? And it was extra fun having "neighbors" that we actually knew! One of my pharmacist, Leon, made it up with his family for part of the time! The kids thought it was great!

Here are a few pictures...ok, more than a few. And a few notes about the pictures...K was a little upset that Grandma & Grandpa didn't have hats, so, she made them each one...TOO CUTE-She asked if I would lay out the letters for their names and she would put them on their hats in order. Dads was G-r-a-n-p-a...Mom's was (LOL) a-m-m-a-r-G! And we don't have a lot of pictures of the tye-dying...if was tense for a few moments...and by the time we just said "Have at it", we forgot. The Big Kids (Me, Jess, Jod) whined a little that we didn't have shirts to do. Thanks to mom, she went and brought T-shirts back up for us. I will admit, I didn't do mine. It was a nice surprise. I was at work, so mom dyed one to match Hannah's...how cute is that? Pretty cute-that's how cute! Nicely done Mom!