Thursday, September 22, 2011

Camping with Lynn and Ben!

We went to Wasatch State Park for five days, camping!  It was so much fun, especially because Lynn and Ben joined us.

  We wanted to get one last trip in before school started for the boys.

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Playing games while it rained outside

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I took this picture at dusk and it turned out beautiful!

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Lighter fluid equal instant flame!

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There were summer thunderstorms all while we where there.  This is what the sky looked like when we were sitting around the campfire.  It was something to witness!

A trip into Midway

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This place makes the most delicious cheese curds…aka squeaky cheese

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The boys watching cheese be made!

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I love this picture of Benny Boo

Everything in the Red Barn

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Playing in the Creek

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Charlie building what he called Charlie Dam Hoover!

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Exploring!  We hiked quite a ways up the creek.

In fact while we were exploring and hiking in the creek for an hour my camera unbeknown to me had fallen out of my pocket and feel into the creek.

Charlie luckily found my camera back at his dam he built.  It was still on and was completely submerged.  As Charlie handed it to me the little orange light slowly flickered off and it gave up the ghost.

Well to say the least I was so upset because I thought I had killed my camera for good. 

Not so a couple weeks drying out and a new battery pack my camera is as good new!  Cannon Cameras are the best! 

My camera is like a good friend, I take it every where I go!

I have taken so many pictures with my trusty little camera, I am so glad it still works. 

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We made boats and had races!

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Refreshing

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We all went on a hike together on a trail near the creek.  It was the strangest thing, we did not feel like we had been hiking that long but somehow we got very far from camp.  We ended up cutting through the forest and finding a road to return back to camp on!

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Lynn teaching the boys how important it is to leave your footprint with the Forest Ranger before leaving on a hike. 

  For those familiar with Cub Scouts this will look familiar.  You use tinfoil and put it on top of a towel and then step on the tinfoil to make an imprint of the sole of your shoe.

Then if you get lost they can use that imprint to find your footprint!

LOL we did this after our crazy hike that took us way up the mountain without us knowing.  Well they will know for next time!

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Reading Junnie B. Jones!  This is such a found memory!  

Thanksgiving Point with Daddy

Normally I am taking Charlie and going with cousins or friends.

It was wonderful for a change to have Robert with us!

We started out at the new exhibit called the Notion of Motion.  It is very informative and interactive.

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Generating electricity by pedaling!  There should be a set up like this in everyone’s house.  Pedal to watch t.v., pedal to use the computer.  Man we would be in shape quick!

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Got to love my famers tan!  Hey I am a farmers daughter, so I think it is inevitable. 

Great picture of Charlie and I  none the less

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Waiting for his ice cream cone!

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Unfortunately they were closed for the day.  I wanted to watch them blow glass.

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We had so much fun talking and petting this beautiful horse! 

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Piggies! Super cute all cuddled up and napping!

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Summer Veggies!

Oh there is nothing better than the bounty of fresh summer vegetables!

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Hillary and Liz!

My Mother and Sister in Law got to spend a week with us!  It was so fun to have them visit. 

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The first day they were here I took them to one of my favorite restaurants, Malawi’s at the Riverwoods!  

We enjoyed some divine savory and dessert pizzas. 

After lunch we went shopping at the mall.  Liz and Hillary came home with some adorable shoes! 

Next day

Discovery Museum

While Hillary and Liz spent time indexing at the Church Family History Library, I took Charlie to the Discovery Museum so he could play.

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This is one of the new exhibits!

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Charlie loved these ginormous soft dominos!

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How old are you, 5!

After the Discovery Museum we went and picked up Liz and Hillary and had lunch at the Bee Hive House!

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This is Hillary and Charlie at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building

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We then went on a tour!  Here is a bronze bust of Brigham Young; Charlie insisted of getting a picture next to it! 

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I had such a fascination with the beautiful light fixtures!   They just don’t make things like they used to. 

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Look at the detail; oh the craftsmanship! 

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The stately rooms decorated in the finest furnishings possible!  Satin tapestries, velvet upholstery and gilded picture frames! 

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The kitchen and dinning room!  So cozy

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The Sister missionaries that Charlie was quite smitten with!  Especially the blond Sister from France. 

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This is my favorite picture of the day!

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