Watkins Family Trip - Bryce Canyon

In July we got to spend a few days with the Watkins family in Bryce Canyon. It's always a great time in the outdoors with the kids and family. The kids love the freedom of camping. They play in the fire, hang out in the hammocks, wander through the meadow and just entertain themselves with the sticks and the dirt. We did some hiking, swimming at the pool, playing in the creek and as usual ate some yummy camping food. There are quite a few fun pictures from this trip so check out the slide show.



After we left Bryce Canyon, our family headed out to the Escalante area to spend a couple days. Melissa and Jason joined us for this part of the adventure. We spent one day hiking Spooky Gulch and Peek A Boo slot canyons. They were awesome and the kids loved it. It's amazing how they can just cruise up and down the skinny spots of the canyon and the adults have a bit more of a struggle. After the hike we spent some time playing in calf creek up the road. We really had to pull the kids away to go get some food since they had pretty much just had granola bars all day. The next day we headed over to Capital Reef for some more exploring. What a beautiful National Park. We enjoyed seeing and doing some different things down there. From there it was back home again with some great memories from the week.

Once we got home from this weeks adventure we did a quick unpack and repack for Brookelyn who was able to head down to Lake Powell with her best friend a half hour later. What a lucky girl!

July 2010

Here we go again, hopefully one day I will get all caught up on my posts (or maybe not). July brought more fun in the sun.
We started the month with our 4th of July Weber River Float. Right after we arrived at the river, Blake and a couple of the boys had to do a little life saving, since a young boy was floating down alone, without a life jacket, bobbing under the water. It was a bit scary and the funny thing is, his mother wasn't even upset. Once they threw him a life jacket and got him out of the river, we all felt better even though the nerves were a little tense. We had a great crew of rafters and they all had a great time.








Brynnley got to go on Trek this month. Our stake headed out to Martin's Cove for trek this year. After a long bus ride through the middle of nowhere, they arrived in Martins Cove Wyoming. Just like the pioneers these kids had to deal with mud, rain, wind and pulling their belongings behind them in handcarts. They were lucky enough to be a little more prepared for the weather than the pioneers were. The kids all had a great time and hopefully returned home with a greater appreciation for our pioneer heritage.

June 2010

Well, what happened in June. We made a quick weekend trip to Lake Powell, spent some time at the pool with the family, Lori ran the Wasatch Back Relay, Father's Day, Lori's Birthday and weekend with the Godfrey's. Here are a few photos from the months events.

Camden on the uke

Here is a video of the 2nd graders playing the uke. Some pretty intense concentration. Fun stuff!

Wow! Has it really been that long!

Well, it has been a while since I posted, but I'm starting to wonder if anyone really even notices. If not, it's ok, cause it's a great journal technic for me.
Anyway, so what happened in May?

Camden finished off his soccer season, YEAH! His team got to go to a REAL Salt Lake Game and carry in the banner. This may have been the highlight of the season for him? The kids thought it was pretty cool!






Brynnley turned 14! WOWSERS! How can she be that old when I am still so young? HA! She was pretty excited about all the CASH she got this year, that was about all she got!





Next comes the end of school programs. Camden and the 2nd graders did some awesome numbers on the "uke". They have had so much fun learning to play the "uke" this year. Thanks to Ms. Berger for being an awesome teacher! They also performed some interpretive dance. The kids always love this! What a fun group of kids!






Brookelyn and the 5th graders also did an end of year program. There program was all about veterans. It is always so neat to see this program. It's a great reminder of how many people have and continue to sacrifice every day for our freedom. It also makes me very proud to know that my own dad was one who gave great sacrifice for our country. I'm so grateful for his service and am proud that he is my dad!

One last ski day

One last post before finishing off the month of April. Camden and Blake headed up for one more ski day. It was a beautiful day with some fresh snow. Camden played a soccer game then just threw on the ski boots for some more fun on the slopes. Blake said one time down the hill Camden was in tears about half way down, but just kept skiing. Once he got to the bottom, he said his legs were freezing from the snow spraying up on them. So, they pulled up the soccer socks and up they went for some more fun. It's been fun to see how he has learned to love to ski! I'm sure he will be anxious for snow to fly again this winter!

A little more Volleyball

One more tourney before volleyball is officially over for the season. The girls did great and even made it to the final game of the tourney. Unfortunately they lost that game. It has been fun to see the improvements over the season. Now we just hope for some height for Brynn over the summer, so she can really learn to work that net!