Hot Wheels and Hikes! That is how we kicked off our summer. Each year the Hyrum City puts on a car show at the beginning of June. There are always a ton of awesome cars. We always have the kids pick their favorite cars. We all liked this cool red convertible.
The best car for me though was this Silver Corvette. Our friend, Zach Checketts, had rented this car for the weekend and, just for fun, put it in the car show. He let me sit in it and pretend to drive. He was going to let me actually drive it but I was too scared. Someday I will drive a Corvette but it will be on an open country road somewhere. It was pretty awesome to sit in though!
After seeing all of the cars, we walked across the street to the Hyrum Fire Station where the fire fighters were having an open house and showing off their new ladder truck. Fire Trucks are always a favorite so everyone loved climbing in and exploring the cab. Then we went inside the station where there were more truck and games.
Colby liked handling the big extrication claw and playing giant Jenga with it. He did say it was pretty heavy though. Everyone loved spraying the fire hose and they even tried to spray us with the hose but the firefighter stopped them. It was a pretty fun day.
We have also been enjoying the outdoors a lot more lately. For Young Mens, Logan's deacon group headed out on a hike to the Wind Caves.
This is a short hike but a pretty strenuous one because it is 2 miles straight up hill. Of course view from the top is pretty amazing though so it is all worth it. The leaders said they were impressed with the boys hiking abilities.
The deacons also spent another activity camping overnight.
Everyone worked together to set up the tents and cook their own dinner. Logan said it was a really fun camp out except he was so tired because none of the boys would go to sleep and kept talking all night long.
Emily and I have also been hiking a lot. At the end of July, we are going on a High Adventure activity with some other girls in the Stake. We will be hiking 50 miles through the Tetons Wilderness on a five day backpacking trip. It should be really fun! Because of this, we have been doing a bunch of training hikes with weighted packs.
These hikes have been quite fun because we have been getting to know the girls we will be backpacking with even more. We have also explored some different areas around Hyrum and Paradise. We have hiked the east hills of Paradise, Hyrum Dam, the Pea Vine Road, Baxter Hollow, and a place called "Charlieville" in Paradise. We have only added about 20-25 pounds to our packs so far (which is mostly water) and it is heavy. Hopefully we will continue to get stronger so that our 30-35 pound packs will not feel so bad on the real trip.
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