We had another fun adventure this summer as a family. Our Morwood Reunion was this weekend in Cedar Mountain. With not knowing if Tiffany was going to be sick or not, however, we decided not to go. Then we were sitting at the dinner table around 6 pm on Thursday and Tiffany said we were going camping this week up Left Hand Fork. She also said we should go take the trailer up tonight and save our spot. So we got everything together on a quick whim. We got on the road around 7:30 and on the mountain at 8:30. Emily came up with the idea to stay the night and get up early and take her to her party, so that is what we did. Once we got the trailer situated we went inside and boy the trailer was hot. We got the kids in the their PJ's and Tiff said "Oh I forgot mine." I went to find mine that I knew I brought but they disappeared, so we both slept in our clothes. There was a severe weather storm warning in the Bear Lake area so Colby was a little worried about it coming to us. Tiff told Colby is was not near us, I looked at Tiffany and said we are about 12 miles from Bear Lake as the crow flies. Later that night I watched over the mountain side and I saw the whole sky light up from the lightning. The rain and thunder made it to our camp site about 3 am and it came down. We were okay though because it was just rain. The next morning, we headed back home to take Emily to her friend's birthday party. Also that night Logan, Emily and I went to the Library swim party. Unfortunately Colby had been sick all day so he couldn't go. He was really bummed because by the time the swim party started, he was feeling better but we still wouldn't let him go. We went back up to the mountain on Saturday morning. We were glad we took the trailer up on Thursday to save our spot because by the time we came back on Saturday every campsite was packed because of the Pioneer Day holiday. We had a great time for the weekend.
We thought it was going to be cooler up in the mountain climate, but it was hot. So instead of dying in the heat the kids and I went to play in the river. Oh boy the water was cold. The water we played in was coming out of the mountain spring, but it felt good even if it was cold. The kids had a blast playing in the water. I showed them new tricks about playing in the water. We even built up a little dam to make the water deeper. They built it up enough that the water went up to Logan's bum.
Charlotte did not want to be left behind either so Tiff let her kick in the water. She loves the water and wants to be just like her brothers and sister. She did not mind the icy cold water at all.
This picture is of the Gray Cliff Spring coming out of the mountain. It was way cool to see how much water was coming out of the mountain. The water was super clear and fun to play in. It was even colder than the river we had been playing in near our campsite. We took a fun drive up the canyon to see this spring.
Here we are just chilling around camp as the sun was going down. The camp started to cool down just as the sun went behind the trailer. Our cute little family had a great time up at Left Hand Fork Canyon. The kids also had fun carving their sticks and going hiking. Colby is always finding a chance to use his knife and carve, so that is what he did for his down time. Emily forgot her knife so she used mine and loved it. They all had fun and we cannot wait to do it again.
This was Charlotte's first camping trip. She loved being outside and playing in the water but had to spend most of her time in her Pack-n-Play. Charlotte was not too happy at first to be in the Pack-n-Play, but after a while she liked being in it. It was hard to play on the grass and on the floor of the trailer. The majority of the time she was in her Pack-n-Play and her little walker. We also made her a big play pin on our bed. By Sunday night she was at ends with playing around. We finally gave her a deck of cards to play with on the bed and that was the happiest she had been in a bit. The kids were worried about her ruining the cards, but Tiffany and I did not care because she was quiet and happy. Charlotte thought being in the trailer was fun because it was a new place. In fact she didn't want to go to sleep at all because she just wanted to look around and explore everything. Finally we had to make it totally dark for her to relax and go to sleep.
The whole camping trip was a great success and full of fun memories. Glad we had the idea to go up the mountain this weekend. Love you guys.
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