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Monday, July 23, 2012

We DID hie to Kolob!

I have gone to Girls Camp every summer since I turned 12. It has been a wonderful tradition and I was not about to miss out this year, especially since I have a Young Women's calling. Since Spencer and I are a package deal he was able to be there with me and Nathan was able to get off work to be with us. We were only up there for one day but we had a blast. It was a fun little family adventure.
The camp site was different than the one I have gone to with Paradise Stake every summer, but it was close and still beautiful. It was fun to see the view from the other side of the mountain.
We left at 2 in the morning to be up there in time to get ice cream in Hurricane, UT and be there for breakfast. Spencer is such a great little road-tripper. We are really lucky. We saw lots of cows, deer and beautiful vistas as the sun rose.
Sunrise


Our Ward (Notice Spencer sleeping on the table)



Sunset

Bundled up

So excited!

Breakfast on the porch

Little Green Cabin we stayed in
It was fun to hear the girls' reactions. They were quite surprised to find a baby at camp. He was happy and smiley in the morning and slept all afternoon. I was a little worried that he would be up all night, but he treated his Mom to 6 hours of straight sleep (which was desperately needed after a 1 am wake up time to leave on time). A friend in the ward was nice enough to let us stay in her parents' cabin. It was much more pleasant than having to set up a tent. While we were there he rolled over for the first time. He is growing up too fast for his mommy's tastes but we are so proud of him.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Fourth of July



Husband Blog Post:

Hey folks, Julie has the baby and so I am filling in for her while she takes care of business.  We have had so much fun lately with little Spencer in tow.  We spent the 4th of July here in town with family, swimming and relaxing.  It was a little windy in Vegas that day, and the pool was much cooler than we were anticipating.  It was nice, just not bath water temperature like Julie thinks it should always be.  Spencer was a real trooper and still had a pretty good time.  He has been swimming a few times now and he loves it.  The only thing Spencer did not like was all the wind.  We kept him in the pool for a little while and then toweled him off and got him out of the sun.


We ate hot dogs and took some fun pictures in front of this handy flag.  Super patriotic, right?  We got the whole red, white, and blue thing goin' on.  (Spencer looks super happy because of the wind I mentioned before.)
Julie will be back to update about our Girls Camp trip soon, hope this tides you over until then.