3rd Camping Trip/Reunion of July!

For the Spencer reunion we went to Singletree campground, which is in Boulder Mountain. This is my favorite spot to camp. It's the "back to the roots" trip. It's close to Escalante which it where my grandparents and some of my aunts and uncle grew up.

For those of you Spencer's who missed this reunion really missed out. We had an awesome time at the campground with horseshoes and card games, and little babies in the tub. The kids had a blast running around and playing together. It was a great time for cousins to get to know each other.
We went to the Upper Calf Creek falls, which is somewhere we've never been before, and there was cliff jumping and waterfall sliding. It was a killer hike on the way back, but worth it for the swimming. We of course went to Calf Creek and played in the water and did the ever famous Spencer family Dam. On Saturday we went to Escalante for their 24th of July parade. It was awesome. There were about 25 entries(which is the perfect size), they all threw out tons of candy, otter pops and pencils and pins and stuff. And when the parade was at the end, they turned around and we got to see it all again. That's a little small towney, but it was fun nonetheless. They did a shoot-out after the parade and that was fun to watch. We went to the cemetery and then back to the campground. We went on the singletree falls hike and got soaked on the way back from the rain. It was an awesome trip!

2nd Camping trip of July!

We went to Payson Lake this last week. We went with Mike's parents. We had a good time relaxing and fishing. We christened their canoe this camping trip. It was the first time it's been out. The kids had tons of fun fishing. Each of them got to bring in a fish and we even kept two and ate them. Logan and Abby didn't like the fish but Madelyn did. We did a little swimming. Camille cried a little when I put her in the water. It was pretty cold water, she liked it after a little while. But she didn't last long. The kids enjoyed it. The girls, except Camille, got to stay up late on Wednesday night. We sang songs, played go fish and matching, and drank hot chocolate by the fire. They had a really good time.

Here's the tag game!

All you gotta do is...
1. Add a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

1st Reunion of July!

We went to the Larsen reunion this last weekend. Ruby's Inn, in Bryce Canyon. It was a lot of fun. It was a pain to pack and get ready with Mike always working on his parents sprinklers, but after some yelling and tears. Mostly mine, we got on the road. It was a good drive with the kids. At the campground we played some games, and socilized and made some jingle boxes for the church's humanitarian effort. Plus I think I ate way too many Oreo's. But they were so good.

We also went on this really cool hike. It was the Navajo loop. It was cool to go down into the mountain and see the hoodoos from down low. The kids had a blast. I had to stop Logan from running down the hill.
Camille rode in the bike trailor. It worked really well down the trail. And as you can see she fell asleep on Logan's shoulder. What a nice big brother. Since it was all downhill from the start, of course the last of it was uphill. It nearly killed me, but I made it and so did Madelyn without anyone having to carry her at any point.
Later we went to this old town place. There were little shops you know the typical tourist traps. They did have a cool water wheel and a lot of cool rocks. We put the kids in jail and put a coonskin hat on Camille.

4th of July!

Well I guess I need to put up the pictures for the 4th. We had a fun time. We went to Mike's parents ward for their ward breakfast. Yummy pancakes. Then we headed off to the parade. We went with Mike's parents and his Grandma Black. Then Dan and Liesel, Dave and Tiffy and Mikey and Carol came and sat with us. That was a lot of fun. Then we went to my Grandma Larsen's house and make homemade ice cream and drank rootbeer and talked and the kids played in the sand and with the horses.

Then we went to the ultimate event. THE STADUIM OF FIRE, to see none other than MILEY CYRUS. Let me just say that I could have gone my whole life without seeing her in concert. But the blueman group was a ton of fun, and the flag came down on our side so the picture is of us underneath the flag. The kids thought that was pretty cool. I missed most of the fireworks because Camille didn't like them. Saturday we went and swam at my parents house. The kids had so much fun in the pool. They spent the whole time practically under the water. So did Mike. Then we went and saw Wall-e. It was cute and the kids liked it. It was a great holiday, the kids had fun which is all that matters in the end.