Taylorsville Lake

Taylorsville Lake is about an hour away and the girl's favorite place to camp since it is also where they found their turtle "Shelly Sandy". Unfortunately, this time when they went hunting for a new turtle they only found a skunk!

Our friends Christina and Dave joined us for dinner and smores (which we roasted over the gas stove in the air conditioned trailer since it was 90+degrees outside... why sweat if you don't have to?).



We threw rocks in the lake and Campbell found a pack of cigarettes to play with then did a nose dive into the rocky shore... he sure keeps us busy. He also keeps us laughing...everyday!


Campbell and Nixon are buds and love to chase each other and fight over toys... it's what little boys do.
Hallie and Meg loved the break from routine and, as always, they love to go camping with daddy.

I personally don't love camping but I do love spending time with my fam. Afterall, together IS our favorite place to be. ;)

Natural Bridge State Park 2008

We spent a few days at Natural Bridge State Park. The hike was the best part. The kids loved it. Meg biffed it on the way back...so we all cried the whole time back. For some reason the tics loved Megan. We pulled 3 off of her head. I had three but not all were attached, Kathryn had 2 crawling on her (she did not like this), and Tink had 6 suckers on her. I am not sure if Hallie or Cam had any. It was a lot like a cross between Southern Utah (my favorite place) and a jungle. It was really cool. Anyway...her are some pictures of our trip. Oh, the black food is our dinner. Hallie's face said it all. Finally, quote from the trip "Mommy says she knows everything...how could she know everything?" dad says "I know everything." Megan says "No you don't." It is true I don't...I was just testing them. They passed. I guess.

Side Note by Kathryn
More like Lyme Disease State Park! I don't love bugs but I draw the line at bugs that can give you a fatal disease! Oh, and the blackened dinner- I looked up several web sites before the trip to find out how to make yummy tinfoil dinners, obviously they didn't know what they were talking about (either that or we cooked it too long ;0 whoops). But Trevor is right about the hike to the natural bridge, it was AMAZING! It almost made up for the plague of ticks.

Camping...Priceless

I had a chance to take the girls camping last week. It was a short trip, but it was such a great experience. I do not know if it was just being able to spend time with the kids or the memories of being together camping as a kid, but it was very meaningful to me. It was so fun and was a beautiful area.

When we found this turtle, Miss Shelly Sandy Tortoise Grubbs, Hallie said it was a blessing that my bike tire popped or we would not have seen the turtle.

I hope we don't kill this little turtle, but it has already been a blessing to us. It has been so much fun to have a new pet.

We don't even have to let it out at night.

Camping with Dad- Surprise for Mom

Trevor found out yesterday that he got today off so he took the girls camping last night. They had a great trip and came home with a new friend.

We had a great time at Nolin Lake. The girls loved playing in the sand at the lake and Campbell looked so cute in his swim trunks with his little chubby tummy hanging over the wasteband :). I just want to eat him up! If you know me, which you obviously do since you are reading this, you know that camping is not on my short list of things I like to do but I actually enjoyed this trip. Wonders never cease.