Camping at Timpanogas

My brother, Curtis and his family are in town from Alabama, so we are trying to cram as much into a week as possible. Monday we headed to Mt. Timpanogas. Those that were there early enough took a hike up the back side of the mountain. I had to work, so Laci, Cady and I got there just in time to set up camp and have dinner.

{love the campfire}

Ukele music: perfect for camping

Grandpa and Cady

Burning Marshmallows :)

Making omelets-in-a-bag for breakfast. Yum!

Then we set off to hike up to the caves.

Here is Laci and Sabrina: instant friends.

Curtis, Laci, Sabrina, Landon
Cady in Grand-ma's shirt

Taking a break . . .

Wendy, Curtis, then from back to front .. Grandpa Hansen, Maren, Cullen, Emily, Cady, Sabrina, Laci, & Landon

Everyone did great on the hike; even Cady, while she hitched a ride here and there, hiked 95% of the time.

Waiting for our tour through the caves . . .

Chris, Cady, Lia, Wendy and Curtis

Curtis, Lia, Wendy, Landon, Emily, Sabrina, Laci, Maren, Cullen & Cady

Just a few of the cave formations . . .

I figured it has been 15-20 years since I have been through the caves. It was awesome and amazing to see them again.

Cullen Friend Birthday Party

Cullen had his friend b-day party last week.

Pizza, Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief and Sleep(?)-over.

Cullen LOVES fishy crackers! :) Poke Ball Cake, as requested

Flaming Gorge/Camping

Fourth of July Weekend, we headed up towards Flaming Gorge

with some friends so the guys could scope out the area for

hunting. This is the only picture I got at camp.

Kids having fun in the dirt . . .

{Madolyn, Cady, Tanner, Laci and Ethney}

On the last day there, it was rainy and blehhh, so I loaded the kids up and headed towards the reservoir.

First we checked out the lookouts points . . .

Then we decided to take a dam tour ...

At the end of the tour, they took us down to the bottom of the dam and we got to feed the fish. It was amazing to watch. Wish the picture could show the swarming fish. It was awesome!

And a fuzzy marmot that lives there too . . .

I was surprised at how well the kids did on the tour. I almost tried to talk them out of it, because it lasted an hour, and I figured the kids would be driving me batty, but they loved learning about the dam and REALLY LOVED feeding the fish.

I would definitely do it again.

Tolman Reunion

Every year we head to Star Valley, WY

for the Tolman Family Reunion (Josh's mom's side).

Day one we head to our favorite spot:

Cottonwood Lake

Cady and Yummy Smore's!

Landon roastin' marshmallows
Cullen, Landon and Kami roastin'
Josh and Molly
Steve, Grandpa & Grandma~Great (the one's who started it all),
Darla, Mike & Cole Tolman
Jared, Ben, Ammon, Kristy with Cady, Robert, Steve
The gorgeous Lake at dusk

Day 2

The guys go golfing and the girls and kids go swimming

Laci & Cady

Then we head to the Thayne City Park for games, dinner and fun.

Cady playing Ladder Golf

Laci

Cullen and me

Crazy face! Landon plays Ladder Golf

Volleyball

What Grandpa~Great does best! :) Cady decorating her candy bag

Josh, Grandma and Grandpa~Great

The kids are off on a scavenger hunt.

The water balloon launchers

And the recipients . . .

Success! Kids got wet!

Grandma~Great lines all the great-grandkids up for a song

Cousins with their banners Candy Cannon just gone off ...
Kids scrounging for candy . . .

Day 3: Free Time

We decided to go check out Lunch Counter Rapids

on the Snake River . . .
I haven't ever seen surfers on a river,

but here they are, surfing the Rapids

Landon and Cullen

Family Picture at Lunch Counter Rapids

Snake River, WY