Uintas- Moon Lake

We had a super fun week in July.  We went camping with my good friends the Snowders.  (I like them so much I am still conspiring in how I could get one of my kids married to one of their kids so we an be related forever!!!)  Last year Sarah and I took the kids to St. George for two days so we could watch the Little Mermaid at Tuachan.  That was amazing.  So this year we decided camping.  4 days. 2 of those days on our own with the kids, and then husband came up for a few days.

We had a spot at Moon Lake in the Uintas.  We didn't fish like everyone else did, but we still had fun. We played in the water.  Had good food to eat.  Rode bikes and scooters all over.  Played lots of games.  Went for a hike.  Rented a boat to play around in. Rode horses.  ....If you want a fun trip go with the Snowders!

The Lake Fork Trail- Three miles. Super pretty.  We hiked to the opposite side of the lake of where we were staying.  Abby walked a little of it...

One of my favorite parts of the trip was Abby's friend Kyle.  Kyle is Sarahs second oldest and Abby sure loved him.   One morning Kyle was sleeping in so she had to go wake him up.  He would sit patiently with her while she "fixed" her bike.  They played silly games in the back of the truck.  She still talks about it.

I'm not opposed to showering at all when camping.  But there just weren't any facilities here.  So Sarah and cute teenager Cara washed each others hair and each others feet.  I just kept the greasy hair look and went with it!

The last day we splurged and let the kids go on a horse back ride.  Some didn't care if they went or now, so only some went.  But Ella and Abby loved it.  Abby was so brave.  I was the scared one.  I had to lead the horse around and get him to stop eating and follow the leader and not let Abby fall off!

Darren did head out on a bike ride.  He saw some beautiful scenery up there in the Uintas.

4th of July Weekend

We had such a nice 4th of July weekend.  Staying home has it's advantages.  Our neighbor Cami took all three kids swimming one night so Darren and I got to hang out in our yard together.  Its amazing to see how much we have done in a year and a half.  Lots of garden!

My friend, Neti,  came in from Washington . We tried to go to the temple but her recommend had expired the day before.  So we did the second best thing and went to ice-cream.  It was wonderful!  I am in total love with the cookies in cream ice-cream topped with peanut butter sauce from Leatherbys.  

We did a great hike on Saturday.  We hiked with the Larabee crew up to Lake Mary, Lake Martha and Lake Catherine.  Then Amber, who I work out with every morning, we ran down the trail, drove the car around to the Little Cottonwood canyon and picked up the crew who hiked up and over the pass.  It was a nice day!

 

Then I convinced my sister Jenny to leave her kids with me for a few days.  We kind of love them a lot.  I got my toe nails pained in red white and blue.  We went to a splash pad.  We played ALOT!  We went to the cabin for a few days.  Miles crashed and burned.  I seem to have lots of pictures of him sleeping in funny pictures over the years when I babysit him.  The Rupp clan came up to the cabin with us.  It was such a nice time!  Darren had a bit of an accident crash on his bike while we were gone.  (I just shake my head and am grateful he was ok)