Camps and Camping

This summer has been full of

camps and camping. 

 

Parker had his week long Deacon's camp in July, and happened to be at Scofield when another scout (not in our ward) was hit and killed by lightening. Needless to say, I was exceptionally anxious to get my boy home.

Alyssa headed off to Girls Camp at Heber Valley Young Women camp. 

Best camp yet, according to her!! 

Connor and Parker have 1 1/2 months together as Deacons before Parker moves on to the Teacher's quorum, so they were excited to go on a campout together.

Our Cousin Avery spent a week with us.  We took her to Payson Lakes, and played, played, played!

The boys had a blast jumping off the dock...

At first I was a little nervous sending two 8yr. olds out in the keyak on their own, but they proved to be great rowing machines out there!

Connor turned 12yrs. old on Aug. 10th, so we invited two friends to come up and spend the day with us at Payson Lakes.  We love Kobe and Chase!

After a day in the water, the kids started to get a little cold and tired, so Alyssa decided to play a game with them.  They thought it was great that a cool teenager would sit down and play with them.  :)

Of course a campout wouldn't be complete without...S'MORES!

The sweetest picture!  My dad and Parker share a love of fishing.  They got up early and headed down to the lake...were they successful?  Wait and see...

My parents brought up a yummy chocolate cake for Connor. Yummy!

What's that you ask???  

Yup, they were successful! 

We all enjoyed a couple bites of trout!  Soooo good!

Time together always breeds creativity..sometimes this is a good thing, other times...not so much.  This time however it was hilarious!  The kids tied all their boats together and then made my mom pull them along in the keyak...

Payson Lakes...Such a fun tradition!