Camping

We practiced camping in our backyard before our trip. Dad had a cold and so he slept inside. The original plan was for P3 to share a sleeping bag with me, and that did not pan out. He would just scream if I tried to keep him in the sleeping bag. He ended up bouncing all around the tent until 11 pm. And then every time I woke up in the night, he was sleeping in a new place.

 

After our "practice", we decided to take a pack and play for P3 to contain him. But we were also really worried about keeping him warm at night. So the morning of our camping trip, we went out and bought a tent heater. I also ended up having a colitis flare that morning. So we almost didn't even make it camping. But I was able to get a prescription quickly, and we still made it up.

We camped at Trial Lake up in the Uintahs. We had campsite #15 and #16. Site #16 was a good site, and we ended up setting our tent over there too. The kids enjoyed being in the mountains, and exploring. P3 especially loved to go on walks.

 

Enjoying s'mores:

 

It got cold at night (40-50 degrees F), and we were so glad to have our tent heater. I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have lasted the night without it. We kept it on low, and then ended up turning it on high in the early morning. We went through 3 camping propane canisters for the night. The kids slept really well. Mom and Dad kept walking up to check on kids and the heater. So we didn't get as much sleep.

 

The next day we spent a lot of time at the lake. We tried fishing, but didn't have any success. We went out in the canoe. It was the first time the kids have been in a canoe. At one point, P1's fishing pole slipped out of his fingers and sunk to the bottom of the lake. He was so sad! I watched helplessly as it slipped out of view. Then we saw his bubble floating, so we paddled over to it in hopes of rescuing his pole. I almost got it, but then the kids leaned over to look and we almost tipped! I jerked back, and in doing so we lost the bubble!

 

 

 

The plan was to leave Wednesday morning after breakfast. We decided to just go home after dinner instead of sleeping another night in a tent. We had a good time, but we were also ready to go home. We stopped in Kamas on the way home and got ice cream at the Summit Inn Pizza and Ice Cream. The ice cream was good, but when we saw another family get their pizza, it looked amazing! Definitely need to come back for that pizza!

We got home around 10 pm, gave the kids quick baths, and then crashed in our nice warm, soft beds!

July

Peek-a-boo!

P1 and P2 had a "Balls of Fun" class in July. We had neighborhood friends in the class, so that was fun. After the class, the kids always wanted to play at the park.

Picking raspberries! We even had some at our house this year. P3 loved to pick them and eat them all, even the white ones. One time we picked a whole bowl full at Grandma's and we were saving them for dinner. Ilana asked if she could have a few and I said yes. When I came back, there were only 4 raspberries left.

My kids are good at playing inside which is super nice for July! It is just too hot to be outside!

 

We found our friendly snake underneath one of our bushes. P3 loved it! He kept coming over to say hi. And now every time we go outside, he checks for his friend under the bush.

Sunday walk:

Our friends rented out Jump Around Utah for a birthday party for all 3 of their kids. The kids had a blast playing on all the inflatables. I got my work-out chasing P3 around. He was cautious at first, but by the end he wanted to go on everything.

P3 loves Star Wars, especially Darth Vader. It's fun to watch him fight with the toys.

P1 and P2 did a second round of swim lessons. Poor P3 was stuck with mom. Both kids did awesome and passed their classes! Next time P2 can take Preschool 3, and P1 can take Level 3.

We had a few play dates with friends:

Swings!

Just chillin' with their favorite aunt:

Fourth of July

We went and saw the NSL fireworks on the 3rd of July. The weather was fantastic this year! We got a great parking spot and it didn't seem as busy as usual. We went up a little after 5, and the kids enjoyed snacking. Both my family, and PE's family were there.

 

The fireworks were fantastic and all the kids liked it. We made it home quickly thanks to our great parking spot. Last year we were stuck in a church parking lot for a very long time. This year, we hopped in our car and were off! And we were able to avoid almost all of the traffic.