4th of July Weekend

Over the 4th of July Weekend we went camping with the Ellison Clan at Whitney Lake in the Uintah Mountains. It was lots of fun the kids enjoyed spending time with their cousins and running around getting as dirty as possible.

(This picture was taken the first day so the kids were still relatively clean looking.)

Landon spent a lot of time fishing usually with at least 1 if not all but the littlest kids tagging along with him. He did catch some fish though despite constantly baiting, casting, and untangling snags, or pulling kids out of the water.I think most of the kids managed to bring a fish in as well. Some of the adults went on a hike with the kids 2 miles up and 2 miles back. They did pretty good on the way up with only minor whining. The silver lining there was a lake at the end of the tunnel that they could play in. Well we finally made it and they were so happy to splash in the water for awhile. Notice the boy on the end of the log-Dawson-doens't he look full of mischief you can imagine which one was crying the hardest when we headed back. It just so happened that right as we dragged them all out to head back a cloud moved over head and the wind started to blow. Of course they were all upset and cold. We ended up carrying all of them but the oldest two out, until we were able to make contact over the walkie talkies and someone came and picked up all the kids. Thankfully we didn't have to carry them the whole 2 miles back. We did see a moose on the way home.

Of course what would camping be without the food. Shown above Landon in a serious corn eating contest with some of the kids and Chloe enjoying a smore.

After the fun is all over it's time to head back home to reality however the kids and I will extend our vacation a little longer Tanner went to his cousin Kylies in Ogden for a couple of days and Chloe and I will be staying a Grandpa and Grandma's in Flowell for the week, so look for updates on that.