It was a busy weekend

On Friday afternoon, Paul dropped the kids off at daycare and I got out of work a little early and we went for a bike ride. We rode downtown on the Bonneville Shoreline trail. We had planned to do another ride but found out it was closed(at least we found out before we went). We knew there was a chance we would be riding the next day too so we didn't want to push it too hard. We rode about 7 miles.

Paul riding above SLC

On Saturday we got a babysitter and went to Park City to ride the Mid Mountain trail with Tara, Ben, and Marty. That trail is a lot of fun! We started at Silver Lake at Deer Valley and rode up and over to Park City. We had hoped to ride all the way to Canyons but were running out of time with the babysitters so we went down Spiro. That was a really fun down but also really crowded so that made it kinda tough.

Paul and Tara overlooking Park City

Right after I took that last picture we turned around and saw that this moose had joined us on the trail.

After we got back to the valley we all went out to lunch. We then headed home and got the kids. This was their second time with their new babysitter. The last time she watched them, they went to bed about 30 minutes after we left. This time she had them a good portion of the day and had to feed them lunch and put them for their naps. It all went really well. I'm excited to finally have/be willing to use a babysitter.

After we picked up the kids, we took them down to the rec center to swim at the pool. They loved it and had so much fun. I only have a couple of pictures from my phone though because I forgot the camera.

Sunday was another busy day but I think I'll do another post for that.

Golfing.....

.....is fun for all ages.



I had a girls' day this week with some friends from work. We decided to go golfing, dinner, and a movie. I had only been golfing once before so Paul took me to the driving range so I could get a little more practice. I really do enjoy playing. I'm totally awful at it but it is fun. The driving range was a pretty successful outing with the kids on Sunday after church.
We might make it more of a regular thing.

Promise Rehab Camping and Boating Trip

Last weekend we had our annual rehab boating trip. This year Barb and Kevin offered their cabin as a place to stay on Friday night. We were excited to get the kids out camping for the first time while still having a toilet and refrigerator available. It was a lot of fun. Their cabin is out near Oakley but way out in the woods. They have a 2 bedroom cabin with a fire pit, frisbee golf course and a tent area in the woods. We decided that we would tent so we didn't have to worry about the kids waking anyone else up during the night.

In the tent at 6am

Our tent site

Campfire

Overall camping went pretty well. It was a lot of work though. It was a lot of work getting packed and putting up the tent for just one night. And it was a lot of work because anything that we do with Audrey is.

On Saturday we got up and went boating at Rockport Reservoir. It was COLD water. It took a lot of preparation to get in the water.

Paul wakeboarding

Watching Preston....the kids really enjoyed watching him because he did a lot of tricks

Colin waving the flag

Colin and Paul went out on the tube first, but then Audrey and I joined them

All of us on the tube

I was able to make it up on the wakeboard but then was a little lost at what to do once I was there. Apparently everyone was really surprised I made it up and I was pretty funny to watch trying to figure out what I was doing.



Colin had so much fun telling us we had to go pick someone up from the water after they fell.



Colin really liked the boat and kept asking to go on the boat again. The kids were exhausted after the trip. They slept the hour ride home and stayed asleep while we carried them to their beds. They then slept another 1 1/2 hrs and we had to wake Colin up for dinner.

We all had a lot of fun and I know the kids loved it all. However, I'm not sure how soon I'll be ready to take Audrey camping again. She is just not very good with changes to her routine right now and she is definitely awful with strangers(pretty much anyone other than Paul and I).

I'm so behind.

I hate being so behind on posting. We've definitely been keeping busy this summer.....and.....I lost my camera cord for awhile. But, now I have it back and am once again determined to get caught up.

4th of July

I had to work that Monday after we got back from Saint George. It kind of sucked because Paul and the kids got to stay home and catch up and I had to head out bright and early to work. I did have a short day though. Paul and my dad took the kids to the neighborhood parade in the morning. They got rained on a little bit but had fun. Colin quickly understood that the people in the parade were throwing out candy and he gathered up a bunch. The parade was pretty much our neighbors on tractors or horses or old cars.

The kids enjoyed it though.

I am still hesitant to take the kids to fireworks. They don't start until 945 which is 2 hrs pasts their bedtime. Plus, we both had to work the next day which meant everyone had to be up around 6. One of these years we will make it. We decided to do some fireworks in the driveway again. We got ice cream and all headed outside. The kids had a lot of fun. I think it's perfect for them right now.

A girl and her ice cream

One night that we were in Saint George we decided to go out for ice cream. I think Audrey enjoyed it.

Snow Canyon

On Saturday we headed to Snow Canyon for some hiking. We had two trails in mind but one of them was closed because the tortoises like to hang out in that area this time of year. First we hiked Jenny Canyon which was a slot canyon. It was really cool.









The kids had so much fun climbing all over











Then we did a loop hike out to a lava tube.



In the lava tube



Audrey found the only shade available to sleep










It was so pretty in the park







We ended up getting a little lost which became scary because it was too hot for the kids. We figured our way out and hiked back to the car on the road.

Mountain biking while in Saint George

It's taking me a little bit to get caught up on these posts from our trip last weekend, but I'm trying. We had a lot of fun mountain biking while we were away. We just did one trail, Bearclaw Poppy. We had done it last time we went down with Tara and Ben. It is really close to the condo and not too long of a ride. We had a lot of fun riding it this time. It was so much easier and I was much more daring than last time. I could tell I'm a better biker than last time we were there.

Heading out at 6:20am since it was going to be a hot one





I didn't attempt this last time but this time I made it down one of the "3 fingers of death"


Doing the acid drops


After our ride, I went back with the kids and Paul took his dad and Sheri out



On a "finger"