Every year we spend the first weekend of August camping at Payson Lakes. We've been doing this for more than 20 years....this year, Payson was putting in a new water system, and so they cancelled our reservations. We decided to stay a little closer to home and headed to Granite Flats up A.F. canyon. We missed having the lake with it's paved paths, but we still had a great weekend. We ate way too much food (thanks Tim D for the halibut, fries, and scones!), played many o' games (and yes Damon/Mom, Lindsey and I are going to spend the next year prepping for the rematch of nerts!), told stories, played kickball, scared the you-know-what out of each other (thanks to my Tim for the gorilla suit and fake rat!), took the kids on treasure hunts (Lindsey and Tim are so very ambitious), and pretty much never had a quiet moment...it was exactly what we wanted it to be!
Keeping Ty happy while setting up camp.
Could Trey look any cuter on a trike?
Dirt...very cheap entertainment.
Ran the batteries til they died...then tried just pushing eachother.
Lovin' the glowy bracelets!
Playin' spoons...Kenzie is the champ!
Chillin' with her Papa!
Kenz and Morgan convinced the boys and Maddy to go snipe hunting. They used whipped cream on their faces as bait for the snipes. The younger kids totally fell for it...they looked really hard for those non-existent snipes!
First...didn't realize how much my boys look alike until they were sleeping side by side. The amazing part of this picture is the fact that they were still sleeping. About 2 hours before I took this, Maddy threw up all over her sleeping bag and Lady's sleeping bag. Done a lot of things camping...never done that before! We rinsed everything out the best we could at 11:00 at night. Mom and Dad had a couple extra sleeping bags (what would I do without my parents?). We settled Maddy back in and climbed into our bed just after midnight. Only 15 minutes later, Kenzie started complaining about her stomach...yep, she threw up too...thankfully, we were able to give her a bowl first. Cleaned up Kenzie, and went back to bed around 1 a.m. Carter and Jace never even stirred...wish I could sleep like that!
Super cool arrowhead from the forest ranger!
There was a great kickball field, complete with backstop. We got our game on (as much as you can with so many little kids)!
Keeping Ty happy while setting up camp.
Could Trey look any cuter on a trike?
Dirt...very cheap entertainment.
Ran the batteries til they died...then tried just pushing eachother.
Lovin' the glowy bracelets!
Playin' spoons...Kenzie is the champ!
Chillin' with her Papa!
Kenz and Morgan convinced the boys and Maddy to go snipe hunting. They used whipped cream on their faces as bait for the snipes. The younger kids totally fell for it...they looked really hard for those non-existent snipes!
First...didn't realize how much my boys look alike until they were sleeping side by side. The amazing part of this picture is the fact that they were still sleeping. About 2 hours before I took this, Maddy threw up all over her sleeping bag and Lady's sleeping bag. Done a lot of things camping...never done that before! We rinsed everything out the best we could at 11:00 at night. Mom and Dad had a couple extra sleeping bags (what would I do without my parents?). We settled Maddy back in and climbed into our bed just after midnight. Only 15 minutes later, Kenzie started complaining about her stomach...yep, she threw up too...thankfully, we were able to give her a bowl first. Cleaned up Kenzie, and went back to bed around 1 a.m. Carter and Jace never even stirred...wish I could sleep like that!
Super cool arrowhead from the forest ranger!
There was a great kickball field, complete with backstop. We got our game on (as much as you can with so many little kids)! 
It took some convincing to get everyone in one picture... but so glad I did! Coming home tonight was bittersweet...this trip always marks the end of summer for me. We only have 2 1/2 weeks until we are back in school. I could not be less ready to send the kids back. I love being able to have everyone home and just do whatever, whenever. Although, I have been missing my weekly visits to hang out with mom and dad, and my Wednesday lunch date with Lindsey...so there are some good things about school starting too!
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What a great recap of the weekend!! I feel the same, bittersweet coming home last night...I love our family!
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