Capitol Reef 2013

 First things first.  Aunt Trisha gest going on dinner.  We had quesadillas and dutch oven enchiladas. Yum!
               (they were so good that several in the know asked for the leftovers for breakfast)

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                                   Cousin-Cousins   Brooke and Kelsey and Emma having fun

 The popular hike - all the kids wanted to do it.  This is the youngest group coming in the back way.
                                           Jennie with Sam and Josh -  Its like herding cats.

           Kelsey and Emma stuck in the mud -  kind of fun at first but you could loose your shoes.

                            Julie, Ammon, Barbie, Cassie and Cody.  Lots of catching up to do.

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 Watching the Maestri (maestros) cook our dinner.  Uncle Rob on the dutch oven cobbler and Jennie and                       Jason grilling the teriyaki chicken.  Uncle Bill, Aaron, Sarah and Dan observing.

                    The "littles" at the craft table. Maggie, Lydia, Evelyn, Katie, Sarah, Zach, Sam

   

                       Our Sunday morning primary program with cute kids on  picnic table risers.

            Thanks all who came, cooked, hiked, visited, played, sang, danced, shared and smiled.
                               PS:  The rain was awesome.  Nothing more wonderful on a campout
                    than to wake up to a downpour of rain and be all snuggly and warm in your tent.

Birthdays in the Rain

This month Hannah turned 11 and Alyssa turned 13 - yikes! 

Where has the time gone?

Thinking that dolls and legos weren't the "thing" for their birthday gifts this year we decided to invite them to join us for an evening at Tuacahn.  Our first choice was Mary Poppins and we were there ready and excited to see the show.  But the rain came down and the show closed up and we went home so sad.

While we were waiting we did take advantage of this photo opp place.

Aren't we cute?

Not to be beaten by a little rain, we tried again the next night and had wonderful seats to see

 Thoroughly Modern Millie.

We had to return the girls to their parents Wednesday morning and our timing must have been just perfect because they closed the Park road behind us because of rain damage.   AND we got them home in time to help with the chores on the ranch.

Luckily we had planned to stay at the cabin and the road thought the Park was reopened by the time we were ready to go back home on Thursday.

Grandpa got to enjoy a little fishing with Jon and the kids on this beautiful pond.  I think Dallin was the champion fisherman that day.  He caught two big fish.