Day Trip

Since we never actually made it to Six Mile Pond we decided to make a day trip in August, the weekend after school started.  We just took the truck and fishing gear.  It wasn't like fishing last year.  We had to have a little more patience but we ended up catching about 8 fish.  Jake was much better about catching and releasing.  He also caught the biggest fish.  It was so big he couldn't get his hands around it and he kept dropping it.

                                              Emily caught the first fish right away!

     
  So on the way home we decided to go home a different way and end up in Ephraim.  Everyone says it is shorter with lots of signs to tell the way.  Well if it wasn't the first day of elk hunting we would have been wondering on the top of the mountain all night.  It was more like an atv trail in many spots and we did a little 4 wheeling through mud to avoid a snow blocked road.   We very seldom take the unbeaten path and I'd say we're going to stick with our well known paths from now on.  It took us two hours to get to Ephraim.  We could have been home and showered by that time.

This is every kids dream of a candy store.  The kids were in awe.  They had a hard time choosing.  Way too many choices.

Summer Rain

Just add water and my kids are happy for hours.  We were eating dinner one night and the thunder cracked and the rain started pouring down.  The kids love playing in the gutters.  After all the scouts getting hit by lightning in Utah I'm a little cautious with them playing outside during a thunder storm.  

           
                                                                  That was so cool!

They ended up putting their flip flops in the "river" and chasing it down the street.

They could have played for hours but mom made them come in when the lightning started.

4 wheeling

In July we went to our favorite 4wheeling trail, log cabin.  It is so close it's not an all day trip.  Emily and I collected flowers to dry. 

 The top of the mountain is beautiful the pictures don't do it justice.

 Jake is not to fond of riding on the 4 wheeler.  He would rather be out exploring catching bugs.

He was down in this ravine catching bugs and said," There is something crawling on me."  When I got to him there were ants all over him.  You can see one on his forehead. Luckily I brushed them all off before any bit him.  There were lots of bugs and bees that day whenever we stopped, after the ants it was time to go.

 Everyone loves riding with dad more than mom.  He goes faster.

                                                                      Just too cute!

 On the way up and down we had to drive through thousands of sheep out for a day of grazing.  If I had video you could hear Emily and Jake talking to the sheep. "BAAAA"

 The day isn't complete with out Jake catching a grasshopper or two.  He caught about 5 or 6 and put them in the 4-wheeler bags in the trailer.  But the last one he wanted to hold in his hand for the ride home.  When I asked him to put his seat belt on he said, "I can't my grasshopper is too fussy!"  We all had a big laugh as I buckled him in.

 He loves catching little grasshoppers now to feed to his pet praying mantis.