A much needed vacation

After a summer of doing nothing but sitting home and Jeff working a lot of overtime (including the 4th and 24th of July) we finally got to go have some family fun this week! This past Thursday through Saturday we went camping with Jeff's family up Left Hand Fork in Blacksmith Fork Canyon (Cache County). Our campsite was really pretty with a stream right next to it. The kids all had a great time splashing and floating around in the water while the adults sat on camp chairs, soaking their feet and chatting. We got to go four wheeling, hang around the campfire, fish (for Bill,Mike and Marianne), and just enjoy spending time with family.

Jeff and I were a little nervous about how the kids would do sleeping in a tent together but they both did great. Max slept like a brick in his sleeping bag. He would just bury himself all the way down in so you couldn't even see his head most of the time. Emily would have slept straight through both nights except her paranoid mom had to check and make sure she was breathing when she hadn't made a peep all night and ended up waking her up at about 5:30 am the first night. Now hopefully they can sleep that good next month when we go camping with my family!

We had to play the game, "What will Curtis eat with CheeseWiz" since Matt and Sherry missed it a couple of years ago. It seems like Curtis is always providing some kind of entertainment when he's around. Some of the things he ate: chocolate cake, lettuce, pineapple, grapes, raisins, pink salad, tomato, and a cookie. Jeff thinks Max takes after his Uncle Curtis when it comes to his eating.

My only regret was that we couldn't stay longer. We had a great time and it was a much needed break for our family!