We Love Camping

To take advantage of the nice summer weather, we spent an awesome weekend with Mel and Kel camping at Lava Hot Springs. After many hours of searching for a spot, we were finally able to get up way in the mountains on some private land. (Don't worry-we asked first).

One of my favorite moments was watching Nate experience the zip-line that was at our camp spot. This video is his second attempt...but still funny.

Thanks friends for the good times. I love the camping tradition we get to have every summer. And who would have thought it all started with two crazy girls in high-school. Like we really knew what we were doing.

Hittin' Up Yellowstone

Nate has lived in Idaho his whole life and has never ventured into Yellowstone Park. So of course we had to try and make some time to go so he could experience how amazing it is. So bright one Saturday morning we jammed ourselves into the car with his siblings Isaac, Heidi, Spencer, and Hannah and went to Yellowstone.

 In front of one of the many beautiful waterfalls.

 A really cool "hot" spot.

 Yes...Nate is driving with his head out of the sun-roof. Don't ask. It's just Nate.

 Old Faithful.

 Playing down by Yellowstone Lake.

 Well Hello Mr. Bison. Thank-you for walking right next to our car so we could get a good picture.

 One of nature's unique creations.

 Some Elk in the middle of town. The boys were on one side of the street while the girls were on the other. Figures.

An awesome sunset to complete our journey home.

A Little Fire and a Lot of Water

This past weekend we went camping at Palisades and played in the water all day behind a jet-ski at the reservoir with the family. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful weekend.

 Camping with the brothers Isaac and Jason. Nate looks pretty excited about camping.

 We made some yummy corn bread out of the dutch oven to go along with our tin-foil dinners.

 Our camping spot thanks to a friend of Nate's who owns a few hundred acres of land close to Palisades Reservoir.

 The family hanging around on the dock.

 One of my favorite moments...Heidi and Spencer being pulled by Dad and Nate on a tube. Let's just say there was a bit of weight and they didn't go very fast. It was hilarious.

  It woudn't be a family trip without teasing Brig.

 I even water-skied! Yahoo.

And last but not least....synchronized diving. Enjoy.

Gem Lake

A couple of weeks ago, our good friends Trev and Shan invited us to Gem Lake to go boating with them. We had a great time even though the water was about 40 degrees. We did a little knee-boarding, water-skiing, and tubing.  

 Nate doing some knee-boarding

 I was really proud of myself tubing. I had a pretty wild ride but hung on to my dear life and didn't fall in once! But of course Nate was so kind and decided to tip my tube when I was ready to get back into the boat. The water was so cold I could hardly talk. Darn his hide!

Thanks for inviting us Trev and Shan!