Twin Lakes

I have mentioned in previous posts that Nick enjoys backpacking. He only goes a couple of times a year but I know he would love to go once a month. On the fourth of July he and the guys were talking about a trip for the following weekend. I was only slightly irritated by this.....I know how much he loves it, and there really wasn't any reason why he shouldn't go.

But then I had an idea...what if I went too!

the irritation faded away

Preston recently dislocated his ankle (ouch), so I knew the group would be going a little slower than usual and I felt like I could probably keep up.

Nick didn't seem to mind :) so I got a sitter (Ali) and I went a long!

Some other wives came a long too and we ended up with a group of 10!

















all the wives













on the way up I got a mosquito bite on my hand that made it swell up. I made the mistake of taking a benedryl which did not take the swelling down but did make me very tired. I spent a couple of hours in our tent the next morning trying to recover.







I had a really great time. I wasn't even the last one up the hill! If I can work it out with sitters I would like to go much more often.

the fun begins

Just got back from backpacking today (no children!) and am off to drive to Oregon tomorrow (me alone with all 4 kids!).

look back next week for pictures

the fourth

We had a wonderful 4th of July. We went to our ward pancake breakfast then spent the day with some of our good friends the Schwendimen's and the Creek's. I wish I got a group picture.

We went swimming, played games, eat good food and watched fire works. A perfect day.

And Preston was kind enough to take some family photos for us.

(I made these dresses for my girls out of t-shirts that I don't wear any more. They were so much fun to work on because they were simple, I finished each dress pretty quickly and I didn't have to go to the fabric store to get anything. I think I will be doing more refashioning.)

Sorry!

In addition to helping with the chores, a benefit of my kids getting older is that they are starting to really understand the rules of games, making playing with them much less painful.

Unfortunately Elsie isn't quite there yet, but she always wants to play.