Family Camping Trip

Our family went camping on Thursday night this week. Keith was able to come home early from work, and we headed out.
We tried fishing a little bit. We did not catch anything, but some campers down the road gave us six of their fish that they had caught.
The kids had fun playing at the playground in the center of the campground.

Here is what our campsite looked like. I loved all the trees!

We snuggled while Keith cooked breakfast for us. Alyssa did not sleep very well in the tent, so she was pretty sad in the morning.

Keith got some great photos of the lovely scenery and wildflowers.

Currant Creek Reservoir

This is The Place!

Several weeks ago our family visited This is the Place Heritage Park for the free admission day. It was a little crazy, but we had fun.

The kids loved playing in the small houses.
Caleb wanted to stay and relax in the hogan, where it was nice and cool.
Parker liked the little train.
Alyssa got a kick out of watching these geese file up the hill to a small pond.

Our backyard

Side of house

We can go out back with bare feet! It is great.

Junipers under the window and hose holder

Honeycrisp apple tree and green grass

Keith has been working on our backyard this summer. He put railroad ties around the outer edges, moved 45 yards of dirt in, installed the sprinkler system, built an area for some bushes and a hose holder, planted bushes and a tree, and laid the new sod. Here is the new view! I am thrilled! When we did the front yard, we planted seed, which took quite a while to get looking nice. It is amazing how fast sod changes the look of the yard. We just hope it establishes healthy, deep roots to stay as nice as it is now!

Geocaching

Our family has gone geocaching a couple of times. The first time the kids loved it because we found a couple of larger geocaches. The first one had toy cars inside, so they got to exchange a car. The second had pencil erasers in it. The day after we went Caleb made a comment about the word cache. He said that it was French for hide. So we looked it up (my mother must be so proud) and it is indeed.

Our second geocaching trip was not quite as exciting for the kids, as the two we found were microcaches, with only a piece of paper to write our names. It is just amazing how these things are hidden around us, and we never would have known it.

200!

I noticed a few posts ago that I was nearing our 200th post! So, I thought I would fill in some of the interesting numbers we have had lately.
80,808 - miles on the van
34 1/2 - weeks pregnant
600 - consecutive dribbles in the dribbling contest between Caleb and Nathan.
2 times I counted to 600 before getting smart, and using the timer.
12:31 - The new dribbling record, in minutes and seconds.
102 - number of Legos Parker said would be enough Legos. We thought we could get rid of a bunch of Legos, but when we explained we had many more than that he did not want to get rid of them.
45 - yards of dirt Keith moved from our driveway to the backyard, with help from several others.
1500 - square feet of new sod Keith put in our backyard on top of all that dirt!
4 of 6 - number of geocaches our family has found.

Skateboard Camp

This summer Caleb wanted to learn how to ride a skateboard, so we signed him up for Skate Camp. It is taught once a week for two hours at a time. He did it in June, and will continue through July.
One of the things that amazes me about Caleb is his willingness to try new things. He had never been on a skateboard before, but saw a flyer about Skate Camp and wanted to try it. So we got him a board and pads, and he just jumped right in to do it.