Girls Camp 2010

Girls camp was the last week of June this year. Miranda did not go this year because she went on a trip with my parents and cousins to tour some church history sites and national sites. I will talk more about that trip in another post. Kylie was able to go to Girls Camp though. It was at a different camp this year. Kylie was a little hesitant about the changes, but was a good sport and went. She ended up having a great time. She said it was the best year yet.


Sign coming into camp.


Kylie's age group with their counselors getting ready for the hike.



all the groups getting together before meal time.


More 4th year group pics.



All the Cottage Park ward girls with the Bishop and his wife.


spending the day at the lake.

Trip to Idaho and Utah

This week, Warren and I decided at the last minute to make a quick trip up to Utah and Idaho. Matt stayed behind to go to summer school. Kylie had girls camp this week and Miranda is on a trip with my parents touring the United States. So it was just Warren, Carlin and myself going on this little adventure. We left Sunday for Rexburg, Idaho to meet up with a few of my sisters and their families. On Monday, we went to Yellowstone National Park. The next day, we went to Teton Canyon and hiked Devil's Staircase. It was a 5.4 mile hike. The last half has a lot of switchbacks going up the mountain, thus the name Devil's Staircase. We made it though. The next day we traveled to the Logan, Utah area. We went to the Aquatic center and then camped out in my niece Katie's backyard. We also went to Hyrum lake and had a picnic and let the kids play in the sand and water while we visited. We had a great time catching up with family. It was weird only having one of our children with us, but nice to spend some time alone with Carlin. Here are some pics of our vacation.


We couldn't resist stopping for a pic with Carlin under this sign.


A coyote we saw wandering along the road.


One of the many geysers we saw at Yellowstone.




One of the beautiful waterfalls.



Some of the wildlife that we saw at Yellowstone.



Old Faithful


A bald eagle if you can't tell.


Teton Mountain range on the Idaho side.


Family pic before we started are hike up Devil's Staircase.


Resting on rocks along the way.




View from almost the top.


Pictures at the top. We made it!!!!



Carlin playing in the snow at the top.


On the way down, we ran into this little guy!!


Carlin feeding the goats at Katie's house.