The last of Summer

I know, I know, that summer was over about 2 months ago, but I was clearing my cameras memory card and found some gems that I just had to post on the blog. The pictures are mostly of us having fun at our favorite local spots like: the backyard, the pool, the park. We had loads of fun this summer playing in our favorite spots and though the pictures aren't of us going anywhere exotic or doing anything especially out of the ordinary they are a great representation of what our summer was like.

Red Fish Lake

I love Red Fish Lake! We have camped here 4 out of the 5 years that we have lived in Idaho. It is breathtakingly gorgeous! It is one of the few places where I will camp despite the cold, and yes the nights were cold this year they hovered around the mid 30's. The days were beautiful! The weather was in the mid 80's, perfect weather to enjoy all the outdoor activities available at Red Fish. This year all of my siblings and my parents joined us for the camping trip which made it extra fun! We did our annual trip to the fish hatchery at Red Fish. The boys each caught 3 fish. And Carson caught a fish on a cast he did all by himself, which he was extra proud of. Lily was obsessed with the fish and was constantly harassing my mom to show them to her. By the end of the fishing Lily was brave enough to hold the fish, and much to my disgust poke its eyeball over and over again (so gross)! We also hung out at the beach for a couple hours. The water was cold as usual, but the boys were initially excited to go out in the water with Nate. Their excitement changed to tears after a kayaker ran over Carson with her boat and after Lincoln didn't jump far enough away of the rock and ended up stubbing his toe. Both boys ended their swim in the lake with tears and injuries. Lily spent most of her time at the beach trying to steal other peoples flotation devices. Lily's favorite activity of the trip was probably sitting on the ground and throwing dirt on herself. I think the boys enjoyed fishing the most, but roasting marshmallows for smores was probably a close second. The trip overall was a big success. However there were a couple hiccups on the trip. One being that Lily didn't sleep well and I had to share a sleeping bag with her for a couple hours both nights, the other was that my nephew Fin tripped and his hand landed on some coals in the fire (thankfully he is okay, but did suffer some 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his hand). Despite, all of that it was a great trip and I can't wait to go back next year!

Sage Hen

We managed to squeeze in one last trip in July. We went on a quick family camping trip to Sage Hen reservoir. We did our usual camping activities like fishing and hiking. We had the best camping spot! It was right next to a small stream and the boys had a great time walking over this log to go play by the stream. Nate helped them build a little boat out of sticks and they had a great time watching it go down the stream. While we were there Lincoln found a blue ball that he played with constantly and named squishy. Lily was always in hot pursuit of the ball and managed to steal it from Lincoln a fair number of times. The kids had a great time playing with the worms we brought for fishing. Lincoln tried to get Lily to touch the worms she would get close but would never touch one. Fishing was interesting this trip Lincoln caught 2 fish and Carson caught none, which led Carson to declare that "it the worst day ever". Luckily, Carson declares a day "the worst ever" a couple times a week so I knew he would recover quickly. Lily took a lot of interest in the fish we caught and even got brave enough to touch one! It was only a quick trip, and it was a LOT of work, but we had a great time !