Bloomington Lake

Bloomington is probably our favorite place to camp. We headed up there last weekend with some of Jake's family and it was great. Gwen loved it and even enjoyed the water, which is usually freezing cold. Luckily, it wasn't too bad with the warm weather we've had.

One of the coolest things about Bloomington is that there is a nice sheet of snow year-round that flows directly into the lake. I must say I was too chicken to go down it this time, but Jake wasn't (the last time I went down it I was pregnant with Gwen and I slipped and fell, sliding all the way down on my behind) . Here's some video of Jake going down:

Jake and his brothers Zach and Dave on their way to the lake.

The hike to the lake.

Me contemplating jumping (which I did eventually do--sometimes I can be such a chicken!)

Dave feeling only a little awkward as Gwen burrows under his legs.

Dave's birthday cupcakes. (Thanks for having a birthday Dave!)

Gwen playing peek-a-boo with Grandma Dorothy.

Pioneer Day

Watching the parade.

Gwen made it about a third of the way through her pony ride, the pony snorted and she was done.

I'm a Little Behind

Here are some pictures from play group two weeks ago. We went to Eggett Park in Bountiful, just south of the temple.

Man, it's been a while

Cedar Trip

Jake and I headed down south last week, leaving Gwen with Grandma and Grandpa. This was our first time leaving her with someone for an extended period of time and thought the whole experience might be a little traumatic for her. Nope. She almost couldn't wait to see us leave so that she could have grandma all to herself. She kept saying "Bye!" and waving us off. Even when we came back to get after being gone two days, she was kind of like, "Oh hey, you're back." I really think we missed her more than she missed us.

Anyway, Cedar City was fun. We went to Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Shakespearean festival. The play was entertaining and the acting was great, but the storyline was pretty lame. I hate to discredit any play written by Shakespeare--who am I to discredit The Bard himself? But I think he could have done better with that one. Call me uncultured.

We headed up to Cedar breaks our first night up there.

Some have requested that I put a shot of my belly on my blog. Here you go.

Kent Family Reunion

So after picking up Gwen from my parents', we headed to the Kent Family Reunion up in Idaho. We went to the Dayton Fourth of July Celebration which has the best parade ever. It consists of about two floats and lots of candy (that's all anybody really wants from a parade anyway).

Gwen's balloon that she had for about 30 seconds.Gwen's balloon caught in the tree.
Gwen being cool.

After the festivities, we headed up to Dayton Basin to camp.

Gwen woke us up a little too early the next morning, so instead of waking up everybody, Jake, Gwen and I went for a hike. We were all pretty ornery through the whole thing, which was too bad because the scenery was gorgeous.

Our campground was right next to this stream, which all the kids loved, except for our prissy daughter who refused to enjoy it.