Our Last Fling

With a baby coming soon, we wanted to take one more trip with our girls. We decided to go to Camp Mary, my dad's family's property just outside of Bryce Canyon. I got us ready and I hauled my fat butt up there to sleep in a tent for the weekend. Despite the Saturday rain, we had a lot of fun. Kolby and Ben came with us and brought a friend. Dave and Jodi came with their 3 kids (Shaersti and Cami love to play together) and we even had the pleasure of spending the whole weekend with Mac and Karen. Jason and Amelia also came up for two nights and our kids sure had fun roasting marshmallows in their fire. We really lucked out when Gary Davis let us sleep in his trailer after the first night. It was so nice to not worry about the cold and to get my pregnant belly in a real bed.

Gary also let us mess around on his 4-wheeler a little.

If I look tired- I am. It's pretty sad when a 3 mile hike kicks my trash!

Shaersti and Cami love to play together and they had a blast all weekend.

Kolby and Ben obviously didn't want to be in the picture but they were being good sports. Ben got a concussion in soccer a few weeks ago that is still not better.I found out later that he knocked his head on this tree while he was trying to hide. He spent the rest of the hike with a terrible headache.

Who needs some fish?

With grandpa's pool right next door, my girls are turning into fish. Shaersti is such a good little swimmmer and there's nowhere she'd rather be. She doesn't need a life jacket and she runs around with all the bigger kids and loves to jump and do front flips off the diving board. On the other hand, Anneliese is scary! She can't swim at all and its a lot of work to follow her around on the step to make sure she doesn't fall off it.

What's with goggles, anyway?

One of the best things about grandpa's pool is that we get to eat in it.

Shaersti's Busy Month

It has been an exciting few weeks for Shaersti as she has finished her year of dance and preschool. We were moving the day of her dance concert and I couldn't think beyond just getting her there. Her cute new Aunt Michelle (Josh's wife) brought her flowers and Shaersti loved them. She felt so special to have Matt, Shellie, Josh, and Michelle come watch her dance. It was a pretty cute little prgram.

Shaersti just finished her 2nd (but not last) year of preschool. She went to a small neighborhood preschool called Shining Star. They had a little graduation program this week so we could see some of the things she learned this year.
They made little harmonicas and played them at graduation. It was my favorite part.