Over the river and through the woods

Well, this marks the end of the first camping trip of the summer. We are proud to report that Jenny and I not only enjoyed it, but so did the boys! Both of them slept great and had fun times on all the hikes and different adventures. Our trip was down to Bryce Canyon area witha quick stop to the historic Cove Fort on the way (this is where President Hinckley's grandfather was sent by Brigham Young to build a fort for protection and as a halfway point between Salt Lake and St. George). We bought the new tent from Costco this year and tried her out for the first time this weekend. We LOVE it! It is quite a lot bigger than our last tent, so it took a little more effort to set up, but we had our air mattress, a makeshift bed for Jack, the Pack-n-Play and all our gear and luggage and only used about half of the space in it. This made sleeping really pleasant. It also gave Chunky a place to crawl around out of the dirt and rocks. Every five minutes we were pulling a rock out of Christian's mouth. We got to the point where we gave him big rocks he couldn't swallow and mellowed out on him eating a little dirt--as long as he didn't put the rabbit pellets in his mouth! He was at a hard age for a campground in the red rock terrain of southern Utah. Jackson really liked running along the trails and throwing rocks in the rivers and I think Chunks had a great experience his first time camping. Hopefully that will carry over into future trips. So...nothing too exciting on the trip, just some good times and great memories. My favorite you ask? Crossing the river a couple of times to get to this waterfall we hiked to. In the pictures it looks like give said the little stream, but with Chunky on my back throwing off my balance a little, the fast moving current and rocky riverbed were a little more challenging. Super fun! Enjoy the montage...