Camping, Reunions, and Birthdays

Don't you just LOVE Summer! How I will miss it! We have been super busy and have been so blessed to enjoy lots of time with family. I'm so grateful for my amazing family! Just a few days ago my sweet Hailey turned 12. Hailey has been waiting for this birthday for FOREVER, as she would say...lol. She is so cute. She partied with some friends from her new school on her birthday (her new friend shared her same birthday and had a party), then Hailey invited her good friend Elle to hang out with her the next night to celebrate her birthday. The girls had fun going to a movie and Kneaders. Hailey went into Young Women's on Sunday. She received her Faith in God award in Primary before she left. I'm proud of her and all she's achieved. She is ready for Young Women's :) Below is a cute picture of her and Elle.

This last Saturday September 4th, I was able to go to a family reunion on my Mom's side. I love seeing distant relatives I haven't seen in ages as well as all the closer family members, my Mom's siblings. We did the Limbo and that was a blast! We also had the yummiest breakfast. Below are some pics of that.

My cousin Tammy and her sweet new little baby Kelsey and my Grandma June

My Mom, distant cousin Marianne and Me

My cousin Erica and Abby

My cousin Mike thought he could beat me in an arm wrestle...he didn't, lol.

My little bro Shawn and me being goofy as usual.

My cousins Erica and Laura...how low can you go?

My Grandpa Dean reading answers to a quiz about our ancestors.

My Mom munching Ruthie, as usual :)

Mike, my cousin and Shawn.

Erica and Ruthie.

This our camping trip. We went to the Spruces up in Big Cottonwood Canyon. It was so much fun for my whole family to make it. My three brothers came and my Dad was able to make it Saturday night. We camped for three nights. It was so much fun. We were rained on pretty good Friday night, so Dan and I and our kids called it an early night but my brothers hiked Doughnut Falls in the middle of the night (cause they are crazy). We had lots of yummy dutch oven, made my brother Matt, lots of roasted marshmallows (my favorite thing). Camping is, really, all about the food. What else are you going to do all day? Shawn, my youngest brother and I took some goofy pictures and we all played lots of games. The kids performed plays and skits and the boys played with the longboards. It was so much fun!

Above: My brother Brent, his son Peyton and my Ruthie

My Mom and Ruthie. Ruth was a champ camping. She loved being outside and snuggling with me at night when it was cold. She is growing so fast! :(

Hailey, Sammantha, and Abby performing a skit.

Our goofy faces.

Matt, my brother and his wife Stephanie

Dan

Matt

Brent

Shawn

Rachel

The kids building...

Dan and Ruthie

Goofiness.