June 30, 2017

Such a good early morning hike.  We've been leaving at 5:30am for our morning hikes.  Early morning is so pretty.  We hiked to Lake Mary and Martha and they were so pretty.  There was still a little snow in parts of Mary and the glass reflection at Martha was unlike any other reflection I've ever seen.  It was so crystal clear and so pretty! And we saw my two favorite animals - a moose and a pika.  What a great hike.

June 25, 2017

Rylie slept in her bed for only the second time in the last two weeks.  Soccer camp, then Escalante, and then EFY will do that.  She loved EFY.  And soccer camp.  And of course family time in Escalante.  :)

June 24, 2017

Mason makes me laugh on a daily basis.

June 22, 2017

We escaped the heat and busy of the city for 24 hours and camped at Spruces.  Sitting in the hammock relaxing was the best part.

June 21, 2017

Great early morning hike to Steward Falls.  The birds were singing, the squirrels were out, some flowers were blooming, and the waterfall was roaring.  The falls were so amazing.  I've never seen so much water coming down.  The spray hit you from so far away.  And there was a rainbow at the base of the falls.  It was magical.

June 18, 2017

Draper Family Campout Escalante style ends.  Very good trip minus the bugs - they were ruthless.  Goodbye Escalante.  Thanks for the hike to waterfall, the water fun, the time with my fam and the Draper fams, the sunsets, and the good memories.  See you soon.

June 17, 2017

Great lake day at the campout.  Kayaks and paddle boards and swimming with cousins and escaping the heat.  Sadie is the cutest kayaker.  Cam and Bridger were total fish.  I don't really like water, but paddle boarding with Heather and kayaking with Gracee was way fun.  Also Mason and Rylie playing cards with grandparents and war with each other made me smile.  Also Devils Garden where Sadie pet a wild snake.  EW!

(D and Sadie)

June 16, 2017

Draper Family Campout Escalante Style begins.  Today we hiked on of my favorite hikes - Lower Calf Creek Falls.  It was only my second time hiking it.  (The last time was in 1994 with the Drapers.) These falls are so beautiful.  They make the 3 mile hot hike in worth it.  I loved being there with my kids (sad D couldn't make it). I was so brave and dove in the freezing water with Brooke.  More campout fun was skipping rocks at the lake with M and R.  Oh - and the stars! They are amazing and bright and I just love seeing them twinkle.

June 13, 2017

Today was a really good day.

The smell of rian this morning was so strong and good.
Afternoon hike with the Kings was fantastic - even slip sliding away.
Scooter with Cam around the block was great.
Mason made me laugh as he kept saying, "You're a..." whatever I just said.  Ex.  Talking laundry and he says, "You're a small load."  :)

June 10, 2017

Bees game with my guy.  I love chatting with D while watching - hey batter batter swing.  But why do they not include the first baseman when throwing it around the horn?  Doesn't seem.  But it was nice to see four home runs.

June 9, 2017

Great mom/kid camping!  City of Rocks - which made me sing City of Stars.  Also there was a Camp Rock which had us singing, "We rock - we rock - we rock on!"

(Drapers. Covilis, Murphys, Messicks)

June 5, 2017

Sadie's last track meet was today.  I have loved watching her run and work so hard.  And she has loved running.  She's had a good time iwth Becca Bell.  She also mentioned how many new friends she's made.  One of my favorite things today was right after the 200M when Becca and she finished - they looked at each other and smiled and then they went to the field and lay down because they were both exhausted. 

June 4, 2017

Seminary graduation was great.  Kinda cool to see Mason and the 3 boys all graduate from seminary.  (Clay, Giff, and Muff - pictured with Bishop Rollins) Very proud of Mason for completing 4 years of seminary.

June 3, 2017

It's not really the weekend without Chubbys.  Then sitting outside in the dark with Cam topped off the night.

June 2, 2017

We are just loving our backyard in the evening.  So great to just hang out back there. 

Tonight's 14th (or something like that) annual tent (trailer) night consisted of Sadie, Darren, and me. 

June 1, 2017

Fun evening with Sadie and my mom playing Go Fish.