Our Big Camping Trip and Hiking Timp

The first week in June, we decided to take the boys camping! We had big plans to go to Calf Creek Falls (remember this hike brothers?). But when our plans of pulling out of Heber at 2:00 fell through and we were leaving at 6:00, we decided to go somewhere closer. We ended up just going up above Aspen Grove and it was beautiful! We almost had the whole campground to ourselves.

We decided to hike up to Timp. caves on Friday. Choosing to go at 2:00 in the afternoon wasn't the smartest idea. It was very hot and the hike was all up hill in the sun.
Here are the boys in the caves with some girls we met. Their Mom (who was with us in the cave) was wearing a Dairy Keen sweatshirt. Come to find out she one of the MaWhinney's and was here visiting her parents.
Look how high we are - 6730 feet above sea level! They said the biggest problem is when people fly in from California and try to do this hike the same day. People can get sick from the elevation change. (Ask Paul - he felt it the next couple of days - it didn't help to be carrying McKay on his back the whole way either).
Okay, this is one of the best pictures I've taken. I am right up there with Natalie's picture taking abilities with this picture. Look at the tiny road in the background. Thats a pretty impressive hike!
Luckily we had a hydration backpack from Costco (thanks to Paul). The boys loved getting drinks of water from it. We went through lots of water!
We did it! The boys didn't think they were ever going to make it. But with a lot of pitstops along the way, they did it!

Memorial Day

Mom and Dad asked us to go and decorate the graves will they are on their mission. They had even drawn out a map of where to locate the graves in the cemetary - of course I found the map a couple days after Memorial Day. Anyways, I was very proud of myself when we pulled into the Spanish Fork cemetary, I walked to the right graves without a problem. It was fun telling the boys a little bit about their great grandparents.
Lehi cemetary was a different story. I thought for sure I knew where I was going. First off, we could find the cemetary. So, we had to asked two different people how to get there. Next, I couldn't find Grandma and Grandpa Edwards' grave. I called Dad twice and walked around in the cold wind trying to find it. After a while I was successful. But we didn't take any pictures because we were all freezing at this point and couldn't wait to get in the car.

After decorating the graves, we decided to take the boys to Cabella's (the new outdoor sporting goods store) in Lehi. The boys loved it (especially Paul). It is now right up there with Costco on his list. Paul found the cot he had been coveting that Jason Danley has on their campouts. The picture above is taken inside of the Aquarium tunnel. McKay's favorite part was the stuffed animals, especially the bears. He kept running over to them and growling.