Last summer trip

Every labor day weekend (minus a couple years when we went to Yellowstone with friends) our family heads to Capital reef for a camping trip. We camp on the Boulder Mountain and we always have the funnest time. Chris and his family have been going there for years and years because their family had a cabin in Torrey. This year it rained pretty much the whole time so we didn't do any hikes :( but we still had a blast at camp and driving into the park to check out the beautiful rock formations.

The first night we were there we got in pretty late and Bailey was asleep so we all hung out by the camp fire. I was pretty terrified because we heard an animal making loud noises not too far away. I thought it sounded like an elk because we saw one on a horseback ride in Yellowstone and it made a similar noise. Everyone promised me that we would be safe! Well the next morning everyone delighted in telling me that for sure it was a black bear uhhh scary! (They were totally serious!!!) When I took Bailey on a walk around the camp site in her stroller we came across a ton of cows and I put two and two together and realized that they were the ones making all the noises and I had nothing to worry about. What a relief haha! The first day was probably the nicest as far as the weather goes. We hung out around the camp enjoying Ed's bloody Mary's, the guys played horse shoes and they girls chit chatted all day! It was fabulous and I wasn't totally exhausted at this point! We went down into Torrey and checked out Ed and Linda's land and talked about our plans to build a cabin there, which I insist will have a huge tree house for Bailey and her cousins to play in! Ahhh, Can't wait for all the fun that will bring! We went and checked out Linda's families house that has been preserved and is now the museum and gift shop. It is soooo cute! In the house there is the cutest picture of Linda as a baby with her Mom, Grandma and Great Grandma. I love going in that house and they have the BEST homemade icecream and pickled asparagas that we MUST have each time we go!

Hanging out at camp the first day...no rain yet!
Jeramie (Our cousin) chillin in the hammock
Cade and Vixon
Our own personal chef... he is a fabulous cook by the way!
How many men does it take to start the bbq? All of them of course!
Cade and our preggers cousin Shanda! It was a crackup all weekend as Linda would always say "leave Shanda alone... she is busy making fingernails!"
We love the nights by the fire! Here is Bailey with her Grandma and Gramps!
This weekend Bailey was pointing to Ed while we were in the car and said Hi! I said "Say hi Grandpa!" At that point she said "Hi Papa!!!" And now she won't stop! Sooo cute!
Shanda, Me and Bailey
The guys hanging out in the rain!

Erin and Shanda
Too much partying for these two, this may have been right before he fell on me!
Adam putting out our fire....I don't know why but this picture is so funny to me!
The next day we woke up to a lot of rain but that didn't stop us from having fun! I was so tired from staying up with everyone the night before and then Bailey never sleeps well camping so we were up pretty much when it got light in the morning! Thanks to Ed and Linda for playing with her and letting me get a little more rest! Bailey and I had a blast jumping in puddles, man that girl is go go go! Later in the afternoon we went into town again and ate at this really cute pizza place out on the patio. It had the most amazing views of the cliffs and we saw a ton of humming birds. We had a blast spending time there talking and they had a frisby golf course that the guys had fun playing on. We took a little walk up to goose necks which is amazing and showed Bailey how to hear her echo! Later Ed and Linda watched Bailey so that me, Erin, Chris, Adam and Jeramie could gather the dead wood on the ground and Chris and Adam got out their chainsaws and cut it all up for a gigantic fire that night. It was so pretty walking around in the mountains and we saw so many deer. That night we celebrated Adam's birthday with some yummy carrot cake and I ended up staying up way too late again!

Here is Adam waking up in the morning! How did we all know he would put his head out the doggy door?
Cade and his doggies! Cute little sweaters!
Me Chris and Bailey in our trailer
This was our camp. Luckilly Ed was a genious and brought a tarp so we could still hang out outside when it rained.
Adam being Adam
Love this girl
Jeramie being Jeramie
Shanda and Linda
Cade and Nell
Shanda and Cade this is outside the house Linda's mom grew up in! I love that old truck.
This house is soooo cute!
Here Bailey is standing outside on the steps of the house! Linda has a picture of her as a little girl standing on these same steps, I love that!
Linda and Nelly
We took a walk to see the view at Goosenecks. We tought Bailey how to hear her echo and she thought it was the coolest thing ever!
All of us at Goosenecks
Shanda and Jer
Me Chris and Bailey... It was windy look at Bailey's hair!
The men admiring the fire they built
Don't mess with us!
Adam's birthday cake
If you know my hubby you know we always have huge, almost out of control fires!
Chris and Cade bonding
The last day we just cleaned up camp and got everything loaded to go home. We made one last stop at the little burger joint we always go to on our last day and I had the most delicious garden burger there. I hate going home! I love this camping trip every year and it really is so beautiful down there it's like heaven on Earth to me!

Poor Nell, Cade has a broken foot so she had to pump out their potty...ewwww!

The zoo

Last week Bailey and I met Linda and Dahlia at the zoo. The weather was perfect and Bailey was in heaven. She loves animals. She was making the monkey sounds to the monkeys and they were doing it back to her it was so funny! There were so many animals out that day and we had a lot of fun.

Here we are eating lunch...



Here is Linda with Bailey and Dahlia. Bailey is always obsessed with her jewelry!

Me and my sippy cup...These two were perfect angels!
Looking at the white rhino
Love those dimples!
These pictures are from a barbecue we had at Chris' Grandma and Grandpa Blake's house

Linda and Bailey saying cheese
Bailey went up to this turtle the whole time to give it kisses. She is so precious!

Chris went golfing with his Dad, Linda and Adam...

Me and Chris

I saw this on Shanda's blog and thought it would be fun to fill out

Fun Questions
•What is his name? Christopher Edward Blake
•How long have you been together? 9 years
•How long did you date? 5 years
•How old is he? 28
•Who said I love you first? He did...so cute!
•Who is taller? Him but not when I have heels on!
•Who sings better? Um...neither??
•Who is smarter? I am book smart and he is street smart for sure!
•Whose temper is worse? Mine!
•Who does the laundry? I don't even think he knows how to!
•Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me
•Who pays the bills? He does
•Who mows the lawn? Me! Haha! I just started doing that this year because he is so busy at work!
•Who does the dishes? Me
•Who cooks dinner? Me
•Who drives when you are together? He does
•Who is more stubborn? He is for sure!
•Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Me
•Who kissed who first? I kissed him first
•Who proposed? He did.
•Who is more sensitive? Me by a long shot!
•Who has more friends? He does.
Who wears the pants in the family? We are equal

Echo

Last weekend Bob and Cindy were so nice and took us camping at Echo. We didn't take the boat due to lack of funds, but Cindy had her jet ski and we always have loved camping even without a boat! We drove up with Adam and Erin late Friday night because Chris had to work late. We only expected to stay one night but Saturday we were having so much fun that we all decided to stay another night. I would stay all summer if I could but oh well! We had such a fun time. I haven't gone on Cindy's jet ski in 6 years so I wasn't very comfortable on it, Chris was so awesome on it though! They love that thing. Cindy and Chris can do all these tricks on the jet ski and it is very fun to watch them!

Here we are down on the beach...she loves taking my hat off and putting it on herself.
The walk out to the water was hell. The water level has gone down so fast that the beach was really muddy and had tons of stickers in it. Usually you can't get me out of the water but I was rarely in it because of that walk! Luckily where we were camping at was beautiful, so we stayed up there most of the time.
Erin, Cindy, Bailey and Chris (Adam is on the jet ski behind them)
Lovin' it!

B fell asleep while Cindy was holding her. So precious!
Going on a walk
My love!
Bob and Adam

Bailey and Chris about to go on the jet ski...eek!
You can barely see her on there!
I don't know if she liked it? I am thinking no!
Chris doing some tricks...no Bailey is not on there! Hehe!
We have a picture of him that looks exactly like this, but he was like 10.
She didn't sleep very well on the trip which made her very mellow... it was kind of nice! :)
Adam rocking out! I guess when he was little he used to just ride around singing at the top of his lungs, he was such a cute kid!
Doing some tricks! The last time we took Cindy's jet ski out (6 years ago) Adam couldn't get up because of his weight. He tried and tried for hours. He has since lost 140 lbs (I think) and he was so excited to ride all day! We were surprised because he rode like he has been all along, he is a natural. Erin and I on the other hand were too scared to stand up on it so we just rode on our knees the whole time. Hehe!
Erin and Adam. Adam being his usual goofy self! Love that guy.
Bailey exploring the beach

We love camp fires! Adam Erin and Gus Gus.
We made him smile normal haha! (This is a rare moment)
Me and Chris
Erin and Bailey
Gus Gus sleeping with his Daddy!
My hubby... always tending the fire!
Bob and Adam lounging!
Thanks so much for taking us with you Cindy and Bob! We had so much fun! Thank you for making all of our yummy meals! Love you guys!

My little girl...

is growing up! She looks so much older in this picture! She is so beautiful.