Me & Keegs with Timp behind us
OK. So, Aspen Grove in a nutshell...
Loved:
Bode caught TWO fish!- not having to cook, bake, clean up the kitchen for 5 entire days
- watching B & K play with their cousins and uncles
- that the kids did relatively well in their assigned (age) groups. I had people watching my boys from 9:30 in the morning til noon. Then i took K back to the cabin to nap while B went back to his group from 1:30 til 4:30
- hiking to Stewart Falls.
- running by myself up the Mt. Timpanogos trail (until i got spooked by some animal in the brush that was probably afraid of ME and i thought, "what the hell am i doing out here all alone? Cougars? Other predators?!")
- that Doug and I took advantage of having willing babysitters and took off for the morning on our anniversary
- photographing Bridal Veil Falls (where Doug proposed to me)(it's going in a collage over our bed of all the states we've lived in since we got married)
- eating at Tucanos, a Brazilian steakhouse. So fun!
- the girls' night we had. We saw "Mamma Mia" and got shakes at the Iceberg. A really good excuse to spend time with each other and a change in scene from camp (i can't stop listening to the soundtrack!)
Me with Al, Bethany, Alicia (& Kris is in background)(why i always have to make a goober-face is beyond me) - the quiet time i had to myself while K napped and Bode and Doug were otherwise occupied. I read two books! I was supposed to be crosstitching but got sucked into Jodi Picoult instead
- how absolutely beautiful it was up there. The weather was perfect
- that the boys enjoyed the simple things. Collecting sticks and throwing rocks into the river were favorite activities
- the ropes course. Had to climb up a log and then a short rock wall, into the trees to climb around on cables in the treetops with just a harness and a couple carabiners keeping you safe!
- watching camp through my children's eyes. In their eyes, it was AWESOME.
They LOVED this train. Part of "Frontier Night," which included snowcones. A big hit in the days of the old frontier, no doubt! Much loved by my boys!
Me & Doug in the trees
I love that he went down this slide!
On the hike up to Stewart Falls 
2 comments:
You captured Aspen very well. It was the perfect mixture of fun family time with the kids and relaxation. BTW thanks for the CD, we can't stop listening to it ourselves. Alyssa loves it. She particularly like the money, money song and we get lots of stares from passerbies (sp?) as we are car dancing.
Great times. I love the picture of you and Doug both on the ropes course. COOL. What will we do to top this? :0)
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