Summer of fun part 2: July 4th

This year for the 4th of July we decided to go camping with "Bampa and Bampa". We thought it would be fun to go down to Fish lake just east of Richfield, UT. Scott and I had never been there and for my parents it had been about 30 years since they were there so, we decided to go. Plus, Scott and my dad wanted to get some fishing in.

We left the morning of July 1st around 6 am and headed down south. We arrived at Fish Lake around noon. We skipped over I-15 and decided to take the scenic route. My Dad has always loved taking the scenic route and by so doing we met a neat little friend along the way. As we were passing through Gunnison, Ut. we came across good ole Matter from the movie Cars! In meeting Matter Awesome was excited at first, scared, terrified and then he was just ok...

So, we arrived at Fish Lake around noon. We decided to camp about 20 min. past the lake and camp by the river. Since Scott and my dad were going to do some fly fishing we decided camping next to the river would be ideal. As we hunted out our spot we found a vacant place tucked up underneath some pine trees. It had a gorgeous view of the meandering stream and a lot of shade. As we pulled up my mom jumped out of the truck and ran over to guide us in. Scott rolled down the window to our van to talk with her when we were inundated with a swarm of mosquitoes. They were everywhere. Right as my mom was about to speak Scott rolled the window back up while yelling, "Nope, nope, not in my car!" As my mom chuckled at Scott's hilarious reaction she turned to walk away and as if watching a scene from a horror movie, there on my mom's back were about 20-30 mosquitoes in a row trying to suck through her shirt. Scott turned to me in horror and said, "There's no way in HELL we are staying here." I quickly agreed and with that said we looked in the rear view mirror and watched my mom as she swatted here, swatted there, and then in a fury did a dance, twirled around and dove into the truck. To make a long story short, within 45 min we were back at the lake in a camp ground with a great view of Fish lake and surprisingly, no neighbors. The rest of the camp trip was very pleasant, especially with the lack of mosquitoes. They were still there in the evening but not a distraction.

Later that evening after camp had been set up and dinner had been eaten, we decided to make a trip down to the lodge. We walked in to the lodge and immediately Awesome was drawn to the pop guns in the corner. He had to have one. He had too. So, we got it for him and he loved, now I say loved because I haven't seen hide nor hair of it since we've been home and that's been over a month. (wink) Anyway, he loved it and ran outside to shoot all the little pot guts (squirrel type animals) that were running around. While we were there we got some great pics of him, the gun, us and Bampa and Bampa.

In the picture below Awesome reminds me of the children you see in the old 1800's black and white pics. Cracks me up.

Awesome had had ENOUGH of all the picture taking.

Awesome loves his "Bampa Mike"

Awesome was always sneakin off with Bampa's soda. Found him here just takin it easy while suckin on a soft one..... that wasn't his.

Awesome would eat a million apples if I let him. It's his snack of choice.

Down playing at the lake.

H-Bug. Smilin for Grandpa.

Grandma with her "Julie Sticks" (only Kristy and Kelly will get that...ahh haha!) Mom and her Julie sticks!

On our evening walk Awesome picked some flowers and brought 'em back to put on our dinner table.

Love H-bug's mosquito net. It did the trick!

The night of July 3rd we headed home. Scott wanted to be home for the Holiday. Since it was his day off from work during the week he wanted to sleep in on his own bed. On the morning of the 4th around 9am we got up, went out to breakfast and headed down to the WJ parade. It was pretty crowded but we had a lot of fun and Awesome loved it. His favorite part, the fire trucks!

The boys taking an afternoon nap.

We had a great holiday weekend. It was so fun to be out in nature and to be home to see all the fireworks. It's the time you spend with family that means the most. Next post: Our summer of fun part 3: Backyard pool/camp out party.