1st camping trip of the season

Every year the Steen's go to the campground just north of the Manti Temple. This year we bought a camp trailer and were pretty excited to take it out. Just think......No more coolers, wet bedding, cold nights, leaky air mattresses, kids snoring in my ear. I could go on.

We left Thursday night and came home Sunday afternoon.

Saturday was free fishing day so we headed up Ephraim canyon along with the whole town of Ephraim for some fun on a pond. There were contests and food. A few of the cousins won fishing poles. My kids weren't going to leave the pond long enough to participate in the contests.

It is hard to get a picture of their faces. I wasn't going to wade out there. Yes they are all fishing pretty close to each other, but we didn't have much of a choice. It was packed. We spent most of our time uncrossing lines. John was the only one that caught a fish. We came back to camp and the kids were dying to swim. The weather wasn't really warm and the water was worse. Sooooooo Cold. I just stood on the sidelines and took pictures.

Shelly, John and Shane.This picture says it all. Look at Wyatt's face. That is COLD!!!

Later after dinner, Bailey and John went for a bike ride. Bailey lost control of his bike. He flipped over the handle bars and his head hit one of these rocks.

He ended up with 3 stitches. We will see if his eyebrow grows back. Thanks to John, who carried him back to camp.

On our way home the boys wanted to know when we were going camping again. When we were home I asked the boys what were some of their favorite things. Here is what they said

Getting stitches (we all laughed)

Sitting in the balcony of the Tabernacle for church (I also saw Shane Branch visiting that ward)

Fishing

Swimming (not everyone agreed that that was fun)

Making fires

Riding bikes with cousins

Riding four wheelers