July 5th, 2021 My Birthday 🎂

This birthday has been one of the best birthdays I've ever had. I'm not sure if anybody else can relate to this, when you have a birthday by a holiday, it's great you get to celebrate your birthday with everyone, however you also never get to have a special day all about you. Well this birthday I did, I was asked what I would like to do for my birthday.  I Knew exactly how I wanted to spend it,  in the mountains with my family       ( Unfortunately we are one short with Trevor being at camp still). We loaded up the Jeep, Loaded the cooler with yummy food and headed up the Canyon.

 Summer was so excited for this she could not contain herself. 

I think the moose was placed here for my birthday for real!!

 We have never been very good at the relaxing thing, But we're learning doesn't summer look relaxed :)

 This was our lunch spot, we sat up hammocks and listened to music

It was such a beautiful day the weather was perfect, we were the only ones out in the back country. 

 For dinner we  Went to our old spot on the back side of American Fort Canyon. Summer and Chris pushed down a dead tree for wood, and Jace started a fire with just Flint and steel. ( Scouts is paying off)

 Instead of Birthday cake we went with roasted marshmallows 😋

 This was so funny, we always have a contest who can spot the most animals. Summer was so convinced that she saw goat she made Chris stop and backup. Chris was all like I can't imagine that goat be enough here but we kept looking because she was so sure. Will you look at that LOL 😆 About as close as you can get!!!

 This picture is  from the 4th of July and this is the only fireworks that were done in our circle if you could even count it. 

May 2nd, 2021 Trevor's Birthday

July 3rd, 2021 Felt like when we were young

This is not our normal 4th of July weekend, yes we are getting back to normal after COVID however.... We are also having the worst drought on.

2020 was the hottest driest year on record in Utah, since we started recording 126 years ago.

The point is......No FIREWORKS 🎆🙄😒😑

Trevor is gone to Birch Creek Service Ranch, Jace went to hang out with Derek, and Summer wanted to go to Mama's.......

This left me and Chris isn a strang position,

We decided to take advantage of this opertunity, loaded up the jeep and took off to the Mountains 

Isn't she HOT with her top off!!! Just a bikini on, out stretching her legs!

It never gets old, there is nothing like the smell of the pine, the sound of the water, and the feel of the cooler air as you crawl through these massive majestic mountains.

This doesn't look like much.... this is where we tipped into the side of the trail

AMAZINGLY, we magically ended up re entering the valley right at 10 pm to watch all the cities put on there firework shows. 

We ended the night with people watching and ice cream eating at Leatherbys.

we had an AMAZING date, it took us right back to our early days when Chris would get off work at 6, I would have the jeep packed and we would head up American Fork Canyon to camp, life was so easy back then.

June 11th, 2021 Dirt Hills chillin'

This was a wrap change, we got a look at how his hand was healing. 

There is not a day that goes by that I don't feel blessed to live where we live, and that we can provide these incredible opportunities to our kids. 

The dirt hills and our little river, such a special place 

We are definitely missing Trevor 

June 12th 2021 Cherry 🍒 Picking

I dropped Jace and Cruz off this morning at 6am at the top of Tanner flats to ride there bikes down.

When I got home this is what I ran into.... these girls had already spent most of yesterday picking cherries 🍒 

They were up with the chickens 🐔

This was an all day event