Boys Only- Camping Adventure 2012

 Home Sweet Home @ Alice Lake

 They found this old fashioned water fountain- They had to pump it to get the water to come out.

 Driving through the creek to get to their camp.

 They caught a bunch of fish, the fish were the only known pure lake strain of Bonneville cutthroat trout.

Shawn and the boys headed out for their "Boys Only Adventure" They loaded up the Jeep and off they went to Alice Lake in Wyoming. They had a great time enjoying the great outdoors! The first night they were there, the coyotes were not to happy- they howled and kept them awake most of the night. While they were gone I kept myself busy with my sister- We enjoyed shopping at City Creek, the movies, the Rodeo and all the Miss Rodeo Utah activities.

Yellowstone 2012 With Grandpa & Grandma Douglas

The boys had a great time on their trip with their cousins Jacee, Pacen and Grandpa & Grandma Douglas. They went to Lava Hot Springs, Island Park, Yellowstone and Jackson Hole. They were gone for a full week. They were able to see a bunch of wildlife including 10 bears!

Jeep'n @ Powder Mtn.

 Air'n down the tires

 They call this place The Rock Garden- It's a lot harder and steeper than it looks in this picture.

 The view was so pretty looking over the valley.

While the boys were in Yellowstone all week with Grandpa & Grandma Douglas I had to keep Shawn entertained. We decided to meet up with a Jeep club to go on a rock crawl. We met up with them and had breakfast at Village Inn then headed up to Powder Mountain. We had a great time along with a few laughs. After the ride we had dinner at the Huntsville BBQ place called Texas Pride and then stayed the night at our lot on Sour Dough. We ended up seeing 5 bucks so I am sure when the boys hear about it they will be all excited and  planning their next hunt!

Park City Lacrosse Tounament

 Kolt facing off

 Kolt #99

 Kyle drove us all over the place- Back and forth to all the games!

We had a fun filled weekend in Park City for Kolt's Lacrosse tournament. We camped in a RV park at the bottom of Jordanelle and then just drove the Jeep back and forth to the games. He played a total of 5 games. Although we did not due to great we still had a fun time.

Primary Childrens Archery shoot-Mantua

We had a fun day at the Primary Children's Archery shoot. We went and shot our bows and then had a yummy BBQ lunch. All the funds raised went to Primary Children's Hospital.

Hardware Ranch 3D Archery Shoot

We spent the afternoon at Hardware Ranch where we did a 3D Archery shoot. We did the first course and then decided we had so much fun why not do the 2nd course. They had two different ones you could choose from, the first one was all marked with the yardage where the 2nd one was not. The 2nd course was a bit more challenging. A few falls and a broken arrow but hey it was fun. They had 20 targets set up for each course ranging from about 15 yards to 60 yards. All different angles anywhere from straight up to straight down hill-

What a great way to spend a beautiful Sunday afternoon!

Moab 2012

Loaded up and headed out to Moab for our 1st Easter Jeep Safari

Our camp ground was beautiful! Full hook up and wi-fi only $38.00 a night! We stayed at the OK RV Campground- We will definitely stay there again.

 

All lined up and headed to the trail head Fins & Things.

This is what I say alot of on the trails- They were so steep all I could see was the sky.

Slick rock trails

Gotta LOVE Utah weather. It snowed and we had about 2 inches inside the Jeep when we woke up.

It was fun to go to Arches National Park. We have lived in Utah all our lives and had never been down to see this beautiful park.

Some of the trails on Elephant Hill were so narrow that our tires would rub.

This is called the Confluence- It's where the Green River and the Colorado River join.

It's amazing the places Jeeps can go! Thank goodness for lockers. The Gold Rim Crack- This crack was huge- It goes along the whole mountain and is about 15 feet deep. Oh boy- This is one of those hills mom had to take pictures because she was too scared to ride in the Jeep!

 

We had such a fun spring break- We headed down to Moab for 5 days- We were only planning on staying 4 days but called in and arranged for an extra day. We went on several trails including Fins & things, Elephant Hill, Poison Spider, Golden Spike and Golden Bar Rim. We went to the BBQ and Jeep expo too- Shawn and the boys were in pure heaven.

1st Place

We had our Couples 3D Archery League banquet Friday night. They had a really yummy dinner and then we got to shoot for some really fun prizes. This year I got a super cute pink western purse, Hoyt t-shirt, water bottle and several hats. They also give out awards. I took 1st place in the women's handicap ans Shawn took 3rd in the men's handicap! We have had so much fun having a standing Friday night date night. We have met so many fun couples I will for sure miss until we get to see them again next year.

We took the boys and a friend up to the Bridger land 3D Classic in Cache Valley this past weekend. There were 30 different wildlife targets set at all different yards ranging from 15 yards to 55 yards. We just did the fun shoot but there were people also competing for money. We had a great time- (Notice the pink one right in the center?) It's mine.... Bulls eye! Silly boys-girls can shoot good too!