July Happenings

 We had some good fun in July.  Even though Zack had just left for his internship, he came home to hang out with us.  Jake was extra glad to have him along because he's starting to feel extra outnumbered with girls in our house.  We ended up heading to the Uintas for some camping.  We met up with some friends and had a great time.  It's beautiful there, as always.  It was good to get away and not have cell service!  We did a crazy hike up a mountain, fished, and relaxed.  It was wonderful.

On the 4th we continued our new tradition of going boating at Starvation Reservoir.  It's a great day to go because hardly anyone was there.  We were able to water ski until late in the day, which never happens.  We got home in time to eat some good food and enjoy the neighborhood fireworks.  There are so many people letting off fireworks it feels like we're in a war zone.  Gratefully, nothing started on fire.  We ended the night with the Memorial Hill fireworks.  All in all a good weekend, just no pics to document.

The girls went to girls camp.  Without me.  This was Kate's last year of girls camp and her first year of camp without me there.  Kind of crazy.  They got to go canyoneering up above Cedar.  They had a great time.  While Zack was home we celebrated his birthday.  Kind of weird not having him home on the actual day.  Jake's birthday was going to happen while we were in McCall, so we also celebrated that early.  These summer birthdays tend to not be home on their actual birthdays.

We went to McCall with all of the Spjute Family.  A great time was had by all.  The cousins loved playing together.  The adults loved talking, and playing.  It was a beautiful place.  We spent most of our time on the river with paddleboards and kayaks.  We attempted a slip-n-slide, but that was a fail.  Fun to watch though!  It was great to spend time together!

The road to where we camped was a true Jeep road.  But our trailer made it just fine!

Sometimes tress are across the road so we have to get chainsaws out to clear a path.

Zack wanted apple pie for his birthday dessert.  Random.

Jake's the only one who had cake this year.

We dropped Jake and Sage off to ride the rest of the way to the house.  They didn't quite make it, but they did manage 30 miles!

Everyone loves Beckett!

We went exploring on our bikes one evening.

Cousin fun!

The beautiful river where we played.

The usual line up in our chairs.  In the shade of course.

We waited in a long line for ice cream that wasn't that great.

Fun spot for jumping off a rock

Our latest project ripping up our driveway to fix the drainage problem.  There's a reason we've taken 8 years to do this.  It's not a fun project!