Our Trip To Utah

We took a whirlwind trip to Utah. It was more fun than a barrel of monkeys and went by way too fast. We got so many great pictures on this trip - but also missed a lot of great camera worthy moments as well.

We went down to Southern Utah first to visit Cameron's family. It was a blast! Cameron loved helping on the farm and working on the boat with his dad.

Benjamin loved exploring new things and I loved relaxing a little more and watching Benjamin discover new things.

The highlight of the trip (besides being with family, of course) was our two day adventure at Lake Powell. Jessica came down and went with us and it was wonderful. We swam and rode on the boat and hiked around and just had a great time.

We celebrated Benjamin's 1st birthday! I can't believe this little boy is a year old! His grandparents spoiled him of course. He had more candy and sugar in the 10 days we were there than he has in his entire life. He also received 2 different baby laptops and some other toys and clothes.

We headed up to Providence and had a fun get together with the Briscoe family. It was great to see all the cousins who recently returned home from missions or had babies.

We also spent a day at Hyrum Dam on some wave runners. None of us bothered with sunscreen and we all came back pretty fried.

We got to visit with friends and grandparents and had a wonderful time all around.

(I've been meaning to post this for a few days now but there were so many great pictures that I couldn't choose which ones to include. The rest are located here Trip to Utah - Summer 2011 )

Playground

It finally cooled off enough for us to enjoy the park.

Benjamin has become quite the little explorer.

His Father's Son

Benjamin is definitely his father's son.

He loves to wrestle.

His favorite toy is his stick horse.

He loves pickles and any kind of meat.

If that isn't evidence enough, just look at these pictures.

Cameron at 4 or 5

Benjamin at 1

Camping with an almost One-Year-Old

So we went on our first overnight camping trip with Benjamin. There were definitely some highs and lows.

High - Some good friends of ours came along with their two little girls which made it a lot of fun. We ate and laughed and played games and the kids all played in the dirt together.

Low - I forgot to take the camera so we have no pictures.

High - Benjamin LOVED playing with the shovel, sticks, and rocks. He also loved setting up the tent and wandering in and out of the tent.

Low - Even though it wasn't too hot it was super, super humid so we all just felt wet and sweaty the whole time.

High - We went on an awesome hike along this river with huge limestone cliffs and waterfalls.

Low - We slept for maybe 3 hours because Benjamin figured that as long as we were in the tent with him it must be play time and didn't go to bed until 3 am which was when a raccoon decided to check out our camp.