Camping

This last weekend (July 24, 25 & 26) we went camping at Outlet Bay on Priest Lake. We had a lot of fun being out in the great wide open, despite not being able to have a fire. We woke up to rain on Saturday. When it cleared we attempted to go up to the Roosevelt Grove of Ancient Cedars, but ran into rain that would have made Noah jealous and left us wishing we had an Ark to escape in. Saturday night brought some loud partying from the teenage girls and boys in the next campsite over, so when morning came we didn't feel bad about releasing our marching band of children and letting them run loose.

Girls Camp

Jeff and I were very lucky to go to girls camp this year with the young women in our ward! We went to Ensign Ranch by Cle' Elum. We left Spokane Monday at 5am and got back Wednesday at 8:30pm. I don't know who had more fun, Jeff or me. Jeff loved teasing the girls and making them laugh. I loved being with the young women and getting to know them better. In fact, I had so much fun, I forgot to take pictures, so thanks to Melissa for posting these on Facebook, you have a few pictures to look at.

There is this HUGE slip n' slide there. I wish I had one in my back yard. The slide is probably about 50 yards wide. I didn't think I was going to go down it because I didn't want to do anything risky while pregnant. So I didn't even take my swimsuit, but once we got there and I saw that it wasn't as bumpy and crazy as I was picturing, I figured I could go down at least once. So I just went in my clothes and then dried off in the sun. It was fun!Jeff, being JeffAnts made all this saw dust. They were still there in the log, digging out more. Very interesting. All the Adult leaders, minus the other Priesthood leader after our skit.
The whole gang together.Wednesday morning we got to go horse back riding. It was my first time. My horse's name was Reuben, he was a good horse. We rode for 45 minutes, I really enjoyed it...for the first 30 minutes, until my bum started to hurt.

Father-Son camp out

Friday night was our ward's Father-Son camp out. The camp out was at Camp Cowles. Jeff took both boys, his dad, my dad, and my brother Michael also joined them.

Mason in Papa Borders' truck on the way up.

Cooper in Papa Borders' truck too.

The weather wasn't looking like it was going to cooperate, but it only sprinkled on them while they were setting up the tent.

Mason and Papa Borders

Cooper wanted to sleep on Papa Meador's foam pad, or maybe he just wanted to be a stinker.

Cooper with both of his papas.

Mason playing with the flashlight.

*Sorry for the really boring pictures. You would think that all they did was sit in the tent. I guess that's what happens when you leave a MAN in charge of taking pictures. Jeff said that he and Mason went on a hike and played on a ropes coarse, but there are no pictures of that. Men.