On Thursday, July 7th, we headed back up the canyon for some more fun! That morning, a large chunk of the extended family went fishing. The rest of us (like me, who doesn't like fishing) went to Cascade Springs.
One word: disappointing!
I've been there several times and let's just say that it's gone downhill. First of all, it was still super hot. And then there were no fish! And very little water. Not so cascading this year. And we had to pay $10 to see all of the nothingness...in the heat...
The only plus was that Kelly and Lance had talked about going up there later that afternoon, so we were able to keep them from wasting their time!
We did get a few good pictures, though. And Eve was a good sport about it - we kept drenching her in water to keep her cool!
Darci got to enjoy the view from Grandpa's shoulders!
While we were up there, Jamie remembered that this was the exact spot she and Merrill took their engagement pictures! This very tree is the one they sent out in their announcements. Kind of neat!
Too bad we don't have one of those neat baby backpack carriers - it would have been a lot easier than carrying her around!
She didn't know the difference, though. Onward Daddy!
We got to this point and paused just long enough to snap a quick picture and then had to head back because....
Jamie got stung by a black wasp! It was so sad!
The sun was so bright that Eve wouldn't look at the camera. This is in the parking lot (the $10 parking lot!) while we were waiting for the others to finish.
That afternoon, we had the chance to cool off quickly! A HUGE storm came sweeping through!
We pulled everything under the side of the pavillion that was the farthest from the rain, grabbed the little kids and our jackets, and hunkered down!
It's hard to tell, but it is pouring rain! That with the crazy high wind, made for quite an adventure! Kelly and Lance arrived with Reagan just as the storm really hit, so they made a mad dash for the safety of the pavillion!
Eve got to try out her new BYU jacket from Aunt Lisa. It worked great!
All in all, we survived and had a pretty good time of it, too! The rain cleared - good thing because we were trying to make some dutch of dinners!
That's the saddest part of the reunion. We had a dutch oven potluck for dinner/dessert that night and everyone made such delicious food! I thought Andrew and I should contribute, so we borrowed Kelly and Lance's dutch oven, looked up a chocolate cakey dessert online, and gave it a go! It did not turn out. I don't even know what to say. It was a soup. And chocolate soup with rock hard caramels at the bottom. I was so disappointed. I don't want to talk about it anymore.
The reunion officially ended late morning on Friday with everyone breaking camp, but we didn't drive up for that part. We would have had to help take down tents! :)
We had a great time with our family and enjoyed seeing everyone again! But wait, we're not done with our Utah trip yet! 2 1/2 more days of fun to go!
where are her sleeves???
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