Labor Day Camping

What a fun weekend we had! I love this time of year. The weather is perfect, starting to cool down a little bit. We go camping several times a summer, but it seems Labor Day is always a tradition for us to go. We head up to the Uinta's typically, this year we camped at a place called "Beaver View." It was a lot of fun, and the weather was perfect! It wasn't too cold, and not too hot either. We spent Saturday fishing at Matt's secret spot (to remained un-named, sorry). Every time we go there we catch HUGE fish. This year was no exception. Too bad I didn't get any pictures to prove it, but they are big, at least 2 pounds (in the other lakes they're tiny, so 2 pounds is HUGE!). Matt's parents have a little fishing boat, so we borrowed that for the weekend and made the trek to this secret lake for a day of fishing. The picture below is Amber on the boat. She is such a trooper and lasted the whole day. Parker on the other hand went a little stir crazy and lasted about 2 hours, which I thought was pretty good for a 1 1/2 year old! Parker was much happier when we got back to shore drinking a Caprisun.









We spent Sunday fishing at a lake called "Moosehorn." It's a shallow lake, so bait fishing works best. The fish aren't huge, but we usually have pretty good luck there too. Sunday's weather was pretty cold and rainy though, and of course the kids were soaked within just a few minutes of getting there. We stayed a couple hours though until we were frozen solid and headed back to camp for some lunch. It was so fun to be back at camp. We just played around camp (hide and seek, took little walks around the Forest) and then all took a little "quiet time." We all eventually fell asleep which was also heavenly!














Sunday night we realized our good weather was coming to an end. The wind picked up and we saw black clouds in all directions. We decided to break camp and head home. We had planned to stay until Monday, but with the idea of breaking camp in the pouring rain, it sounded more appealing to do it then in the dry, windy weather. Once the tent was down, the kids didn't have anywhere to go eat dinner, so they chose a pretty decent shelter, Libby's kennel. Not the most sanitary place I'm sure, but who cares, we're camping, right? They loved it besides, and it kept them put while we were busy packing away. They both fit in there perfectly too. Libby was a little freaked and didn't know where to go. It was kind of sad but funny too.





We packed up right in time. Just as we pulled away the rain started, and it poured! It was crazy how fast it hit. We drove through a couple other camp sites just for fun and to see where we might like to camp next year, and while we were going through one we saw this huge bull moose. It was super close too.








This isn't part of Labor Day, but I wanted to post these photos. Amber is totally in to Play Doh lately. She is happy as can be for at least an hour a day playing with this stuff. The other day this is what she created...






I thought it was so cute! It's like a little Mr. Potato Head. I thought it was very creative for a little 3 year old! The picture below is one Amber took of my growing belly. She is proud of it, and loves to talk to it. She wanted to take a picture, which I guess I'm glad in a way. I need to document this pregnancy like I did the others, right? If only my belly stayed this small until the end! I should do a week by week so you can see how freakishly HUGE I get. That too needs to be documented.