Camping trip 2011

This weekend we had an amazing camping trip. We left on Friday for Lehman Caves. It is in Baker Nevada. About a 6 hour drive from our house. They have the best camp sites and it is truly my favorite place to go camping. When we arrived it was raining in the town, but when we got up to our site, (15 minutes up the mountain), it had already passed. So we took a few moments, found the PERFECT site, and set up camp. We were right next to the creek and very secluded. It was wonderful. It was off and on rain. In fact on the second day, we spent a few hours in the tent giggling, cuddling and having tickle wars. When the rain stopped, the kids went over to the creek and caught 2 trout with their bare hands! We cooked them up on the BBQ and Gerry and KC ate them and said they were the best they had ever had. Then on Sunday morning we left that campsite and drove down to Eagle Valley for some fishing. It started out raining so we were the only ones there. Gerry caught 2 trout there and after about 5 hours we got ahold of his cousin Kelley and drove to Ely. There we stayed at Uncle Tommy's cabin and then in the morning, Kelley took us to his "secret" fishing hole. I think it's called Ippitah. It is just a small little lake where the trout were jumping all over the place! Noah caught the first fish by the fin! Then He caught another, Jordan caught one, Gerry and Kelley caught the last ones. KC, Sherri (another cousin) and I didn't get any fish THIS TIME! ;) Then we drove home through Tonopah and stopped to look in the haunted hotel in Goldfield, and candy shop in Beatty at the candy store. It was such a great weekend, we didn't want it to end! I took so many pictures I had to do more than one slide show!

Noah turned 10!!!

On July 27th we celebrated our last 10 year old birthday. Noah had a few friends over and they all played on his new slip and slide. There was so much laughter and fun. Then we brought out the pizza and candy. That was gone in seconds! Noah was so surprized to see his Captain America ice cream cake. All in all, it was a success!

Lysa came to visit!

Lysa and Sean came to visit us out of the blue! It was sooo good to see them again. Lysa is Gerry's daughter from his first marriage and Sean is her son. The kids have really been missing her so her visit was very much appreciated. We can't wait until they get to visit us again :)

Girl's Camp 2011

Jordan went to girl's Camp again. She always has so much fun and makes memories that will last a lifetime. I love that it builds her testimony every year. Our ward's theme was Rubies.

MNOT competition

Jordan competed in the Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen pageant this summer. She was so beautiful. She did awesome and had a blast. We loved going out to cheer her on too!