Sunday, June 21, 2015
Minecraft Father's Day
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Mud Butts
We entered the Mud Run a 3.8 mile race and our team was named the Mud Butts. We had Big Butt, Muscle Butt, No Butt and Little Butt, you can decided who was who. We ran this race 4 years ago and decided to have the kids join us even though the minimum age is 13. I told Hailey she needed to wear a bra and I would stuff it so she looked old enough. She didn’t like that at all! Lots of pictures to capture all the great moments
Our official camera man, it’s not easy to keep the lens mud free
The Kuyper family joined us which made it so much more fun. They are up for anything. At the starting line with no clue what’s to come
The first pit, no big deal, we can walk through this
The same pit further down, it dropped a few feet. Shane swimming in mud
Getting ready to go down the waterslide into a mud pool
Jesse taking the plunge. Hailey went down and forgot to close her mouth- Yikes
Love that today was the Kuyper’s Anniversary, and this is how they decided to celebrate!
Quality family fun for an early Father’s Day celebration. It was such a blast
Camps and Kuypers
It’s going to be an annual event for both our families, can’t wait till next year.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Mammoth
One week in Mammoth and we did it a lot. On our drive in, it was raining and we jumped out to take this.
Views on our way to Devils Postpiles
Cathy and Duane and the Jennings joined us for the first part of the week
Yes, we coordinated our outfit- Not
The kids made the first part of the hike to Devils Postpile easily. We heard from some hikers that Rainbow Falls was another 1 1/2 miles and beautiful so we headed onward
Not too many trees on this hike but still very scenic
Camps and Jennings hiking to the falls
Rainbow Falls did not disappoint. At first we were just enjoying it from above.
Then we found a path down, so worth it
Katie and Adam having a moment
Hailey and Shane got as close to the falls as possible
My awesome sista’ in law
Can’t take too many pictures of this place
The girls, while they still had energy
The scene in our condo in the evenings- Minecraft party
We drove to an Obsidian Dome. A huge mountain of broken up obsidian rock that was about a mile across. We hiked to the top and it looked like another planet up there
Cathy, Duane and Katie took all the kids on a horseback ride around Convict Lake. I guess the horses were a little spunky which made for a fun ride. Not your typical rental horses
Hailey and her horse Frank. She was in heaven, it was the highlight of her trip she said
Hailey is laughing at Eli’s horse who is taking care of business
Horseback ride break for the horses or the kids?
Afterwards, we meet up with everyone and Cathy rented some canoes and a pontoon boat to ride around on Convict Lake
Nicki and Liam joined us. We maxed out the limit on this boat by a few bodies. We tried fishing but still the Camps can’t catch a fish
The kids really wanted to try out the mini golf course. These are no fair-weather golfers. It rained on them and they never stopped!
We took the kids on a really fun bike ride called downtown. Best part, it was all downhill and the kids didn’t crash
Jesse and I rode back up to get the car and I enjoyed that more than going downhill. It was a great ride
Jesse and Chris went out the next day and did some serious riding
I took the Graves kids with us on the Downtown trail. The boys were so fast I hardly saw them, just hoping to see them all in one piece at the bottom
Here is the spot that Hailey crashed and burned last year. She was nervous but handled it like a Champ! Hailey is funny, she talks the whole bike ride to me and I can’t hear a thing
Looking out over Twin Lakes. We decided to hike straight down the mountain along the waterfall and blazed a new path to the lakes
It was a tough hike but because it was an adventure the kids were ampted
I’m not sure if Nicole enjoyed our hike as much as the kids did!
Took the kids bowling that night
John Wada knows all the ins and outs of Mammoth. I told him we wanted to do whatever he does. So he took us on a hike in Little Lakes Valley. He said we would be back for lunch, so we brought hardly any food. Rebecca and Tyler joined us too. I can’t believe how much Hailey looks like Shane in this picture
The kids hiked up and down boulders the whole way
It was probably the prettiest hike I have ever been on. Fairly flat, with meadows, streams and 6 lakes
Our group + Rebecca taking the picture
The kids kept saying they wanted to hike to the snow. They were so motivated that they wouldn’t stop till they touched it. We kept telling them that it’s a lot further than it looks.
4 miles later their determination was rewarded.
So here are Kyle and Shane 4 miles from the car and we had no snacks. I thought it was going to be a disaster hiking back but they were the biggest troopers. Not one kid whined and we didn’t get back to the car until 4pm. Shane said that hike was his favorite thing about the trip.
A very well deserved jacuzzi. The funny thing is, the Graves had been waiting for us since 1:30 to get back, we were a tad late
Our last morning, Hailey wanted to try one last time to catch a fish so we headed to Lake Mary. Still nothing!
A slight detour on our way home. This rock sums it up- A Happy and Fun Trip