Trial Lake

For the second year, we headed up to Trial Lake in the Uinta Mountains.  We just went for a few days, but it was nice to get out of cell phone range for that long!

It was so nice to be able to let the kids just explore and I squashed my motherly instincts to tell them all "quit playing in that dirt!"

Sunrise showed no fear, climbing over rocks and logs and never looking back.

We went with friends who had canoes and a small sail boat.  Thunder took advantage of this and went fishing a few times.  There is nothing better than fresh lake trout cooked over a camp fire!

Sunshine decided to fish in his own way.  The kids traded off a few nets and actually caught quite a few fish.  They were dismayed when they all died in the holding pond (a small pot left in the sun).

We went on a hike around the entire lake.  They all did very well with the long hike and we saw some great views.  The bugs were sure glad we were there too.

Here we are mid way through the hike!  If this picture looks vaguely familiar, we took a picture on this exact log last year!

Have you ever heard that the Bishop carries the ward?  Well, he did carry us out to the sailboat.

We also played a fantabulous game called Chubby Bunny, where everyone stuffs increasingly more and more marshmallows into their mouths until there is one winner.

Clearly, being slightly crazy helps with this game.

And this is one last pic from when Thunder visited Girl's Camp for church and ended up leaving with a giant "U" shaved into his head!  Being an avid BYU fan, he said his hair nearly burst into flames :-)