Henefer Memorial Day Weekend 2011

Lilly Picking Up Sticks

Melanie just handed me the laptop.  It seems as though I am responsible for finishing this post as she goes to choir practice.  Friday night we decided to go to Henefer for the night.  My family owns several acres up the canyon from Henefer to East Canyon.  They have a campground where several family members park camp trailers for the summer.  This time it was just our little family and uncle Ryan.  We got there late and Lilly did not want to come inside the trailer for bed Friday night.  She could have hauled sticks around the camp all night.  She loved the swing, the "weeeee" as she called it. When we would force her into the trailer she would scream "a-side, a-side, a-side."  We took her back out a couple more times then finally she wore herself out.  With exception to some sickness at the end, the trip was a success!

"weeeee"

Lilly and Dad

Melanie and Ryan did not show restraint in purchasing properties they probably couldn't afford.  While playing Monopoly, they demonstrated exactlywhat happened with the recent US financial crisis.  Needless to say, I picked up almost all their properties under "house rules" foreclosure.  Good for me, bad for them.  We had some good laughs and I think their strategies have changed for round #2 in the coming days.

We ended the day on a little family hike.  Hailey thought for sure she was hearing a turkey and wanted to find it.  We did hear and followed something.  I don't think it was a turkey.  It sounded somewhat like a turkey but we never caught sight of it.  We did catch a few ticks on our hike - 4 to be exact!

Lilly and Kate on the hunt

Rock Chuck Team #6

Henefer Sniper School 2011

Saturday was spent napping, playing games, and rock chuck hunting.  Ryan and I sat out on lawn chairs most the day just waiting for those little guys to poke their heads up out of their holes.  They have torn up the fields and campground.  There are holes everywhere; therefore, their little colony needed some thinning.  One of us would spot them with the binoculars while the other zeroed in on the target.  Hailey was also quite the rock chuck spotter.  She called it "Beaver Hunting." 

We loved Henefer and are looking forward to many days spent up there this summer!