Rylee-Girl Scout Camp

Rylee and her fellow Artastic Campers! (her camera was doing something weird)

Rylee doing pottery!

Rylee's cabin she stayed in. They sleep 8 girls, each on their own little cots.

Well, Rylee survived her first Girl Scout camp and first time away from home. I picked her up this morning and she was as glad to see me as I was to see her. She said it was fun, but when I asked if she wanted to go again next year she said no. I asked her about a diffferent camp (horse camp) but she said if it was a week again she didn't really want to. I guess a week was a little too long for her. I am just glad she had fun, learned a lot, and is home safe and sound. She said the food wasn't too good, but she loved all her awesome counselors! They canoed, made pottery, developed pictures in the darkroom, hiked, etc. I hope it is something she will always remember.

S&S Railroad

Yesterday Cole, Noah, Jenna, & I went to this little railroad with my friend Katie and her kids. The guy started it as his hobby 30 years ago and it has grown into a business. They have 2 trains you can ride, a little museum, a playground, and a picnic area. The kids wanted to ride the littler train. The track goes through their yard, in tunnels, past ponies, and a pond. The ride lasts about 15 minutes and it was a lot of fun! The kids really enjoyed it. (so did I)

Jenna, the little mother

Jenna loves her doll! She has to take her everywhere lately. (notice the picture at wheeler farm) She even has to buckle her in a seat belt in the car. Today she had to have her in the bath with her because they were dirty from playing in the sandbox. When I saw her walking around the house with her doll, her backpack, and her purse I had to get out the camera. Isn't she the cutest little mom you've ever seen!?!? She keeps saying when she grows up she wants to be a mom and drive a mustang (I wonder where she got that). She will make a great mom one day.

Wheeler Farm

Cole, Jenna, & Noah on the wagon inside a barn out of the rain (notice the raindrops on their sweatshirts)

Jenna wasn't scared at all of the horses. (before it started raining)

Yesterday was our playgroup trip to Wheeler Farm. It started raining shortly after we got their so we all waited it out in a barn. We waited and waited and it finally slowed enough to make it to our cars. Then it stopped. It was an adventure!

Rylee at Girl Scout Camp

The lodge at Camp Cloud Rim

Daisy, Rylee, & Bailey (her 2 best friends when we dropped them off at camp)

Lake Brimhall

Lastnight we dropped Rylee of at Camp Cloud Rim, a Girl Scout Camp. She is there until Saturday morning. She has never been away from home or us fro that long. We can't talk to her, but we wrote letters for each day. It was wierd to leave her there, but I know she is having the time of her life. The camp she is attending is called Artastic! and they get to learn pottery, photography (darkroom), and other fun art projects. She is there with 2 of her best friends and I am sure she has already made a number of more friends. She is such a social butterfly. She bought herself a digital camera (with a little help from mom & dad) so we will have lots of fun pictures to post when she gets back.

Red Butte Gardens

On Wednesdays this summer we have a little neighborhood playgroup where we go to a different place each week. This was the first week and we went to Red Butte Gardens. It was so pretty and fun! There are so many neat gardens and fun kids area with water stuff and this year some dinosaurs. We had a good time even though it was hot! (99 degrees that day) That is Cole with the red hat reading the sign in the pond. Then there is Noah enjoying the water spitting snakes. And all of them are sitting on some of the big dinosaurs in the other picture.

Lagoon Fun!

Jenna enjoying the whale ride. She was upset because she couldn't go on The Bat (family roller coaster) with the other kids. She loved all the rides she could go on especially the Ladybug Bop. It is similar to the Dinosaur Drop (see other pic) where you go up about 30 feet and it spins and drops you. It was fun and Jenna kept wanting to go again and again.

Noah on one of the little airplane rides. He and Cole were a lot braver than I thought they would be. They liked The Bat the best. It is a roller coaster where the track is above and the seat is hooked above your head. It was a fun ride that wasn't too crazy for them.

Here is Rylee and Cole on the Dinosaur Drop which was fun. Like the Ladybug Bop it takes you up 30 feet and drops you. You go around and back up and drop again and again.