Summer has almost come to an end.  You wouldn’t know it by looking at a calendar, or stepping outside for that matter, but it is true.  It is a well known fact that once school starts, summer is over.  School could start in the middle of June and summer would be over.  That’s just how it is and there’s nothing that anybody can do about it. Since school starts on Wednesday for the kids, we decided that it would be good...

A few months ago, Holly had decided that we needed to go on a camping trip over the 24th of July weekend.  I had Friday the 23rd off and she didn’t work at all that weekend so she thought it would be the perfect opportunity to get away.  For reasons that I can’t seem to remember at the moment, the camping trip for the 24th got moved up a few weeks leaving us with a three-day weekend full of nothing to do.  Sure, there are...

Those who know us know that we’re avid campers.  We go camping multiple times each summer and hate to see each weekend go by because we know that it’s one less chance for us to go camping.  This year though, I was a bit concerned about going camping because of Lincoln.  In the past, when we’ve taken our babies camping, it’s usually an exhausting experience that involves listing to a baby cry for a few days. ...

For those who would like a brief glimpse into a few of our camping trips this season, I’ve posted some pictures from our stays at Hades and Tanner’s Flat in the gallery.  The gallery is still password protected so if you don’t already know the magic words to get in, just ask us and we’ll be happy to...

Over the weekend, we had our final camping trip of the season.  This time we went to Hades campground which is along the banks of the Duchesne River in the Uinta Mountains with my side of the family.  This is a location that we discovered last year.  It immediately became one of our favorite places to set up camp.  When I learned that some of my cousins had never been camping or fishing, I took it upon myself to remedy the situation and...