We decided to get out of the Texas heat and get back to a mountain for the Labor Day holiday. We went back to Arizona to a big beautiful mountain, Mnt Graham! It was a nice trip away, even though it was a long drive, and then 2 hours up the mountain. There was rain right before we got there so the roads weren't that great, but otherwise the weather was beautiful and cool! It was great to have 60 degree temps and even wear sweaters and warm up around a campfire.
The mountain held lots of awesome experiences, including: exploding diapers, broken glasses, mountain lions up the way, cousins, bow and arrows, football throws, injured fingers, throwing up in the middle of the night, walking around the lake, bike rides, skinned knees, roasting marshmallows, games, church on the mountain, pretending to be cave men, waking up with the sun, star gazing, worm hunting, picking wild raspberries, being covered in dirt, starting fires, smoke, smelling like smoke, no cell reception, seeing friends unexpectedly, and many more!!
It was great to be away and we took lots and lots of photos! I think having time away without distractions was awesome. The kids also did really well on the drive so that was very encouraging. Traveling with a 1 year old can be tricky. We will look forward to trying to make it an annual event. It was nice to be in Arizona and in cooler weather!
Bug
Daddy and Chica throwing the football
Joy catching
Mhari, Simon, Clark
Thomas and Grant
Chica
Mommy and Lorna
Clayton and Talmage
Joy and Jonathan
Ira
Daddy and Mhari throwing the football
Clark and Simon joining in the football fun
Grant and Thomas digging for worms
Aaron getting the game ready
The boys
Grant and Tommy. Grant was always shooting his bow and arrow that he made
Joy, Sandra, and Mhari
Simon and Clark being cute on the stairs
Clark
Lorna
Such a cute bug and Daddy
Ears
Mommy and Bug
Thomas, Clayton and Grant raspberry picking
Clark and his stick. I think every kid had their own stick, or two
Lorna
Lorna sitting with Grandma while she settled down
Mhari
Talmage, Joy and Mhari
Aunt Michelle holding bug while she ate chips
Jeff and Talmage getting our own little campfire started
Sandra with her bow and arrow that she made
Lorna on a huge rock at the lake. She is such a cutie
Mhari and Talmage trying to catch a fish (using just hands)
Grant poking at the fish
At the lake
Mhari blowing a huge dandelion
Mhari doing a funky pose on a log
Clark trying to do it too... with some help from Mhari
Talmage tried it too. Clark decided he needed to be a part of it.
Lorna discovering a flashlight
More football
Our last sunset
The girls picking raspberries
Grandpa
Clark
Mommy and Lorna
Roasting hot dogs
I ran from the truck to the campsite holding Lorna. She really liked it.
Lorna dancing in the kitchen... cuteness
Mhari's thumb injury... tripped on a rock
Sad girl
Leann and me switching the babies
More lake
Talmage carving his arrows
Mhari
Talmage, Sandra, and Grant
I pulled out the cowboy hat for the last day
Sandra with her marshmallow chocolate creation
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