Island Park

July 8th through the 15th the kids and I were in Ashton visiting my family. Chant was able to come and enjoy the weekend before he had to go home and back to work. Friday night we went camping in Island Park. We loaded up the camper and the 4-wheelers and took off. About the time we turned off the main road and started down the dirt road an intense hail storm started. It was so loud I couldn't hear my mom talking in the seat behind me. We were moving slow it was so hard to see. Incredibly the kids slept through it. Then when we got to the camp a beautiful blue sky appeared. We found a nice spot right by the water. The first thing my dad did was set up his fishing pole. He has quite the amazing set up. His fishing pole holder has a horn on it so when the pole is being pulled the horn honks and the kids go running.

My nephews, above, Easton and Dalton, came out when they got off work. By then things were getting dryer. My brother Kirk, sister-in-law Christi, and niece McKenzie arrived just in time for dinner.

This year everyone got camping chairs for their birthdays. I'm jealous I don't have a camo one like Kirk or an awesome lime green one like Z.
While Chant and Brinnley were riding 4-wheelers, they collected long sticks to make a tepee. The kids were put to work.

This is what things looked like at camp. Grandpa and Brinn watched the poles while Porter collected and then threw pinecones into the water, probably scaring off a lot of potential biters. Oh well, he had fun.
Brinnley proved that Grandpa is actually a good fishing partner even though cousin Tyler might disagree. She caught three fish.
Ainsley girl also caught one, which was the biggest of the bunch. It was so big Grandpa had to help her reel it in. Once she got it in, she didn't want anything to do with it. That's as close as she would come to standing by it.
The 4-wheelers were running most of the time we were there. Here are the girls with their favorite riding buddies. Dalton and Ainsley both like to go slow. Easton and Brinnley are crazies and they liked hills and going on wild trails.
We had a great weekend camping! Thanks Grandpa for going to all the effort to load everything up. It was well worth it!