From Sweatshirts to Sweat box

It was true...I couldn't take any more stuff with me...and somehow I guess we couldn't bring home any less! We dropped off stuff for one college student, picked up the stuff from another (there was a little bit of exchange there-but not much) one bike off the roof, another back on. We had to add in camping gear and food so we bought moving boxes to conserve space...who knew how much that would help! The amount of stuff we could pack in, I mean...not the amount of visibility! 

We spent the first week getting the car repaired :) doing things on campus and then spent a couple of days at the condo with my dad and family. It was hectic but enjoyable. 
We had a wonderful time at the cabin! It was great to have temperatures that barely made it into the '80's during the day and stayed below 60 at night.  Compare that to the heat wave at home and we were doubly blessed! The day we left for the cabin the temperature was close to 90 degrees in the valley but as we got to the higher altitudes the temperature kept dropping....we passed patches of snow along the sides of the road.

We celebrated a birthday,

 cleared land,

 played games,

 got dirty,

 went fishing,

 hiked,

went to the shooting range,

 got dirty,

 painted rocks,

 ate,
 played in the fire,

 took pictures,

 got sunburned (and dirty)...

 the guys made a screen door to help keep bugs out of the cabin


We did indeed have more craft materials than could be used in a week!

More than enough to get dirty :)



We roasted hot dogs,

we played pioneer games,

 we read the scriptures and prayed together.

We talked, we laughed and sometmes even cried a little.

We watched a slideshow of 'the good ole' days'  (that weren't really) and reminisced about who did what when...and tried to figure out who in the heck some of the people were in those slides!

4GB of photos later I have lots to choose from...

"Oh, ye mountains high,
where the clear blue sky
arches over the vales of the free.
Where the pure breezes blow
and the clear streamlets flow,
How I've longed to your bosom to flee!"
Hymnal page 34-'O Ye Mountains High'

(especially when it feels like 120 degrees here at home)

It did sort of feel like Zion...I can't think of much better than to be in a beautiful place surrounded by family!

I'll post more pictures as I sort through the virtual stack!