This last weekend we went camping with Chet and Stacy. We went up to Copenhagen campground at the top of Strawberry, close to Preston Idaho. We left Friday evening after I went and picked up Amy and Davids kids and after Grant helped Jared move the pipe. Amy and David didn’t want to go camping and get all their camping gear out of storage. so I just took the kids with us. Justin was looking forward to camping with his cousins and would have been board with just us adults. Plus Camping is a great way to make memories with your grandkids.Jared and Sativa didn’t come up until Saturday either and neither did Matt and Alice. but we almost had the whole family there on Saturday, the only two who were missing were Audrina, because she was spending the week with her biological dad and Ben, he is at Basic Training in Oklahoma, we missed them both. We got up there in pretty good time. and got our camper set up. Stacy had Dutch oven potatoes and hamburgers and hot dogs and chips for dinner that night and she took care of breakfast the next morning. we did lunch’s together and then I took care of Dinner on Saturday night. We had potato salad and Dutch Oven fried Chicken and baked beans. and chips. We also had plenty of marshmallows and cookies and candy and pop for everyone to munch on. Isaac really liked the marshmallows. I think he was having to much fun with them, but he was fun to watch enjoy those big marshmallows. Katie loved driving her uncles and grandpa’s 4 wheelers. and giving rides to the younger kids. Madison, Justin, Jenna and Isaac just loved playing our in the weeds and trees I wish Audrina had been there she would have loved playing with her cousins. We all had fun wadding in the creek that was just down the road. On Saturday morning Chet and Grant went for a 4 hr ride up into Copenhagen basin. On Saturday just before we ate dinner Matt and Chet were playing around with their 4 wheelers riding over a log that was laying down in camp. Chet got high centered on it the first time he went over it. so of course Matt had to go over it, he kind of just hopped over it. and I was getting pictures of them playing and I didn’t get a picture of Chet going over it. So I suggested that he do it again. but this time he tried to hope over it like Matt did. But his 4 wheeler isn't as tall as Matt's and it wheelied over backwards. Chet came off it and hit his head on the log, It knocked him out for just a few seconds and then he was saying he was ok. But he wasn’t ok, later, on Monday he found out he had a bad concussion. so he was off work for a day or so. I won’t ask him for a second chance at a picture again if he’s on his 4 wheeler. Sunday morning we were going to just get up and break camp and go home because we knew Ben would be calling sometime and we didn’t want to miss his call. but I guess it wasn't meant to be. Just after we all got up little Clayton went into a seizure and Chet and Stacy made a mad dash for the ER in Preston, so Grant and I and Justin stayed in camp with all the stuff . Chet came back up around 2pm and loaded all his stuff up and we loaded all our stuff up but by that time we had missed Bens call. It broke my heart. I so wanted to talk to him, but it couldn’t be helped. And I found out that we will probably get to talk to him this Sunday and every Sunday until graduation. Provided know one messes up at basic. Ben did get to talk to Amy and Jared and Stacy though. So that was good. He has been made a Platoon Guide, and he has a calling in his branch at church. he is the Assistant Group Mission Leader. Both are awesome. So now that I have told all about the camping trip here are some pictures of it.
Oh and I should explain the bloody toe in the pictures. and the purple and blue and pink ankle. The toe belongs to Sativa, she had part of her toenail removed on Friday so she was not feeling that great. and the ankle belonged to Grant. On Saturday morning he stepped out of the camper and a rock rolled under his foot and he sprained his ankle really bad. So that explains those two pictures.
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