The Great Outdoors

I am so behind on the blog. This summer has really flown by. With Sterling doing summer school we weren't able to go too many places but we still had a great time. So I will try and catch up on some of the fun things we did this summer.
We went camping up near Provo Canyon. What beautiful surroundings we have so near us. The kids had a great time. We went with some friends so there was a bounty of kids to play with. I am just glad no one got lost because they were all over the place. I had a great idea to put a whistle around Brayden's neck just in case and I explained to him that if he were to get lost that he needed to stay where he was and blow the whistle until someone found him. I also stressed not to blow the whistle unless it was an emergency. It was only about 15 minutes that Brayden was allowed to wear the whistle. Everyone around us was ready to yank the whistle from his neck. I kept reminding him to only blow it if it was an emergency. He kept calling back to me, "just testing," or "but I found a bug." I kept calling back, "that's not an emergency." So, needless to say, the whistle didn't last long around his neck, but I am glad he didn't get lost.
Speaking of those bugs. They were caterpillars and they were everywhere. That is all Hailey and Brayden did for two days was collect caterpillars. They each had a bag full. Hailey let them crawl all over her and Brayden kept one on his shoulder the whole time. When it go dark Brayden put his 'secured' bag on the tent and when I walked over to get something later I couldn't tell in the dark what was all over the tent. I found the flashlight and about freaked when there were like 40-50 furry little caterpillars all over the tent.....Gross! I called Brayden over and made him pick them all off.


We did have a great time. We have great little kids and we love their enthusiasm for the small creatures of the world. And Sterling didn't even freak out over all the bugs....good job honey!