Adventure Day

Occasionally we like to have what our family calls an Adventure Day!
This past weekend we had Regional Conference and we decided to use the opportunity to spend the whole day together as a family.
A couple weeks ago, the kids and I took a drive up to Heber. On our way we passed Deer Creek Reservoir. The kids begged me to stop so they could go swimming on the beaches but we didn't have time, so we decided that Rainbow Bay would be the first stop on our adventure. The weather was perfect for swimming and the water was warm. The kids had a blast.

Here are the kids in the water. Isn't the view behind them gorgeous?

Here is Doug. I think he was meditating. He's not a big fan of the water so he just hung out and relaxed in the sun. The poor guy deserves it. He works too hard.

Ahhhhh. Aren't we cute. (Or something?)

We have a fabulous hometeacher, who is also our neighbor and a member of our bishopric. He told Doug about Squaw peak and some cool campgrounds up there. So after swimming we loaded up the kids and headed up this extremely winding, narrow road that opened up to this incredible view of Utah Valley. It was absolutely gorgeous.
It scared the crap out of Ethan. He's not big on heights.
(No, my children refused to get dressed after swimming, that's why their all half naked.)

Here's a view of our neighborhood.

Up near Squaw Peak are two awesome and very secluded campgrounds. We stopped to explore the Hope Campground which is really nice. We decided to roast marshmallows and have a brief family home evening about being grateful for our surroundings.
(there's a great story in this month's Ensign about that.)
After we filled up on melted chocolate and charred marshmallows we went exploring. The kids took me on an Indiana Jones style hike... It was crazy!

We had the best Adventure Day ever!!