Camping @ Dead Horse Ranch National Park in Cottonwood

The kids had so much fun together! They made quite the impressive forts/houses up in the bushes. They made a house, church, school and as Kiersten said, "going to start a temple soon!" I thought that was so cute of the kids to think of building a temple. Kiersten said when we were leaving that she was "sad they didn't get the temple built because she knows how important temples are." I just love her! She has such a sweet tender spirit. Hunter had the time of his life playing with Chase who is twice his age. It was fun to hear the kids pretend play. They had quite a time fighting pirates and Indians. It was cute to watch and listen to them!

This is the path to their "city."

Logan loved riding his bike around the campsite on the road. It was a great camping spot and nice to have full hook-ups!

We Fell In Love with Greer!!

We decided to got have a fun outing to Greer while up in Egar. We all just fell in love with this small, quaint town. The Smith's, the Green's and us enjoyed our picnics there both Saturday and Sunday. The small stream that ran through the town was perfect. The little kids played in the water, while the older boys went fishing and even caught some fish. Greer is such a cute town, we plan on going back and camping at one of the RV parks there. There were cute little shops, bakery, restaurants and ice cream shop.

Logan had a blast here............of course he got soaking wet in the freezing cold water, but it didn't seem to faze him. I just got my foot in and thought "why.......seriously why would you subject your body to that?" Kids....................they just don't care.

Hunter, Whitney and Maranda thought it was so funny that they made it across the creek. They danced and shook their bums at us, just giggling away. I love watching kids just enjoying being kids. I learn a lot from it!

Logan and Melanie had fun with each other. Logan thought the creek was more like a swimming pool and laid right down in it. They played like they were cooking all the rocks to eat and also used the rocks as paint brushes. It's fun to see kids use their imagination...........especially two year olds.

This was the kids "boat house," and they loved it. They sure enjoyed playing house.

Hunter is just so dang cute!

Hunter's Pioneer Feet!!! Hunter truly has some tough feet, we can hardly keep shoes on him. He'll run across rocks barefoot no problem!

Hunter loving the water. Greer was so much fun and we can't wait to plan a trip to go back.

4th of July...............Camping in Egar

Hunter and Whitney were quite the pair this weekend!

They enjoyed their junk food picnic together. It was fun to watch them play.

Hunter and Whitney were playing really good so I went over to complement them. I told them they were doing a great job playing. Hunter said, "We are playing house." Real quick Whitney replied, "Hunter's not my husband..........he's the dog!" Later in the day I was teasing Lace that she was going to have to come home with me to watch Logan for me for a week. She said she didn't want to. Hunter looked up and said, "What about Whitney, can't we keep her?" They were so cute together!

Watching the rafts float down the canal.

Logan was sooo excited to have his own raft. He would jump and run to chase after the raft in the water. Lots of fun for him and all the kids.

The kids loved having a little Birthday party for America! Especially when they found out they all got to blow out a candle on their cupcakes.

Kiersten stopped to pose for me.

There was a small irrigation ditch that ran in front of the place where we camped, so what better thing to do then make rafts out of sticks and have races. The kids loved every bit of it. They raced their rafts the whole weekend. It was fun to see their excitement and creativity that went into their rafts! Fun times for sure!

Watching the rafts compete. Hunter usually carried his down half way and then threw it in. Of course everyone was a winner. At one point Hunter asked, "just how can I be the winner and someone else....................not too smart mom."