Little Miracles: J's Family Reunion

Monday, September 6, 2010

J's Family Reunion

For Labor Day weekend, we spent it up in Twelve Mile Canyon for J's Family reunion. The elevation is 10,163, so we were up pretty high! That is our camp in the picture. We had a fun-filled weekend of camping, games, horseback riding, fishing, and of course, marshmallow roasting!

Zuri had tons of fun playing in the dirt and with her cousins, who were excited to see her after being in Georgia all summer.

Dirty face! She wouldn't give me a smile--I was distracting her from playing.

She also spent much time chasing and playing with the dogs

Sitting by the campfire...she really didn't take to the marshmallows though.

Playing in the tent before we went to bed. She loved the flashlight and wouldn't put it down. She actually fell asleep with it in her hand! Our first experience camping with Zuri didn't go so well. She was up screaming most of the night. We aren't quite sure what the problem was, but she had also been up all night the previous night so it wasn't necessarily camping itself... We also had really high winds all night that would shake the tent and cause the rain fly to flap noisily against the tent, which could be a contributor to her restlessness as well. In fact, the wind was so fierce that it split one of our tent poles and caused a tree to snap.

Games included shoe races, playing horseshoes, and of course, running the gauntlet! J and I even won at horseshoes (it was only my second time playing--I did pretty well)! Activities included fishing, 4-wheeling, canoeing, and horseback riding.

We went to Ferron Lake to fish, but the winds were so high that the fish were scarce. Still, we were able to catch a few small ones.

As always, Zuri had fun throwing rocks into the water

Zuri's favorite activity, though, was the horseback ride. She got to do a little on her own (very supervised, no worries)! She did not want to get off the horse when it was time. Looks like we are going to have a cowgirl!