First Camping Trip of the year

We are finally home! Went camping up Payson Canyon right below Mt. Loafer Trail. It was a blast! I wish that everyone in the family was up there with us.

The first night was OK, but when we woke up the floor was soaking wet! The water line to the toilet must have froze during the winter so all the water drained out all over the floor. When you turned on the pump it really made everything WET!!! Luckily we weren't that far from town and were able to bring up water to wash hands, bathroom and dishes...

Paul made a zip line for the boys and a swing. He made another swing so everyone wouldn't fight over it. We went fishing, swimming at Payson Lake Scott and Tim even jumped off of the dock! Our friends the Baker's came up. They brought their tubes, raft and kayak. Brandon did not want to get out of the raft he had so much fun. Surprised me because the last time he was in one he was really scared....

I was really glad that Brandon, Deseret, Chelsie, Jordan and Sam could come up...
Enjoyed spending time with friends, can't wait to do it again.

Paul drove down to work, (wish he was able to take the whole time off) while he was gone me and the boys played badminton, read, shot Paul's crossbow (can't believe how good of a shot the boys were especially Scott) and went on a walk. The boys had so much fun trying to catch squirrels, chipmunks and potguts! The first couple of days were so bad with mosquitoes we went through 3 things of bug spray, we even brought up our Tiki torches. Finally Paul had a really great idea he brought up our bug spray and sprayed around our campsite. I really wished he would have thought of that earlier.

It was so perfect where we were at shade all around us!!! We couldn't believe how HOT it was down in town... It was at least 20-30 degrees cooler at camp then in town!

Scott and Tim had fun sleeping in the tent by themselves. Me I was paranoid at first, but I knew that they were OK, I just not used to the idea that they are growing up.

We saw so many deer! Which got us all excited for the deer hunt!!! Can't wait!

I really think that half of Payson was camping the 24th weekend. There was soo many people on the weekend!!! I really thought that Payson Canyon was a big enough place to go, boy was I wrong... I have never seen so many people jammed into one spot on the weekend. Lucky that we got there early! We had to deal with drunks and the loud music that night, they made everyone mad, but it was also funny. Entertainment that night is when they tried to go down the zip line and landed on their butt REALLY HARD (HA HA HA) Paul made the zip line for kids not adults (even though he did go down it) Just one of those things that you had to be there.

I will post pictures later...