Mirror Lake with the Scouts

Tyler and I took 6 of the boys up to Mirror Lake for a camp out and it was one of those "it's all fun and games until someone breaks an ankle" type of camp outs. Did I just ruin the ending? Oops. SPOILER ALERT!!!

We left K-ville and headed up into the mountains. We got hit with a bit of rain on the way up, but we found a great campsite and the rest of the day was clear skies! It was beautiful weather for a camp out. We threw up the tents and hammocks and made ourselves at home...

We spent the rest of the day exploring, cooking hamburgers, doing Merit Badges, and enjoying the great outdoors. We had a beautiful night sky that night and sat around the fire for hours talking and cooking marshmallows. It was a great night.

We woke up the next day to beautiful sunshine and started cooking breakfast. Somehow overnight the boys had gotten really dirty... It was kind of funny.

Oh, and they like to dance in the morning apparently. Haha! I love these guys...

After breakfast, we got into a hardcore game of Capture the Flag! Instead of playing in an open field or meadow, we decided we'd play in the middle of trees, hills, and rocks! Perfect! It actually turned out to be really fun. Everyone was having a great time until one of the boys was chasing Tyler and as Tyler was jumped over a log, he landed in a hole and screamed out in pain. As it turned out, he didn't break his ankle, but it was really close! He sprained it really bad. Fast forward a few days and this is how it looked:

That pretty much put an end to our fun. We decided to pack up and head to the lake. The weather turned nasty on us on the way up there and it turned out to be really cold when we got there. We climbed out, took a short look around, and decided to head down to Kamas and get some pizza! It was delicious.

The trip home was rainy, but uneventful. I'm pretty sure all the boys had a great time. I'm 100% sure we did a good job of wearing them out...

Goblin Valley

We went down south for our latest Scout adventure and got to check out Goblin Valley! What a cool/strange/unique/awesome place that is! The drive down was a long one, but the boys were well stocked with gummy products which made the trip more bearable. Of course, that also meant that they were nice and sugared up, which made them more hyper... Hmm. Thankfully, I had Tim and Tyler with me to keep some sanity and order in the truck!

We pulled into the campground just after dark and met Jeff and Maren who were already there waiting for us with a fire burning. We set up our gear and cooked dinner (hamburgers) over the fire and enjoyed some delicious dutch oven cobbler! We were living the high life for sure. As it was such a beautiful night, the boys decided to set up their hammocks and sleep in those. It got pretty windy throughout the night which really stirred up the sand and blew it around everywhere, but other than that we all slept well.

The next morning, we were able to finally see where we were camping. The view was amazing at sunrise! The campground was completely surrounded by sandstone walls and it was the coolest thing to see. It felt like we were inside a fortress! We had a great breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, and pancakes. (Again, living like kings!)

After we got our gear all packed up and loaded into the truck, we decided to check out The Valley of Goblins. We were able to see tons of different rock formations and structures and really enjoyed exploring the area. We even found a Geocache! Here are some photos:

After we were finished in Goblin Valley, we drove out to the visitors center to check out maps of the surrounding canyons. We had some extra time and decided to check out one of the canyons on our way home. We had a great hike, ate lunch on the trail, and found lots to see!

The trip home was pretty uneventful, except for stocking up on yet more gummy candy... Haha. We had a great trip! Nothing like a trip with the Scouts and theBRIGADE. I roll deep.

Mini Golf With The Scouts

We went to Boondocks recently for Scouts to play mini golf. The competition was fierce for sure. There were some amazing putts made and even several hole-in-one's! In the end, Tyler and I were able to beat the boys and claim the mini golf bragging rights for this round. It was a great time.