The boys and I just returned home from a fun weekend getaway in Kemmerer, Wyoming. We went up yesterday morning to visit our friends, Jim and Owen. We arrived around 11:30 in the morning. Shortly thereafter, the boys decided they all wanted to go to the park, so we headed over to the Kemmerer City Park to let them play for a little while. After the park had run its course with the kids, we went back to Jim's house where we hung out and the boys just played with toys for a while until Owen had to leave at 3:00 to go spend sometime with his mom. We were all bummed to see him go, but super stoked when he returned home later last night.
While Owen was gone, Jim took the H2 and me for a ride in his FJ Cruiser. We headed out past Lake Viva Naughton to where the county road ends and the four-wheelin' begins! We bumped and thumped around for a while until we reached the Jim Bridger National Forest, we continued into the forest until we happened upon a clearing where we stopped. Jim pointed something out to us across the canyon.... three bull elk! It was amazing and it gave me the chills to see those magnificent creatures even though they were miles away. Sights like that, the sounds, and the smell of the timber - all reaffirm to me that Heavenly Father does exist. The outdoors are magical. Hayden and Hurley were growing a little restless so we headed back home. I cooked dinner. When we were finished and all cleaned up, I bathed both my boys and got them into their jammies, then it was a waiting game for Owen to come home. Hayden and Hurley were so glad he came back so they could play for a little while longer, then we all settled down and watched Thomas the Tank Engine until it was lights out for all.
This morning we got up, had breakfast and played for a little while. Jim suggested we go down to the Lion's Club Community Park; it's a little ways past Frontier and down a dirt road by the Hamm's Fork River.
{I'm sure to those of you who know nothing about these parts of Wyoming, the specific locations hardly seem relevant; but because this is where my grandparents, and parents grew up, it's a pretty special place to me - full of memories. And the wonderful man I'm in love with just so happens to be from there too, so I'm making new memories with him and our boys.}
While Owen was gone, Jim took the H2 and me for a ride in his FJ Cruiser. We headed out past Lake Viva Naughton to where the county road ends and the four-wheelin' begins! We bumped and thumped around for a while until we reached the Jim Bridger National Forest, we continued into the forest until we happened upon a clearing where we stopped. Jim pointed something out to us across the canyon.... three bull elk! It was amazing and it gave me the chills to see those magnificent creatures even though they were miles away. Sights like that, the sounds, and the smell of the timber - all reaffirm to me that Heavenly Father does exist. The outdoors are magical. Hayden and Hurley were growing a little restless so we headed back home. I cooked dinner. When we were finished and all cleaned up, I bathed both my boys and got them into their jammies, then it was a waiting game for Owen to come home. Hayden and Hurley were so glad he came back so they could play for a little while longer, then we all settled down and watched Thomas the Tank Engine until it was lights out for all.
This morning we got up, had breakfast and played for a little while. Jim suggested we go down to the Lion's Club Community Park; it's a little ways past Frontier and down a dirt road by the Hamm's Fork River.
{I'm sure to those of you who know nothing about these parts of Wyoming, the specific locations hardly seem relevant; but because this is where my grandparents, and parents grew up, it's a pretty special place to me - full of memories. And the wonderful man I'm in love with just so happens to be from there too, so I'm making new memories with him and our boys.}
Jim tried to teach Hayden the concept of rock skipping, he was a little too timid to actually try it out on his own but he's got the rock selection process down pretty good. He was going up and down the banks finding flat rocks that weren't too thick for either myself or Jim to throw. Jim got each of the boys their own sticks to poke crawdads with - that was very entertaining to watch; Hurley was terrified of those "little lobster-crabby things." Needless to say, we didn't catch any but I think the boys had fun just throwing dozens of rocks into the river and wading into the water, waist-high.
My allergies were absolutely awful up there this weekend, so after getting back to Jim's from the river, the boys and I had to say our good-byes and head home to Sandy. We are looking forward to seeing Jim and Owen again very soon and we miss them when we can't be together.
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