Grand Lake...Here We Come Again

In August, we finally had one week where the boys were all available to take a vacation. Summers shouldn't be so busy! This was very important to Larry and I because next summer, Kyle will be taking off on his mission. We might be able to squeeze something in before he goes, but we can't count on it.

So this may be the last vacation the whole family will enjoy together for a while. With this in mind, we definitely wanted to include Andrew, Tiff, and Taylor too. That meant going close to them; Andrew's days off are limited.

After mulling over some new places...we kept going back to the idea of Grand Lake. We had such fun and enjoyed Grand Lake so much last year, we figured a repeat was a great idea. And AT & T were able to join us for the weekend!

We hiked to Adam's Falls again. Always fun.

We also invited T Taylor to join us. He fits in well with our boys.

Andrew and Taylor heading out for a bike ride.

Roasting s'mores.


We spent lots of time playing games. Settlers, Bananagrams, Hearts....
They are playing together...competing against each other.

Waiting to go to church.

Everyone went on a hike,


while Grandma stayed back to play with Taylor. :-)

Water, rocks, sticks...life can't get better than this.

Taylor loves to throw the rocks and sticks, but he HAS to taste them first.

I love this pic...he's wet and so into the water and rocks.

This was so much fun!
We've got a special place in our hearts now for Grand Lake.
I'm sure we'll be going there again.