June Update

I am writing this update in September, so I can't really remember what we did in June but I thought I'd post a few things I remember. I know it was a really rainy month so we didn't do a whole lot. Porter's parents have this really nice pond that is just down from our house and they decided to fix it up this year so everyone would have a place to hang out as a family. Grandpa Galloway spent a bunch of time getting it ready for grass, then everyone got together and had a sod party and helped to lay it out. This is a picture of the kids taking a break.Brynlie helped put down a few pieces, but the men did most of the work. It turned out really well and everyone has had a really good time hanging out at the pond.Both Rylie and Brynlie love to fish! I can't believe how fast they caught on and were able to cast like pros in no time. They usually just practice casting. I don't think they caught a fish on their own yet, but when Porter catches one he'll let the girls reel it in and they love it.June was also the month we went camping. Well I can't really say we went camping, more like day camping. It was still in the 30's or 40's at night and I wasn't about to torture myself and my kids just to stay overnight. So we would go up in the morning and go home and sleep at night. I guess that's the nice thing about living up the canyon, we don't have to go very far to go camping.We mostly just hung out , went on a couple of small 4 wheeler rides, and just let the kids play. One night we decided to go on a hike to the head of the river. It's not a very long hike and it was fairly cool weather. Porter had one of his friends up with his daughter and we all went on the hike. The girls did really well and had a lot of fun. Porter decided to take our new camera and try out his photography skills. He took a lot of really cool pictures. The one at the bottom is my favorite. It shows the water coming out of the mountain. The water that comes out is so cold and so good, it amazes me that it is safe to drink.
I really can't remember what else we did but I don't think we did very much since it rained a lot. It was a pretty pathetic first month of summer.