
This weekend was beautiful...I can't believe the unseasonably warm spring we've been having. With temperatures in the mid 80s, we couldn't refuse a trip to the mountains behind our house. We all loaded up on the four wheelers, dirt bikes and Ranger, packed a picnic lunch and headed for the hills! We roasted hotdogs and had a delicious salad and chips along with some Muddy Buddies Grace and I threw together last minute. 
David has been going to this same spot his whole life, and it is actually the location of our first date. Lily is standing by she and the kids' names carved in the tree in 2004.

Russ enjoyed riding his dirt bike, and he even let Shelby and Grace learn how to ride it!








June was so hot...she was so glad that we found a small creek of cold run-off water so she could cool down...

Grandpa brought all of the kids' archery equipment, and they had a blast shooting all of the targets they set up.


They are all pretty competetive (especially since grandpa has handmade them each their own set of personalized arrows), but Kate was super determined to hit the target (a water bottle)...



after archery, it was time to shoot the BB guns...





and by that point, everyone was pretty hot, so they decided to build a dam in the creek to back up the water.



even June helped with the effort...

as the water level started to rise behind their dam, the kids' pants came off...


as per his usual self, Russell decided to be brave and dive completely under water. He's crazy like that...

this photo just screams pure happiness to me. It doesn't get any better than this...

there was plenty of resting too...

ha ha...I couldn't resist!

this is the beautiful view coming home from the mountains...our beautiful farming valley below...



by the time we got home, we were covered in dust, so we turned on the slip and slide so that everyone could have a little pre-shower...
