Camping at Kolob Resovoir

Last week Cooper and I spent a lot of time outdoors, so much that little man has a farmers tan. One day we met up with some friends and spent the afternoon at Veterans Memorial splash pad. It's awesome how he runs around with the other kids now, rather than have me carrying him through the water.

The kids playing.

Last Wednesday Josh had enough of Cooper's baby hair and gave him his first cut. I was so sad to see it go, off his head for that matter seeing as I still have it in a Ziploc, but now he looks so much more like a little boy than a baby. As you can see below Cooper wasn't a fan of getting buzzed, either.

"Up now Mom!"

Waaaaah!

Friday morning we packed up the truck once again and made our way to St. George for our weekend of camping with the Craig's. Once Dave got home from work we headed off to Kolob Reservoir - It's right outside Zion, about an hours drive from St. George. The weather was amazing, highs in the 60's, lows in the 40's, and rain!

The boys setting up the giant tent.

Dave

& Josh

We spent our time relaxing, sitting around the campfire while the boys fished. It was such a nice break from the heat!

My boys.

After Cooper's face plant.

Josh fly fishin'

Sam stoking the fire.

Happy, messy boy!

Grandpa Dave, Cooper, and Josh

Sam & Josh

Saturday morning while Theresa and I made breakfast all the boys did some more fishing.

Cooper & Grandpa Craig

The guys on the boat.

Cooper getting dirty, again.

Sam enjoying the outdoors.

Just taking a rest.

After eating Josh and I went out for a quiet boat ride - It was so peaceful, until the rain started coming down. Thankfully we had time to rush back before we got dumped on.

The beautiful lake.

Once the sprinkling subsided, Dave and Josh went out on the float tubes for some MORE fishing. Theresa, Sam, Cooper, and I took the drive back to St. George to see Sarah on her Senior Homecoming.

Dave & Josh

Aunt Sarah & Cooper

Beautiful Sarah

Sarah & Chandler

Meanwhile, the boys got hailed on while fly fishing in their float tubes. The smart boys left their shoes outside of the tent to be filled with water during the heavy rainstorm.

Dave drying out his sneakers.

We stayed the night in town and met up with the guys Sunday morning. We picked up some marshmallows on our drive back to camp to roast over the fire.

Josh roasting Cooper a marshmallow.

Cooper loved the fire!

Sarah & Sam roasting marshmallows.

Trying to get in on the roasting action.

"What, why can't I touch the fire?"

This rolled in during our roasting event.

Waiting in the tent for the rainstorm to pass.

On our drive out the sky cleared up and we got some beautiful pictures of the scenery.

There's no doubt we'll be going back to Kolob, especially when the heat hits its peak here in the Valley.