Labor Day Fun

So, we had a GREAT Labor day weekend! I was missing going to Swiss Days a little bit, but Cole seemed to be quite alright about it! What is that all about! Don't boys LOVE boutiques that you can walk through with about a million other people? That is what I thought. Oh well...so we did some other fun stuff instead! On Friday night, we went with 6 other families in our ward and went up to Rocky Mountain National Park at the Glacier Basin Camp Ground and had a GREAT time camping for the night! Lots of work for not much time, but it was worth it. It was so great. 14 adults, 8 kids, 4 pregnant ladies, 2 nursing, and one that was thinking that this was all GREAT birth control! :) We had a great time. Thanks to everyone for being able to come. It was well worth the trip. The boys slept GREAT in the tent! Cole and I were a little bit cold, but the boys braved the cold like little champs. Don't mention the fact that Lincoln was in a sleeping bag meant for 20- and Payton was in hisHere are some highlights. I am not a very consistent picture taker, but here is what I DO have.

Then after the camp out, we went for a fantastic hike! We tried to all go together, but we could never find enough parking, so we all split up and the Wesslers and us went to the top of the mountain and did a few hikes up there! It was a spectacular view and some beautiful lakes. Lots of fun.

Then, we drove home- very tired to say the least- and crashed! Had a great Sunday, and then Monday we woke up and took a VERY long bike ride fully equipped with our new bike trailer! It was SO much fun, but of course I forgot my camera! There are pictures on Cole's phone, and I will have to figure out how to get them on here for later, but for now, you just have to trust me that we had a great time! We kept looking back at the boys, and they were either having a GREAT time, or they were zonked whilst lying on TOP of each other. It was so funny! But it was a very productive weekend, and now we are back to trying to un-bury ourselves from all the laundry and filth that always accumulates! Enjoy!!!

Payton and Lincoln both thought that it was PRETTY sweet that they could jump and play on the air mattress in the tent! Here they are in the act of popping my mattress! (Just kidding, they didn't really pop my mattress, but it sure did feel like it in the middle of the night!)
No, that's not my two year old hitting puberty early and growing a great 'stache. He just had a cold and was wiping his snotty nose all over his face which was covered in dirt. Yummy!
This is Lincoln still asleep at 8:00 in the morning- might as well have been NOON! But he was all bundled up and so cozy! Most of the night, all you could see were his little eyes!
The boys starting up on Breakfast! A few of them at least!
Me and my little bear.
A couple of the kids throwing rocks...hey they weren't throwing them at each other...for the picture at least!
Payton decided that he wanted to eat some DIRT for breakfast! This is what he will look like with a beard! Hehe...
Steph, Anna, Princess Sascha, Payton and I getting ready for the hike.
We hiked to a BEAUTIFUL lake, and Lincoln wanted to go swimming, so we let him wade his feet for a minute. He quickly changed his mind about the swimming idea, but had fun anyways!