Lake Cushman Camping Trip June 2011

A lot of people have heard me saying that I don't enjoy camping but some friends made me look at camping on a different way... It's actually not too bad, I guess. This happened in the beginning of Summer 2011.

Muchas personas me han escuchado decir que no me gusta acampar pero, unos amigos me hicieron cambiar de opinion y pensar que acampar no es tan mal, supungo. Esto pasó a principios del verano 2011.

The last day of school, the children had an early dismissal and it was the perfect day to go camping. We met Rob, Rachel and Rebecca at Lake Cushman and camp with them.

El último día de la escuela, los niños salieron temparo y era el día perfecto para ir a acampar. Nos juntamos con Rob, Rachel y Rebecca en el Lago Cushman y acampamos con ellos.

The weather was very nice.

El clima era muy bonito.
Jeremy and Andre took care setting up the Tent!

Jeremy y Andre se encargaron de poner la tienda de campaña!

Andre made a fire.

Andre hizo una fogata.

While camping, Andre filled some of his Cub Scout requirements... That's my boy!

Mientras acampamos, Andre llenó algunos de los requicitos de los Cub Scouts.

Isy enjoying some of our meals. Yum! breakfast burrito!Rachel brought ingredients to make brownies... They were delicious!Rob took my family on a canoe ride. It's just a beautiful place!

Rob llevó a mi familia en su canoa. Es un lugar hermoso!

They boys and children found this place full of Salamanders. There were hundreds of them and everyone had so much fun catching these little guys. After our trip, we found out that they are a poison species of Salamanders... oh well, we're fine after all!

Los muchachos y niños encontraron un lugar lleno de Salamandras. Eran 100s de ellos y todos se divirtieron agarrando estas pequeñas creaturas. Después del viaje nos enteramos que las Salamandras eran venenosas... bueno, nosotros estuvimos bien después de todo!They had a race competition.

Naomi's little guy!Okay, let me tell you about this picture. The water of this lake comes from melted snow. We were finding the Salamanders in little ponds that were not too deep so the water was not too cold. Isabelle started completely dressed and then she took piece by piece off until she only had a hat and shoes! What can I say... she likes water or maybe... being naked.

Bueno, dejénme que les diga de ésta foto. El agua de este lago viene de nieve que se ha derretido. Nosotros encontramos las salamndras in pequeñas pocitas donde el agua no es profunda y no muy fría. Isabelle empezó completamente vestida y poco a se quitó pieza por pieza de su ropa hasta que solo tenía una gorra y zapatos. Qué puedo decir... a ella le gusta el agua o tal vez estar desnuda.

Now, Rob is swimming in the very cold water of the lake. He's crazy!

Ahora, Rob esta nadando en el agua que es muy fría del lago. El es loco!

All the fun made the girls tired.

The girls having fun with Rachel.

Is this an expression of excitement of what?

We saw many cool places while hiking.I love this pic!

Rachel asked Ariana for help... I think it was too big for her :o)

Yep! it was the best camping trip ever! Thanks to Rob and Rachel we have a nice family memory with family and friends. I would do it again.

Sí! este fué el mejor viaje de acampamiento! Gracias a Rob and Rachel tenemos buenas memorias como familia y con amigos. Yo lo haría otra vez.

Clamming Day at Shine Tidelands

Last Tuesday was a very good day for clamming because the tide was on our side. We went to Shine Tidelands Stake Park with a lot of our friends. Some of them dug clams for the first time, some others already had done it in the past and a few just watched us digging. We had a blast and the children played the whole time. We were 11 adults and 10 children.

First, we need to decide where to start digging....

The children were so anxious to help...
I'm not sure Rob knew what he was doing :o)

We got about 320 steamers and cockles

Here is Des helping the boys to get horse clams, she had a blast!

They got about 50 of them!Digging for steamers is fun but McKay had the best luck finding the good spots so, Shirlee and I decided to join him. Baby Alice was amazing. She was on her mom's back the entire time and never complained. She is the best baby ever! These are a cute pictures of Isabelle.

Andre had a birthday the day before, Alice was having a birthday and Isabelle's was the next day and, Rachel was very sweet and thoughtful that made a cake for them. Thanks Rachel!

Cute girls!

Daughter-Daddy pics.

No one had a swimming suit but... that didn't matter. Even Rebecca was playing in the water with her pajamas on :o)

At home cleaning the clams.
Shirlee, Annette and I were preparing everything to make clam chowder and getting the clams ready to freeze. Team work!

Hosting a Baby Shower

In our church we like to do service for others. Sometimes we seek and find opportunities and some others we are asked to serve. One of our leaders at church called me and asked me to throw a baby shower for a sister that was expecting a baby. Even though it was her fourth child she was in need of everything for her new baby and I was happy to help. First, I started with invitations. I Came up with the idea by looking on the Internet and thinking about what I wanted to do. I made 50 invitations, one by one but, my lovely Jeremy was so kind to help me cutting. Every single one was different from each other. En la iglesia nos gusta ofrecer servicio y ayudar a otros. A veces buscamos las oportunidad y otras alguien nos pide que ayudemos. Una de las lideres de la iglesia me llamo y pidio que organizara un baby shower para una hermana que estaba embarazada. Aunque era su cuarto bebe ella necesitaba todo para su nueva bebita y yo estuve contenta de poder servirla. Primero, empece con las invitaciones. La idea vino de buscar en el internet y pensar lo que queria hacer. Hice 50 invitaciones una por una pero Jer me ayudo cortando. Cada una fue diferente de la otra.

After that, I wanted to make something special for her so, I learned how to make a diaper cake. I searched on YouTube and found a video that showed me how to make it. Went and bought everything I needed and made my own design.

Despues de estas yo quise hace algo especial para ella asi que aprendi como hacer un pastel de panales. Busque en youtube y encontre un video que me enseno como hacerlo. Fui a la tienda y compre todo lo necesario para hacer mi propio diseno.

Baby was born a couple weeks early so we had the opportunity to meet her on the shower. With the extra diapers I made this:

Here she is, Cherilynn and her daughter Francilya.

I'm glad she had a great time and received everything she needed for her new baby. Estoy contenta que ella la paso muy bien y recibio todo lo que necesitaba para su nueva bebe.