advantages to living on top of the mountain

Being on top of the mountain gives us lots of places to hike (and it is super nice that it is not 10,000 degrees outside too). 

 On this hike you can see Utah Valley on one side of the path,

 And Salt Lake Valley on the other side of the path

 (Who knew Phish could be a horse too?)

Hoogle ZOOOO

I love Zoos.  I was so excited to live near a good one! We (MJ, Jens, Mac, Auntie Em, Ben, Sofie, Eddie and I) Made a trip to the Hoogle Zoo.  I was pretty excited to go because i used to go when I was little with my Grandma Kathryn.  It has changed a lot since I was there last- for the better.

Same drinking fountain as when I was little

apparently Elephants have horrible digestive systems- like someone else I know :)

Look closely, the baby elephant is standing on her head!

 Liked it so much we are now year pass holders!!

Another one is out

At the Lemon reunion Maissie had another tooth that was just barely hanging in her mouth.  When we go back to Grandma and Grandpa Lemon's she pulled it out!

Lemon Family Reunion

Despite all the rain and storms we had a great time at the Lemon Reunion!  The organizers did a great job at getting some good food and fun games put together.

We had to come up with activities- Mac liked the shower cap but the big hit was the vacuum.

We waited out the rain in the trailer watching a movie

We spent the night in the cabins (I know, my kind of camping)  but we still had fun with flashlights

The hammock was so much fun.  I think the kids spent hours in it.

Or slept in it

one of the few pictures of Jens.  She was often to busy playing to get a picture.

We stopped at the DAM before we went home.  It was VERY full.

The grandparents were nice enough to watch the kids while we (Mark, Em, and I) rafted the Green River.  Because the water was so full we made it down the river in about half the time as usual.  The three of us managed the big raft!

A visit from Laura and Makenna

Laura brought Makenna all the way up the mountain to see us while they were in Utah.  It was great! Maissie was so happy to see and play with Makenna.  They seemed to pick up right where they left off.  We really miss them!!

The RACE- Red White and Blue fun run

We decided to have a fun run at the ranch- hopefully something that will be continued in the future.  I thought it was a great success.  I was so please how well all the participants did.

 This is the starting line

 People had a choice between a 3K or a mile- These are the milers

 
This is Jens finishing the race.  Maissie was ahead of us most of the time.  Jens decided she wanted to beat Maissie, so when Maissie stopped to talk to the horses, Jens sprinted ahead to finish!
But then she saw Mark coming and she ran to him so she could finish with him. 

 Mark got First Place in the 3K

 This was the water cart- aka Ranger with extra seating attached

 Arthur AND Evan did the entire 3K!!

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