On Tuesday morning, we packed up our gear, said goodbye to our awesome little cabin and headed to our new campsite. We thought it would be fun to stay in a cabin for a few days, but we definitely wanted to do some tent camping as well.
Our new site was just up the road from the lake in a nice, quiet location. The boys immediately got started on clearing the area and setting up the tent. The kids were pretty excited. It was hard to keep Emily out of the tent while the boys were working. We enjoyed a yummy lunch after everything was unpacked and organized in the tent. The watermelon was a big hit- especially since we didn't want to store it and let the kids eat as much as they could hold.
Tuesday ended up being a record-breaking day for heat. We topped out at a whopping 108 degrees. With those conditions, we had some plans in mind for the day that involved water! We headed out to nearby Evans Hot Springs to enjoy the hot weather. We saw lots of animals along the way again.
Evans Hot Springs ended up being a pretty cool place. They had both indoor and outdoor swimming areas. The indoor area had a giant pool and a few different sections including smaller kids areas, slides, and a really cool section of the water that had a set of rings running from one end of the pool to the other. We kept watching people try to successfully swing the 8-rings without dropping into the pool but didn't see anyone being successful. They designed the pool to have a more natural look to it and even used real river rock on the bottom instead of just concrete.
The boys loved the slides and spent tons of time going up and down all the indoor slides. Emily didn't surprise me at all when she kept wanting to go down the slides with the boys. This girl loves that type of thing and has no fear.
It was warm enough that we decided to move to the outdoor pool that wasn't as crowded. I usually don't like getting in and out of the water because I get cold, but when it's 108 outside, it feels great! Once again, I lost track of how many times the boys went down the slides. Caleb had to take a break for a bit because he banged against a wall on one of his trips down and ended up with a bloody nose. It didn't take long before he was right back in. Emily loved jumping to Jeff in the water and Matthew was happy as could be just swimming around.
I love this shot of Matthew and Jeff. The look on Matthew's face is priceless!
After a while of jumping in the pool to Jeff, Emily decided that she'd like to join me on the warm cement.
On Sunday when we went for a walk, I managed to trip on a rock while crossing a stream. I was holding Emily and the camera so I didn't brace my fall- rather just tried to keep Emily from hitting anything. In the process, I banged up my knee pretty good against a rock. Two days later, this is what the bruise looked like. Believe it or not, it got even worse and it was pretty sore for a good few weeks.
My little sunbathing beauty. This picture makes her look so old! Another thing fun about the pool was their radio. They kept playing all sorts of fun music. Emily loves music and she loves to dance. It wasn't long before she had quite a crowd of admirers. It was pretty cute watching her dance to the music.
We stayed until closing, it was definitely a fun way to spend a very hot day! We headed home with most of the kids catching at least a decent nap after the busy day.
We got back to our campgrounds just in time to put together our tin foil dinners and enjoy a yummy dinner around the campfire complete with s'mores for dessert. The kids were all ready for bed early.
I think another one of my favorite memories from this trip was sitting around the campfire with Jeff after we put the kids to bed. We usually sat out together each night talking after the kids were asleep. It's nice to have some alone time together especially when there are no distractions- no dishes, picking up, homework or computers/internet, etc. I loved having that time together.
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