The Hebdons: Camping w/ the Hebdons

Camrey's 1st birthday was Thursday, July 8th. We left that morning around 12 to meet Tory's family for camping.

We camped at Lake Cleveland right next to Pomerell Ski Resort, just past Burley area. We got some really nice camp sights.

Tory actually reserved 4 sights there 4 months ago, but the day before we left the ranger station told us that it was inaccessible from a snow drift blocking the road. So they advised we cancel our reservations. We did, and got a full refund, but now we had to take our chances in finding campsites for all of us close to each other.

Tory's brother Chad took his family up a day early and looked at the "Snow Drift" blocking the road which turned out to be almost nothing. Chad said he could easily drive through it with his truck.

The day we left Tory spent a lot of time on the phone with the ranger and they gave us permission to shovel out the snow drift blocking the out camp sights... in the end no shoveling was needed and the ranger drove through the snow himself and unlocked the gate.

The problem now was the campsites were open for everyone. 3 cars went right in after the gate was opened before Chad had a chance to get in and claim our spots! And of course they took the ones we had reserved for 4 months up until yesterday!

But it all worked out because there were some more available that were closer together than the ones we originally hoped to get. And we ended up getting to camp for free!!

We set up camp, had some dinner, and then we had a birthday party for Camrey! She got some Leap Frog fridge ABC's that sing, and a baby doll from Grandma & Grandpa Hebdon, and a doll from Dad, and some clothes; and a teddy bear from Harris Grandparents; and a toy truck to ride on.

Friday, June 9th we went to "The city of Rocks."

We found a nice area to have a picnic, with a big rock formation in the middle that was perfect for little kid to climb and play on.

This is Madelyn...

and this is her little brother Bradley.

This is Jaycee. She is a year older than Chase. Hadley (same age as Chase), Jaycee, and Chase spent all their time playing together. we hardly even saw Chase except when it was time to eat!

This is Avery, Chad's youngest.

I snatched a picture of Ruston's boys who did not want their picture taken!

(Ruston is Tory's oldest brother Chad is second, Angie is 3rd and she is Jaycee and Hanna's mom, then Tory, then Jeremy has Hadley, Madalyn, Bradley, and Brooklyn, and Rodney doesn't have kids... yet..., and Brian couldn't make it because his wife Andria just had their 1st baby boy about 7 weeks ago.)

There was a trail at the sight we were eating lunch so Tory took the camera and the older boys and went exploring for a little while.

And being the nature admirer he is...

took lots of beautiful pictures.

One thing I loved about the place we were camping was all the diverse vegetation growing. There were so many different wild flowers and lots of different greenery. (The florist in me was loving it).

Chad's 2nd daughter
Ashlyn survived a bad crash, on a bike without brakes, going down hill, and smacking straight into a big rock that threw her off the bike without a helmet! She hurt her ankle and hit her head, and had scratches all over, but after a priesthood blessing, and a trip to the emergency room to make sure nothing was broken, she was able to come back.