Waterton Camping Trip with the Family

For the past few years my family has camped in Waterton during the summer. I love the trip especially the time I get to spend with my family! This year we had a little bit of every type of weather possible... hail, rain, wind, sun. No matter what my family always makes the best of the situation and as my mom says "we make memories". 

We got to Waterton late on tuesday night. On wednesday we hiked bears hump and then played in the water at the sandbar and the driftwood beach. On thursday the weather was terrible and we spent the morning walking around town. In the afternoon went swimming at the pool and played rook in the tent. On friday the wind died down a bit and we hiked to Wall Lake where we did the ice challenge for cancer. Kelti's brother-in-law dared them to do it. It started in New Zealand; there they dump buckets of ice water on their heads and donate money to cancer. We decided we would just jump into the freezing cold water, it definitely was freezing but it was lots of fun. Saturday we floated the St.Mary's river which was also freezing! Jude even came, he had a rough time but we all survived even with the sunburns. 

It was an awesome trip! I can't wait for next year. 

First River Float of 2014

We Love Floating the River!!! 

Wilmot Reunion Fun!!

This weekend was Grandma Wilmot's 85th birthday party! All of Matt's cousins on that side of the family were able to come, even the cousins from Utah made the trip (we missed their parents Connie and John who are serving as mission president in Ohio). It was so fun to have everyone together and get caught up!

On Friday the gang went out to Waterton and probably did everything you would normally do in a week all in one day! The activities included climbing red rock canyon, hiking bears hump, lunch by the lake, and exploring the townsite. I was working so I had to miss out on those adventures but it definitely sounded like they had a blast! While they were climbing red rock some of the crew wanted to head back to town so they took our car (including Matt's wallet) and left a minivan to transport all the climbers back. Once their adventure was complete they all pilled in and sped down the road back to Waterton. Of course Matt was not going the speed limit because he wanted to hit the 'lemon drop' and bring back some memories for his Utah cousins. Just his luck, he go pulled over by a park ranger and got a ticket for not having his licence on him, even though he explained the situation to the officer. LAME! It was for $170.00; I guess it was a good price for the memory? 

Saturday was the day of the party. The Porter cousins came out to the Gough's house for some go karts and rock climbing before it was supposed to start at three. It was such a nice day that we couldn't resist the urge to do some bridge jumping as well! I love bridge jumping!! Plus, we had an awesome crew to go with! 

 

The party was at the Beattie farm. We had lots of good food, an astrojump, a huge cake, and lots of good company! After dinner, the boys played ultimate frisbee and mini soccer, and sweat like crazy in the heat. The little girls had fun playing dress-up in grandma's dresses and all the kids had a blast on the astrojump. We were even able to snag a family group shot (it was quite a feat with this many people)! 

 

It was an awesome party! One of the best parts about having a blog is that it gives me an opportunity to reflect on my life. I am so grateful to have huge families who are fantastic company and who we can call friends! We are so fortunate to be surrounded by such amazing people!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!!! WE LOVE YOU!!