While Dad is away....

.....Mom and the kids will play!!

Here's what we did while Eric was at Scout Camp, minus the amazing temple trip- it gets it's own post/several posts haha!

Monday we went to Salem Pond with two of my favorite friends from Santaquin that I really miss!  And they each have 4 kids and our kids play really well together!  We were there for 3 hours with no fighting=awesome!

Brody and Whitney renewing their friendship

 Briley, Lily, Jonah and Katelyn- they dug in the sand forever!  Katelyn and Whitney both especially had fun with Jonah, he is such a cool kid.

 Owen and Peyton, she's a few months younger than him, they had fun together!  And with Sophie, who is that same age.

 Maris was in heaven!  ducks, water, sand=happy girl.

 Anna, Cassidy and me.  I really really love these girls.  They are best friends but are happy to include me, I"m just not as social as them or maybe we'd be better friends. :)  They are amazing righteous women, my sisters in Zion.

Then Tuesday we went on our epic temple trip.

Wednesday we hung out at Grandma's, and since it was pouring rain we went to the Children's Museum in Ogden.  It was fun!

 Katelyn and Whitney got to be in the play at their story hour:

Katelyn was a billy goat gruff,

 and Whitney was little red riding hood. :)

 Then that night we went mini-golfing- Katelyn is getting the hang of it!

 Then Thursday we hung out with our MacKay cousins, and Friday relaxed at home.

Meanwhile, Eric enjoyed his time up in the Uintas with his silly 12 and 13-year old boys.

 his setup

 the boys' tents

 canoeing

 walking an average of 11 miles per day!

 and he also spent a good amount of time in his hammock reading. :)

 It rained part of every day, 

 He shared his shelter with Bro. Peterson,

 silly scouts singing silly songs. :)

Yay for good times apart and for coming back together again!  Saturday was an awesome day full of all of us telling each other stories from our week and looking at pictures.  Cute.