Settlement Canyon

While Nate was at Scout Camp for 3 days we drove up to stay with Mimi. When we weren't playing at the park or up the canyon we were planning a family reunion! This year I was in charge of the family reunion for Mimi's side of the family. So we had a lot of planning that needed to get done!!

We decided it would be fun to take a picnic up Settlement Canyon and play in the river. The only problem was because of all the rain we've received and all the snow melting the rivers are over flowing and rushing too fast to even play near!! So we searched and searched the canyon almost giving up! Until we saw a perfect little stream just right for 3 kiddos to play in!

This little boy loved splashing and throwing rocks! He couldn't believe I would just let him get wet and muddy!!

Little Miss Mara kept saying "This is the best day ever!" As she splashed and threw water in the air!! She was all smiles and having a fun time until....

she accidentally fell down and got ALL wet! Then she wasn't too happy about it! We all laughed and I said 'Oh Mara! It's a good thing today is so hot! It's ok to get all wet!" She was relieved and kept on splashing!

Here's Ty the builder! What is he building? A dam out of rocks! He found a few rocks laying there in the mud and decided that he would add to it!

Caleb made us all laugh--he kept plugging his nose and pretending to go under the water!

Here is Ty's rock dam! It didn't quite stop all the water, but he really did do a good job working at it! It was sure fun to watch my kids splash and play! They sure were muddy and dirty after but oh well, they had a bath when we got home! I kept thinking to myself--'who does this?!! Who takes their kids up to the river and tells them to get wet and muddy!!' Kind of a wacky thing to do, but they sure enjoyed it!