July's Awesome Adventure Part1: Wright's

So we took an amazing vacation for pretty much all of July. It was wonderful to be surrounded by family and friends and not be in Calgary for once. We left on June 30th just in time to make it to Danielle's house for July 1st. It was a blast but will be recorded in the second part of July's awesome adventure.
We went to Utah to spend July 4th with the Wright's. They are serious partiers and we had some serious fun. We drove fast and made it just in time to go fishing! We hit up Deer Creek but got skunked!! BOO! My first serious fishing trip and we didn't catch anything but a measely pike! But that is ok because it meant we needed to do more fishing trips!
Bryan has the coolest fishing boat. When you actually catch fish you can open a little tank in the bow of the boat and watch them swim around!
On our way to go fishing. Can you tell they are related? It is hard to see but they are all sitting the exact same way!!

This is Joshua looking at the fishies we cought at Rockport.

Here is Timmy in the green getting ready to net a fish. You can also see his sleeves have been rolled up which later lead to a burn that blistered!!! He told his Aunt Shauna and I quote: I am Asian. I don't need sunscreen and I won't burn! Bahahaha!

I gutted the fish I caught and it was disgusting! (mine was the biggest!)

 Tim was so excited to share fishing with me. This is what he loved to do as a little boy. He has endless memories of going out with Beebaw and watching him fiddle with the engine to get the best speed. I also love the story of when Beebaw bought a new fishing boat instead of a dinner table for Grammy! I guess Grammy would call them to gather around the "fishing boat" for dinner!

July 4th was an awesome party! We had an awesome crew and it was fantastic to see everyone.
David made ice cream.

For the last two years all I have heard about was the cannon... When David was in high school he made a cannon that every July 4th the Wright's shoot off. It was pretty cool.

All outside watching the cannon. Over to hang out was: The Delaney's, Jake and Ashely, Eliza, Wesley, David, Chrissy, Dede, Gordon, Myrleen and Karlie, Kajsa, Logan and there cute kiddos and of course the Bryan, Shauna and there amazing kids!

Happy 4th of July!!

After the 4th we hiked Mt. Timpanogas!! It was super fun and we all made it to the tippy top! I was prepared with a pb&j, trail mix, water and jerkey! Gordon, the iron man runner, was prepared with salt pills and goo... If anyone looked the slightest bit tired, Gordon was quick to offer up the goo. Brandon tried some and quickly decided to stick with normal food. Tim did manage to get one down.

Here is Shauna and Bryan taking a shortcut which was not so short! By this point Tim and I had finally learned! By the end of the trip I couldn't help but to roll my eyes when Gordon offered goo or said it is just another 100 yards. Yeah, so not 100 yards! But on the other hand look how pretty the meadow is! We saw big horn sheep! way cool.

A panoramic shot. We ALL hiked to the highest peak.

Here we are at the top. Brandon was sooo amazing! He did so well and peed at every rest point. He was definitely not dehydrated at the end.

A cute little tin shack at the top.

Other highlights include:

-shopping

-eating waaay too much

-BANG

-Famiy

-Late night chats

-Playing at a gymnastic gym

-Spider man

-Dropping a flag off and visiting the Meechum's

We had so much fun just being there and appreciate the hospitality from Bryan and Shauna. Their kids are getting so big and it is fun to hang out with them.