Day Trip to Payson

                            

 A friend of ours told us of a great pic-nic spot just north of Payson, AZ right next to a stream and shaded by beautiful trees. She was so right...it was an amazing and gorgeous spot! 

The water was freezing, but felt great and was super fun to play in!  I think it was called 3rd crossing or something like that. 

Ellie was having a ball in the shade too!  She was 6 1/2 month old or so. 

Look at that face! Mwwwah!! 

So beautiful!

Joey looks like he is walking on water!

The whole group playing Rrrrrrack-o!  What a super fun day!  So glad we did it! 

Hanging out in the Cabin

This was the lookout view from the stairs up to the 2nd floor...the Hangout area.

Isn't that a cool light fixture? 

Beautiful Pheob and cute baby Kingston!

Just chillen'!

Our chunky little Ellie-bellie! :0)

Little Des jumping like a tigger!

Joanna & Sammy!  It was super fun to get to know these two!  They are awesome!

My Mom the Graduate!

So one of the main reasons for the cabin and everyone coming together was...My awesome Mom graduated from University of Utah!  It has been years and years of hard work...working full time and going to school part time.  That is a hard schedule to live...especially for so many years.  But she did it!!!  Such a HUGE accomplishment!  I'm so proud of her!  

Since none of us could make it to her actual graduation (I don't think she even walked), we did our own re-enactment of her walking and getting her degree (her mom presented it to her!)  It was so fun!

My sister Heather and Mom.

Brother Sam and Mom

ALL my Mom's children together to celebrate graduation (and Mom turning 50!)!  It was so much fun to be all together! (Jenny, Sadie, Sam, Mom, Amber, Pheobe & Heather) I love them all so much!

Aunt Chris and her DIL Joanna and her little man, Sammy.  It was so fun to have our fam from Colorado there!

Sade & Mom

Aunt Julie & Mom

Mom & her bestie Cindy

Mom opening her many gifts!

The Colorado folk gave mom her very own ipad!  Lucky!

Mom and her 2 older and only sisters.  These 3 are hilarious together!

Mom and her mom!  Love these guys so much!  And i'm so happy for and proud of my Mom!

The Super Cool Cabin

Here she is!  We arrived!  It was so beautiful there!  

Nice patio above the garage.

Me, Jenny & Sadie (2 of my sisters).

So this is the hill we had to try and drive up to get the cabin (that you can see below). It had rained a ton, and it was really hard to get up.  It took us 3 or 4 tries and was kinda scary!

 Here it is from a couple different perspectives.  We loved it up there!  So green and beautiful!

On a little walk.

 Jen, Sade with Desmond.

 Here's part of the wrap around amazing porch!  So fun!

 A couple of the bedroom beds.  

 Here's Jen & Grams in the dining area of the main room.  Cool chandelier huh?

Sadie in the main living area...you can see the stairs that lead up and down.  There was a hot tub and pool table downstairs and a bunch of rooms upstairs.

 The main room where we all hung out...looking out on our patio.  So awesome!  

The kitchen.  This place really was super cute mountainy and totally awesome!  We all had so much fun!

Mill Creek Heaven-ness

One night near the end of the week, we went up the canyon for a fire roasted dinna!  It was so nice to get up in the mountains and enjoy the fresh air.  And everything was so green!  So good for my soul!

The water was ICY! The only worry was keeping the kids from falling in. (Abby was soon changing into pants and long sleeve shirt after this picture.)

Around the fire! (Jenny, friend Mindy, Heath, Maddy & Dawson)

Mill Creek Canyon Brunch

The first morning we were in Utah we all went up MillCreek Canyon and made a little brunch.  It was SO green, cool and beautiful up there!  And we had such wonderful company! :)  These are Dave's parents, siblings and their families.  I think everyone was there except Mel and her family who didn't arrive in SLC until later that night.  Unfortunately I didn't get very many pictures.  But here are a few goodies we did get.