July 24th Weekend

The kids and I spent several days enjoying one of our favorite places - grandpa's cabin. Ethan and his friend Mclaine Free spent hours heating up the hot tub so that it would meet mom's expectations. They did a great job. I think they were able to get it up to 110.


And then they convinced Grandpa Jim and Uncle Gerald to build a rope swing. They searched for the perfect tree and within an hour we were all swinging.



Ethan, Mclaine, Isaac, Grandpa and Amy hiked up to the spanish gold mine. Ethan and Isaac hated it when grandpa turned off all of the flashlights when we were deep in the cave. I chose to go in and out quickly and then photograph wildflowers...see the slide show below.


One of our favorite places to visit on "our mountain" is Joe Jarit's cabin. This time, Amy got the coveted four wheeler ride to the fallen down cabin. By the way, if you don't know the story of Joe Jerit and his gold, be sure and ask, it's a classic.