The Bates Family: August 2007

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

OUR TRIP TO UTAH!!!

I finally got around to posting pictures of our trip. Sorry for the delay. So we went camping while we were there. Well we attempted to anyway. As you can see it's really wet and Ayva managed to find every puddle and splash in it. When we got to the camp site we all pitched our tents and then we had a big down pour with hail. Tents and sleeping bags got wet and it was dark and cloudy all day. The boys and Emily went fishing, then we had a dutch oven dinner and then roasted marshmallows. We then decided to pack up and call it a day.

Ayva looking for the puddles and Grandma saved her from one.

It was a little cold so we bundled Ayva up in the blanket and put her in the stroller. That blue tent would have been our tent for the night.

Here are a couple pictures I took after the storm while camping. I just thought they were cool so I thought I'd share them with you all.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

WE MADE IT HOME!!!

Just wanted to informed you all that we made it home and Ayva took it a little better so that was good. We got home about 3:30am, Josh and I were exhausted but we all slept in and that was nice. I'll post some pictures of our trip a little later.

Have a great day!!

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Our travel adventure!!

Just wanted to tell you a little about our trip so far. Unfortunately I haven't kept up on any photos just yet. Nothing too exciting, just hanging out with family. We left for Utah last Tuesday night and got to Denver at about 3am. Ayva did not handle that stretch very well. As we approached Goodland, KS (northwestern corner) we drove right into a nasty storm so that slowed us down some. Ayva finally fell asleep but it was that kind where she would be asleep for about a minute or two then the screaming would begin and repeated that all the way to Denver. We decided to stop at a motel to sleep for awhile thinking that Ayva would lay down on the bed and crash. We got up to our room and Ayva decided it was playtime. We tried to get her to calm down and go to sleep but she was just not having it. She finally fell asleep at about 5am and then we woke up at 8:30 and got on the road again. Not a fun night and not much sleep. She did a little better on Wednesday and then we arrived at about 4pm. We are not looking forward to the ride home. The thing that saved us on some stretches was Blues Clues, boy she loves that show. So that was our trip out here to Utah. We haven't done too much, we went to the Manti Temple on Friday and then Saturday we had a reunion and then Monday we will be going camping until Tuesday and then it's back on the road Tuesday night.

Wish us luck!!!