The last time I went to Aspen Grove I think I was 13 years old-- some has changed-they've added a lot more, but much has stayed the same. There are still great counselors, lots of food--not bad, but I seem to remember it tasting a little bit better, gorgeous scenery, and TONS to do!
We arrived the afternoon of Saturday and checked in, ate dinner, met our kids' counselors and were briefed on the week's activities.
Sunday we ate breakfast, went to church in the amphitheater there (received a very healthy dose of Vitamin D in the process), and attended a fireside that night.
The rest of the week's activities I'll try to illustrate with pictures.
Riding the baby bear--those bears always had some kid on their back.
Air-rifles. My dad actually got best marksman in the whole camp- I hadn't realized he was that good. 
Cowboy Village- we found Darrin playing with this thing by himself-claiming he was there to watch his daughter. I'm pretty sure he was having more fun than she was. 
Gorgeous! I couldn't get enough of this view!
Riding White Lightning
These kids LOVE each other! A funny little anecdote--Lincoln and Gwen were supposed to be in two different groups. Lincoln couldn't stand being in a group with a bunch of kids he didn't know so we requested that he join Gwen's group. After that, he was much better off. FRONTIER NIGHT
Zach- roping.
Train Ride
Tomahawk throwing
Panning for GoldStewart Falls Hike
Timp Falls Hike
These Falls were gorgeous. We hiked up to the first falls and we couldn't get down to the falls so we decided to hike up to the second one and it was definitely worth it. So beautiful and refreshing! 
Aspen Grove in the background.
Flowers!Family Pictures at Cowboy Village
A cousins shot-couldn't even fit them all in!
Bean Museum--had to get it in.
Gwen and the ducks- her favorite animal!
Gwen's new move- she's really good at it. (another little fun anecdote- since she's mastered this move she's made taking her to public places a difficult thing. The other day at the library- I became the mom everyone pities. She was squealing and squirming and running as far away as she could so she could tear off as many books or DVD's as she could and Lincoln decided it would be fun to follow her example instead of BE the example--we've got to work on that one.)Even with this uber-long post I haven't recorded even half of what we did-the shuffleboard--Zach really liked that one, the swimming, the miniature golf, the walks,the lectures. It was a very nice trip!
2 comments:
Looks like it was a lot of fun, I wish we could have been there. We will have to plan another trip after 2014. I loved going there growing up, Aspen Grove is even where Rick proposed to me.
Amazing trip. Looks like a riot. Your baby bump is adorable. I can't believe how fast your kiddies are growing up.
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