A Berry Good Summer!

It's berry time here in the Northwest and it has really been slowing us down lately because we stop everywhere we see good blackberries to fill our bellies.  I love this time of year though because every day we get to pick and eat raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and blueberries.

So with all of the berries distracting me and my camera not turning on to upload pictures, I've gotten behind on my blog.   I'll just have to use some pictures from my phone.  We spent most of July in Utah visiting friends and family.  Here are the twins with Christina during our beach day at Bear Lake.

 Bear Lake

 I got to spend a day and night in Salt Lake with Tanner, Alissa and friends so I made the most of my freetime without the kids and we went running (saw a porcupine and a HUGE moose...we had to turn around early because the moose was right off the trail and he wasn't letting us pass),  indoor rock-climbing and mountain biking.  Thanks for introducing me to the deliciousness of beet salads too!  The kids had so much fun catching up with friends from Salt Lake too but those pictures are on my broken camera of course. 

I had fun trying out some photo features on my phone and Reagan was gladly the model.

We had lots of family fun with the Nuno bunch.  Here's Lito with all of the cousins at the park.

...and Nana with the girls.

 We went on lots of beautiful hikes in the Ogden area.

 And spent a lot of time trying to beat the heat while hangin with the cousins.

These two had fun scheming together and were inseparable.  They decided to wear goggles on this day even though we weren't anywhere near water.

 I explored the Skyline trail a couple of times which runs along the skyline of the mountains in Ogden so you can look down east and west and see two different valleys.  Incredible views!

It was a great trip and I'll have to add more pictures from my camera when I get it working.  It was also a long drive and so we did lots of little projects in the car to pass the time.  Here is CD showing off the walrus mask he made.

We also made some fun stops along the way home like at the Bonneville Dam fish hatchery and ladders.  It was impressive.  I haven't been there since I was a kid and was especially impressed by the 10+ foot sturgeons they have.