The Spjute's all planned an annual camping trip this year. It had been awhile since Greg and his siblings have all gotten together, so what better way to reconnect than in the mountains? I was pleasantly surprised by how much fun we had. I'm not saying my expectations were high, and I may have moaned and groaned a little bit, but overall we had a lot of fun and I'm already looking forward to our next wild adventure together.
We were the first ones to arrive at our campground, Tanner Flats up Little Cottonwood Canyon. Sadly, our site was nothing short of terrible, with the sad realization that our awesome new tent wouldn't even fit, but all was well when we started walking around and realized how pretty the area was. Luckily, we were able to put the tent up before it started to rain and Sofi was content to walk around and play in the dirt.
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| She developed a love for hula hoops |
The rest of the Spjute's eventually showed up, and we all hung around until getting ready for the night. Holy cow was it cold at night! Luckily I packed enough blankets for Sofi but Greg and I weren't so lucky. Regardless, we all slept and Sofi woke us up with a hearty "Books!" She loves her books and was content to lay with us while we read every one I packed - twice.
Thursday's plans were to go to the Living Learning Aquarium in Sandy. We had never been but had high expectations, and we were not disappointed!
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| The idea of a Megaladon (google it) has always freaked me out! Standing in its jaws was no picnic. |
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| This big kitty was Sofi's favorite thing! She was "RAWRING" and dancing the whole time |
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| This frog's bubble fingers remind me of Greg's. Weird, but true. |
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| Sleeping otters! You'd think they were dead |
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| There was a fun play area right outside the door and she couldn't wait to get back out there |
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| She went to her first movie! A whopping 15 minute 4D movie, and she hated it. |
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| Sofi's lunch consisted of Root Beer. She couldn't get enough. |
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| She was exhausted and slept the whole 20 minutes back to our campground. |
After Sofi attempted to continue to nap in our tent (failing miserably), everyone drove a mile down the canyon to take a short hike to an amazing waterfall! Apparently Little Cottonwood Canyon is where the pioneers got the granite for the Salt Lake Temple. This was believable because there was literally granite everywhere! When we hiked to the falls, there were huge almost perfectly square cuts of granite just chilling at the bottom. So pretty!
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| Ba ha ha! |
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| "Hey Max, how do you like Sam's bum in your face?" :) |
Greg's cute dad loves pirates and is instills this love into his grandchildren whenever he can. He and Kathy planned a fun scavenger hunt for the older kids, and I followed along with Sofi. Greg was a bad guy so it was fun to watch him pop out of the bushes every so often.
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| The fearsome crew |
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