Weekend fun

Friday evening we drove down to a party at Jared's co-worker's house. It was interesting, and fun, and a lot easier to see these people again. Last time we all got together was back in June for the Lehi Days parade, and I was still pretty unsteady emotionally. So I enjoyed myself a lot more at this party.

We left around 8pm, so I could make it to a crop. I've been less than successful in scrapbooking during the week; I can do it, but there are so many other things I am juggling, it often is pushed to the side. But one of the LSS has a free crop Fridays that starts when they open, and ends at 2am Saturday morning. :)I can usually find one or two of my friends there, and we usually find somebody else we enjoy chatting with as well. So my new goal is to give myself at least one Friday a month to go to a crop and scrapbook. I've decided it is like getting an exercise buddy- committing to attend that crop forces me to scrapbook [and organize LOL], just as an exercise buddy forces me to exercise. Hmmm.... maybe I need to get me an exercise buddy, too ;).

Saturday we took our GPS and some fishing poles and drove out to Heber. We stopped along the highway and found a geocache [looked for a few, but only found one]. Then we visited Myles. I took along some of the roses from the bush in front of our house. It's blooming again- I thought roses only bloomed once a season, but this one seems to bloom in the spring and the fall. Pretty cool! Anyway, we cleaned off his grave, along with my grandparents' grave and my great-grandparents' grave. The kids played, and I think if Myles were still here, he'd be running around with them. Then we ate lunch at Subway and headed up the Mirror Lake Highway to Wall Lake.

We pulled into the parking area at the trailhead, and began unloading our stuff, when a little SUV pulled in, and the woman driving it called out to us, "Where's the lake?" Well, this trailhead serves 4 or 5 lakes, but you have to hike to get to all of them. So Jared told her we were at a trailhead, and described which lakes were on which trails. She said, in disbelief, "You mean, WALK?!?" [we are in a national forest, remember] And he said, "Yes, you'd need to hike to all these lakes." Again she repeated, "You mean, WALK?!?!?!" Well, since you last asked that question, all the lakes felt bad about being so far away, so they moved and you can see them from the parking lot now. Honestly!!! To be fair, there are some lakes in the area that are close to the road, so you can see them from the parking areas. But, if you have a map [which the nice forest service lady will give you when you pay the entry fee], you can see where the lakes are, and whether you need to hike to reach them. Each trail is marked as a trail, not as a road. I promise. *sigh* Well, the [very nice, I'm sure] lady backed up and pulled out of the parking lot, off to find a more easily accessible lake.

We headed up the mountain for a nice, easy 1 mile hike to Wall Lake. I took some magazines, and my knitting, since I don't fish. Okay, I know how, and I will do it if I think it is necessary, but as a general rule, I would rather read or knit than fish; so I read. Everybody else had a lot of fun casting, and Morgen had a strike or two [that is where the fish hits the lure, but doesn't get caught]. After an hour or so of unsuccessful fishing, they decided to explore, and ended up climbing almost half-way up the wall of rock at one end of the lake. Yep, that's why it is called Wall Lake ;). It was getting cold, and rain was beginning to fall, and some stormclouds were moving in, so we headed back to the car. Part-way down the trail it began to rain, then hail, then rain/hail mixed together. :)Morgen and I booked it back to the car. Jared hung back a little and got out Hyrum and Walker's slickers [see, we're prepared LOL]. We drove up to Trial lake and the kids fished for another hour or so, then we geocached all the way back down to Heber. It was about 9:15 pm when we got home, and we got the kids fed and tucked into bed. This morning, they all slept in 'till about 8am!

Jared left this morning for Chicago- he's taking another microscopy class. Morgen, upon hearing about his course of study, informed her father that SHE knew how to use a microscope. His response was, "I thought I did, too!" I guess he's learning a lot about including the microscope as a tool in studying chemical reactions, among other things.

Oh, in other news, our chicken mummy has burst its bag. It seems this is a direct result of me buying too big a bird, then trying to stuff it into the too-small bag. So, we're off to the store tomorrow to buy another bird [I'm thinking a cornish game hen would work much better], and more salt. This time I'll take pictures :)