Time at the Lake--Finally!

Our garden is making me happy with lots of fresh produce.  I have really enjoyed our raspberries, though they have slowed down with the increasing temperatures.  Right before we left to the gorge I brought in crookneck squash, zucchini, and our first cucumbers.  These cucumbers tasted fabulous on the boat with some smoked salmon.

I took Jennie and Caitlyn to Bridal Image in Bountiful and found Jennie's dress.  She fell in love with a dress in the first dress shop we visited (Yay!)  Wedding preparations are coming along (by the way, for anyone who is not aware, the wedding will be October 3.  The ceremony will be at the Bountiful Temple at 11:00).  We took pictures, but we'll save showing off the dress for the wedding day.

Our thoughts and prayers have been with James this week as he's recovering from being thrown out of a jeep.  Cait and I went to see him on Wednesday.  He's looking pretty good, but is not allowed to do much--he can't even watch TV.  Christine showed me the road rash on his head.  His skull was fractured, and he had a small brain bleed, but on the outside there are few signs of injury.

With everything that has been going on this summer, we have had to defer our camping excursions to Flaming Gorge.  We finally made it up there this past weekend.  All the family was invited, but only Dan's family could come.  AJ was involved with his scout camp (he's scout master of his ward), also at the Gorge, but across the lake at Lucerne.  He was able to take the boys and give Adrienne a much needed break.  Nick and Sara, on their way to Oregon for their own family vacation, also fit in some lake time, as well as Andy and Elise, who have discovered a large lake nearby where they can get in some recreation.

Effie and Ori at Hyde River

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Beverly at Lake Thermon

Our first day on the boat we drove it all the way down to the Lucerne area where AJ had his scouts and his boys.  We were somewhat surprised that we actually found them. 

AJ on left, Ollie on right

These mountain goats were grazing in the same area that AJ had his scouts.

We had a blast with Dan's family.  The girls loved the tube and always wanted Roy to go crazy.  He will take them over the wake, but always likes to be a little cautious.

Caitlyn: driving made her feel so much better.  Hyeji, Doyeon, Yuna
and Dan in back, and Catharine

Dan with Dojin and Hyeji

Dojin

We had gorgeous weather!  Usually the wind picks up in the afternoon at the
Gorge, but we had very little wind and the perfect amount of cloud cover.

Dan and Dojin

Caitlyn

Roy and Catharine

Hyeji and grandpa

The daytime weather was perfect, and the clouds cleared up enough at night that we had perfect conditions for viewing the stars.  Dan, and Caitlyn stayed up a lot later than the rest of us.  Roy tried to see the space station, but came out 10 minutes too late.  Dan and Caitlyn had already seen it.