Wednesday-early to late no rest from the fun

We talked Chris and Craig into getting up with us to go on our early morning ride. 

Some mid morning Geo caching.  This particular excursion resulted in some off trailing.  A few of us had to abandon ship and head back, but the brave forged through the brush and ended up at this cave.

Lincoln hitching a ride on Galen's shoulders.  He actually preferred to walk, but it was a bit slow going with him

Lincoln and I cheated to participate in this cave exploration. Everyone else slid down a mountain to get here.  We found an easier way (by car)

Jen, Amber, Kaiden and Chris canoing.  Good thing I snapped this picture when I did because we were RED ALERTED again.  We had only been on the water about 5 minutes if that.  Bummer.

Josie and Bree paddling Randall around.  He had it figured out-child labor.

Fishing - The little kids decided they wanted to try their hand at catching some fish so we signed up to go with a fisherman to the lake (really we just needed his poles).  The only ones who caught fish were the two smallest ones, Josie and Bree.

Reeling in Josie's fish

Fishergirl who wanted absolutely nothing to do with her fish...she wouldn't go near it. 

Bree and Josie

Conor and Emily

This is what Lincoln thought of the fishing.  If I wouldn't let him wade and splash in the water he wanted nothing to do with it. 

Tired of fishing and ready to go do some geo caching

More Crafting-Kevin and Conor are working on staining and decorating their walking sticks.  Earlier they debarked them and sanded them to prepare for the decorating. 

Janet, Julie and Jerilyn braving the craft cabin.  We decided to try this mosaic tray.  This is a little out of my comfort zone, but it was fun to hang out with the sisters and try to pretend I am crafty.

 

Cooking up some delicious dinner-this looks like we are making scones.  The scones ended up being a big hit.  Especially with maple frosting. 

The meal planners-we planned all the meals and headed them up.  No one could say they were hungry, so I think it was a success. 

Playing with the cousins

Some after dinner geo caching-we talked the majority of the family into joining us on this hunt.  We found a bonus cache at this location.

 

The stragglers in the hunt

We took the family to explore the cave, as it was on the way to the next cache-Conor does not have a halo on his head, it is a helmet

Gathering to play minute to win it games