Gone Fishin'

We went one last time up to Washington Lake.  The water had gone down so much we hardly recognized it.  Usually the water is where these black things are.  We had to walk forever just to launch the canoe.

Dave and I went for a bike/hike adventure one morning.  We biked 30 minutes to a trail, then hiked an hour and a half and then biked back for 30 more minutes.

This is the first lake we hiked to - Haystack Lake.

We also hiked over to Shadow Lake.

We used to be able to canoe from Washington Lake to Tail Lake through an inlet.  It was all dried up so we had to walk over to Tail Lake.  Lame.

We always have great luck fishing at Tail Lake, so it was worth it.

Back at camp it was playdough time.  Ash, Jud and their boys were at the campsite right next to ours.

The boys brought their bikes.

James is very proud of the Darth Vader bike that Jud fixed up for him:

Dave, Alex and I took a little hike up to Wall Lake.

It used to be a family tradition to jump off of these cliffs.  Steph was usually the first one to jump off.

There were hundreds of new little pine tree saplings along the hike.  They smelled so wonderful.

That night the boys watched a movie,

while the rest of us played games. 

Logie enjoyed sticks and dirt.

James was having more fun reading his Star Wars book.

Jud took Logan on their tandem.

This is Ash and Jud's fifth wheel and truck at their campsite.

This is ours, which was right next to them.

We all set off one morning for a hiking/fishing adventure.

We went across five of these little foot bridges.

We knew if we took everyone to Tail Lake they would be bound to catch a fish there.

James caught his first fish very quickly:

Here is  Logan's first fish.

Later that afternoon it rained for awhile.  I took this picture looking out of our trailer window at the meadow next to us.  We saw two deer here earlier in the day.

When it didn't seem like the weather was going to let up we decided to head home since we were going to be leaving later that night anyway.  Once again, we made some great memories. 

Niederhauser Reunion 2012

This year we had the Niederhauser Reunion at Lava Hot Springs.  It was held this past Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  We stayed at the KOA campground.  Everyone stayed in cabins there except for Dave and me, and Jud and Ashley.  Holly and Cody stayed in our trailer with us.  My parents, uncle, grandma and 4 of my 5 siblings and their families were there.  We were missing the 3 missionaries serving in Korea, Washington DC and Texas.  We were also missing a few of the teens and the married kids who had work commitments, etc.  But most everyone was there.

At first I was nervous about the river being so close to our campsite.  You can see it just a few feet from our picnic table here.  But the little ones were pretty good about not getting to close to it.  We threatened them and told them scary stories about kids who drowned in rivers.  Plus, it was very slow moving where it passed by us.  So that was nice, too.

Lily spent many hours doing crafts.

Soon most of the other girls joined her in crafting.

We had two group meals - one breakfast and one dinner together with everyone.

James is going to balance his breakfast burrito while riding a tricycle.

We spent most of Friday at the Lava Hot Springs swimming pool and water park.

Cody is upside down (on the left) and Dave is just below him on the right.

We snagged a nice, shady spot.

Carrie's family wanted the sun.

Looks are deceiving.  This is a very steep slide.  Jud is the one going down it in the picture.

Lily just came out of one of the "twirly" slides.

The next morning Dad, Mom, Nana and Billy came over to our trailer and Dave made them Belgian waffles.

Then after checking out at noon Dave and I went in to Bancroft to visit his Aunt Denise, cousin Deline, and cousin Charlie. 

As we drove home we got a flat tire on the freeway just outside of Garland, UT and drove slowly in the emergency lane until we could get off at an exit.  We had to wait 2 hours for AAA to come change the tire as Dave didn't have a jack to fix it himself.  Other than that little glitch, it was a great three days.  Thanks to Steve and Tammy who were in charge of the reunion this year.  We made some super memories with the fam!