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Cousins Camp: Day 6

Uncle Sam drove these three boys 4 1/2 hours to play in a Lacrosse tournament together.  Apparently they had a great time. I finished my back to school shopping.

That night we attended Becca's ward picnic and the kids canoed all night long.  

It seemed a little crazy to just let them go, but they managed just fine.

Later that night Z had his wisdom teeth pulled.  One of the purposes of the trip was to have them taken out, but Z didn't want to ruin his vacation so they waited until the last minute.  9:00 p.m. Saturday night.  The cousins have some pretty funny video after he returned still a little sedated.  

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Cousins Camp: Day 5

Around 10:00 a.m. they came in and asked me to come out and take pictures.  Which I did!

 He was voted best boat driver of the trip.  They claim he produced the best wake.

 He may or may not have wake boarded in his underwear.  Don't mind me, I'm just your mom.

 I did go out with the girls for a minute until the rope broke during one of their "toilet" moves.

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Cousins Camp: Day 4

One of our favorite things to do in Montana is go camping and boating at the lake.  It was so nice to have the older boys there to take the younger kids on the boat.  We prepared to cook foil dinners on a fire but learned that they had just banned fires.  So I paid for a cube of butter from the camp host and we made hamburgers and fried potatoes in the camper.  We also found some Top Ramen in the camper for those kids that couldn't wait to eat.  It's all about how you handle plan B!  Hopefully our blaring fire alarm didn't bother too many neighbors.  The three boys drove home and slept and returned at 6:00 in the morning so they could wake board on the best water. I was surprised they made it back so early.  The rest of us snuggled in the camper and slept pretty good.

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Cousins Camp Day 3:

We spent the day at a friend's of Becca.  The kids were in heaven with all the animals and mountain landscape.  The cats were a hit.

 Along with the horses.  We were even able to run with them.  

 This girl was more interested in the baby than the animals.  She held her as much as she was allowed.  

 This cat was the best sport of the day.  Between B girl and her cousin it was carried around ALL day.

 While the little kids were at the farm, the three bigger boys took the boat out and went boating all day by themselves.  Scary but exciting for them.  They did good.



That night we traveled to visit Jim's family.

Uncle Greg was the best as he taught the little kids how to shoot bows and arrows.

Uncle Ron organized a little basketball game with the neighbors to show his nephews that he still has it, even at 54 years old! He came back very proud that Z, M and him had won their friendly 3 on 3 pick-up game.

And she talked and talked and talked to her cousin.

The best thing for the little girls was the hedgehog.  Just like the cat earlier today, they didn't put it down.  

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Cousins Camp: Day 2

While the girls did baptisms, the sisters also served in the temple!

Then it was the boys turn for shopping and lunch.  

Lunch took a little longer than usual.  Steak-n-shake forgot about us, then wouldn't serve us our shakes outside.  After 35 minutes, we left.

And ate at Fuddruckers!  The boys were devastated when we left Steak-n-Shake because they were so hungry, but as soon as their food came they were happy boys.

It was a great shopping day for the boys.

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Cousin's Camp Day 1 - Shop 'til you drop 

Shopping, lunch, and a photo shoot with their new matching shirts - $2.50 each 

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 Cousins Camp - Day 3

A Trax ride downtown...

 A tour of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, including watching the Joseph Smith Movie (A sweet spirit was felt as today was the anniversary of his and Hyrum's murder)...

A few pictures in front of the beautiful Salt Lake Temple...

and a peek in the conference center!  We also packed a lunch and ate by this fountain.  

That night we hosted a fun family BBQ with almost all of my siblings and their families.  It was a great day.

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Cousins Camp - Day 2

Snowbird Ski Resort Summer All-day Pass!

Another Top of the List funnest Cousin's Camp Activity!

We really missed a few cousins and those that were at EFY & Girls Camp.

Activity #1 - The Mountain Flyer &

Activity #2 The Ropes Course

 Activity #3 

The Tram ride to the top of the Mountain!  

We brought our lunch with us and ate on top of the world, so beautiful.

Activity #3

The Bungee Trampoline

They loved this activity and came back several times throughout the day.

Activity #4 

The Alpine Slide!

This was also a favorite.

Just riding the chair lift up to the Alpine Slide! 

Activity # 5

The Mountain Coaster!

This was one of my favorites and I loved going with this girl.  We giggled as we attempted selfies.  Notice the very dark clouds in the back ground that crashed our party 1 1/2 hours early!

But no worries, we just headed to Leatherbys instead.