What we did this summer

I thought that I would add a little ditty about the summer.  It started a little late this year, but has seemed to last for quite a while.  It has been a beautiful summer and we have spent most of our time on the water.  Kim got a great tan and was looking like she came from some place warm. We started the summer with Kims family in Alta Wyoming at a cabin in June.  We had a great time up there hanging out and playing horse shoes.  We headed over to Yellowstone and had a one day tour.  Most every other weekend was spent out on the water. One of my favorite activities to do as a family is rafting.  We took our new raft for 3 days on the Green RIver.  We started at the gates of Ladore in Colorado and ended in Dinosaur Monument in Vernal Utah.  At the start of the trip a fella looked at our group of 14 kids and 11 adults and told us that we were crazy, but I felt that it was one of the most fun trips that we have taken.  We had a pirate day where we had a treasure hunt and I was the pirate king.  It was a lot of fun.  We boated a bit close to home at Alcova and Glendo Reservoir.  We had a lot of fun with friends there.  We had a few trips up to Flaming Gorge with family.  It was a great time.  We all tried a lot of new things.  Dansie finally started waterskiing at the end of the summer and did a great time.  I tried all summer to jump the wake.  This is not that exciting, but I had a lot of fun.  It just snowed here and I was not ready for fall to turn into winter.  We have not resupplied the pellets and I really needed to have a fire to go with our hot chocolate FHE treat.  Oh well......Here comes the snow and wind....