This year the guys yearly backpacking trip happen to be planned the same time we girls were to go to Women's Conference!! This was Tanners first year to be able to go and was he ever so excited to miss school for three days, the only three days he missed all school year!! We only had to worry about what to do with Brylee. Thank Heavens for Dad for letting Brylee be his buddy for a few more days, even after having her for over a week, who could get sick of our Brylee!!
This year was a fairly easy one, so a good first one for Tanner to start with. They went down to Escalante, they hiked in many miles, had three different camp sites along with all the hiking around in the slot canyons and so forth. Tanner said his favorite was what they called the toilet bowl, they had to get wet to crawl down into it. Matt and Skyler also flew in from Iowa to go this year. All three of my brothers, Jason & Tanner along with Max & Skyler were able to go this year, along with my cousin Tyler. This is a fun trip for all. All the guys Spencer knows, they come from all different careers and different personalities. Jason says they all get along great & have a good time together. Spencer is the ring leader of it all and who doesn't have fun when Spencer is around anyway?!?! They say next year they gotta get Lyman and Eric to go, what are the chances of that?!? Jason is still trying to get me to go on a backpacking trip, who knows maybe an over-nighter, but more then that I will want my comfy bed or big sleeping mat, I think I am getting too old for the hard ground!!