Tuesday, July 26, 2011

A few days in the Garden of Eden ~ 1

"I don't care how poor a man is,
if he has family, he is rich."
~ Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, "Identity Crisis," M*A*S*H
Hunter, Grant, Ashton, Grace and Cory ~ bug hunters
Tuesday we headed up Ogden Canyon to Eden located in a beautiful, peaceful valley.  We rented a lovely home there . . . there was plenty of room for all of us and we had a great time~
Grandma Sandy brought some "Bug Hotels" and nets, tweezers, etc and the children got busy looking for insects of all kinds. They found quite a few ~ beetles, butterflies, grasshoppers, spiders . . . observed them for a while, fed them, then let them go back home.



"Oh, my goodness, what did you find?" Brittany with Hunter, Charlie and Grace
The beauty that surrounded us, beckoned us outside ~ we went on several bike rides and hikes in the area.
Ethan, Joshua and Megan

Cori, Grace and Grant and Jesse

Sandy and Ray
Ashton and Hunter

Grace and Grant getting buckled in
Joshua and Megan
 The new Momma and their babies ~ life couldn't be more beautiful!
Jesse and Eden
Arianne and Nathanial


2 comments:

Colleen/Grandma/Mom said...

Eden sounds like a perfect spot! It sounds like you had such fun! How many could you fit in your house? How did you find it? It's exhausting fun--but very worth it!!

Sunshine and Rain said...

Colleen, my son found it through VRBO. We had 20 of us there, there were six bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths. They had a great playroom downstairs with shuffleboard, table tennis, pool table and air hockey, plus a tv room off to the side and a cute children's playroom as well. Great place to stay. Lovely views all around. I had never been to Eden before - it is just a beautiful valley!