Camping

First I need to start off with our trip to Mesquite. We were supposed to go to California for two week because Mike was going to be working there for a week then we were going to vacation for a week. Well, a week before the trip it was canceled. A very nice lady Mike works with let us use her condo in Mesquite for a week. Mike's brother Andrew and his family came up from Vegas to spend some time with us while we were there. It's always fun to be with family. We went swimming everyday. We were able to go to the Tuacahn Theater and see Aladdin and Hair Spray. Wesley wasn't quite old enough to go, but we snuck him in anyway, and he did so good! They both loved it. It even had a little 3D part in it. For Hair Spray we took Jaycee and our niece Miriam. They were so cute.

Hair Spray wasn't as good as Aladdin, and a little more risque then the movie, but I don't think the girls picked up on that. They just enjoyed being there.

We let the girls get autographs afterward and Jaycee was scared to death of Motermouth Mabel and of Edna Turnblad. It was pretty funny. But to her defence they were kind of scary up close with all their make-up.

Jaycee's favorite person in the play was Penny.  She was one of the best parts.

 In St. George we also went to the Brigham Young house on a little tour and to a splash pad. We also went to the Valley of Fire and tried to hike.

 I say try because it was 108 degrees out side and we were trying to walk on sand and Jaycee wore her open toed high heels she got for her birthday. Her little toes were getting burned on the hot sand. So me and Mike carried the kids, talk about a work out! We did see a lot of Indian writing. So that was fun. After are failed hike we went to a air conditioned museum. Anyway we had a good time.
We got home slept for one night then we went camping. My family was camping at Crystal Springs, so we joined them. Our first trip in the motor home. It was good. We didn't have any problems except that the air conditioner didn't work while we were driving.

We had smores they were so good, but so messy!

 Wesley was good at keeping a good distance from the fire.  We have since bought longer roasting sticks.

 Trevor put some copper in the fire to make it change colors.

 I was worried of letting the kids sleep over the cab, so I didn't, and this is exactly why, Jaycee is hanging off.  Mike is working on a sort of gate to put up while they sleep, so no one ends up on the floor.

 We had a good time, and our next camping trip was scheduled for the next week end.  Jaycee wasn't sure she could make it that long.  We got home on a Saturday and left on Thursday.  It was like torture for her.
When we got home from our first camping trip Wesley took his first official shower.

 And he loved it!

 Camping trip number 2, Downata Hot spring.  In Downey Idaho.  We had a lot of fun.  My camera died so I didn't get a lot of picture but I got a few.  Jaycee loved the water slides!  We had a hard time getting her off of them.  She actually learned to swim this trip! They had 3 water slides that they didn't allow life jackets on, and they wouldn't let anyone catch them at the bottom.  I thought it was a weird rule.  Anyway there was no keeping her off of them so she learned to swim! Paige and Mae also learned to swim.

 Mike came out of the slide too fast, this was the best I got of him.

 Jaycee wore her goggles on the slides it was so cute, she would have them on her head, sit down in the water and then when she started going she would put them on her eyes.  And it's not like they did a lot of good, you could see spaces all over.  They were a little too big.  Funny all the same.

 Wesley didn't do the water slides because you have to do them yourself.  No double riders, also a weird rule. They have a splash pad, with warm/hot water that he pretty much lived in.  He liked the swimming pool also, but I didn't get any pictures of it.

While we were there we celebrated my moms birthday.  I decorated our camp ground with balloons and banners.  We swam. My mom bought everyone ice cream. Later that night we set up a projection screen and watched a video Jaime had made for my mom.  It was really good. It was like a wedding video only all about her.  Then she had some of us and all the grandkids say something about her and sing happy birthday. It also had all the songs she used to rock out to.  It was really good and I think it kind of took her by surprise. Jaime's kids kind of let her in on the secret but not until right before we watched it.  Then Joy brought her favorite pie blueberry sour cream or something.  We had a really good time for the most part.  It did rain but whats a Bailey vacation without rain.
We also broke down on our way. One of the belts broke. We were stuck at a gas station for about 4 hours while we waited for Mikes dad to bring us some parts.  Luckily the gas station had a Arbys, so we had dinner then the kids rolled down a little tiny hill.  The kids had a lot of fun being broke down.  It was hot and they were super sweaty, but having fun. Before we left on this trip we spent 300 dollars to get the air conditioner fixed. One of the first thing Mike and his dad did in trying to get the motor home running again was to break that! So once again, no ac. They got it running pretty fast, not fixed but running, so we drove an hour with the heater on to keep it from overheating. Good thing that by the time we left it was dark and not so hot. So we made it into camp around midnight, then the next day Mike and my dad went and got the right parts and fixed it.
Just a side note, while we were broke down Jaime was at home trying to finish the video, it was giving her problems. She'd been working on it for almost 24 hours straight. Anyway I called her to bring me a cooler, because I was worried about my food in the fridge, I wasn't sure we would be going anywhere and I didn't want my food going bad.  Awhile later she went out in the garage to get something and saw the cooler sitting there and she thought "oh I'll get it later". But then decided just to put it in the car right then. As she put it in the car, out of the corner of her eye she saw movement in their other car.  Luke their one year old was in their truck in the garage.  So she ran over there and opened the door, she said he was drenched in sweat! She doesn't know how long he was in the truck, but it was long enough.  So if we hadn't called about the cooler who know what would have happened, and we didn't end up needing the cooler. That was just one of our little miracles.
We had a couple other little problems, in the rain one of the windows leaked, just so happened to be the window I was sleeping under.:) The propane take now leaks, it didn't before we left. One of the holding tanks leaks, there is also a leak in the bathroom. We knocked our spare tire off while backing out of our spot to go home. And we tried to empty our sewage take into a fresh water tank! Oops! That was crazy, but we eventually got it figured out.
Overall we had a really good time. And Mike has fixed most of the things that needed to be fixed.  So when the next thing breaks he will be ready! Happy camping everybody!