Anchor and I went camping this weekend at the spring valley camp in Idaho. It was a fun adventure! I haven’t camped in about 5 years or so… and Anchor has never been, so we were both feeling like noobs!
We backpacked in not very far and found a perfect spot to set up camp right along the reservoir. The first morning around 7am a deer came sprinting through our camp and ran into my little one man tent collapsing the front part of my tent! It was pretty funny and totally fixable! It just knocked out the front stake that held my tent up… I thought the dogs ran into my tent wrestling around, boy was I wrong!
We chilled out in camp and played along the reservoir shoreline. Second night there was coyotes howling and thunderstorms! The thunderstorms didn’t last too long thankfully because Anchor is not a fan! However I am a fan, I think they’re fun!

At the trail head

A somewhat sketchy bridge crossing…

The Mattoon’s lil’ boy playing at the shoreline of the reservoir. 

I was able to go to Maui this summer to see my brother and sister that live there. It was SO much fun. My parents and my other sister came too, which made it a total blast! It was so much fun hanging with both of my sisters.  My brother and sister definitely showed us a great time! We did everything from surfing, snorkeling, paddle boarding, jumping off waterfalls, being with family, beaching it and celebrated my nephew David’s 1st Birthday!!! He had an awesome Bday party at the Wailea hotel restaurant, which is a beautiful hotel and the restaurant has a fantastic atmosphere as well. The restaurant is called HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUAA… try to say that five times fast or just try to say it once… 😉 It’s the name of the state fish which I believe is a trigger fish.  At any rate thank you Megan and Aaron for showing us a great time! I love how much fun my family is!

Here comes the photo storm!

Cousins!

Mom and me and Cora photo bombing us!

Lahaina shaved ice shop.

Clearly Aaron hadn’t finished what he was saying prior to this photo being taken… haha Meg is ready tho!

Birthday Boy!

Caleb graduated from basic training this summer. I was able to go out there for his Basic graduation.  It was really a fun adventure being able to go to family day and graduation day.  They had fun ceremonies for each event and thankfully the ceremonies were not too long because we were all EXTREMELY anxious to see our soldiers! I was able to spend the whole day with Caleb on both days.  It was the best thing ever!!! It felt like it had been SO SO long and I cherished every moment I was able to have with him before he left for his AIT training.

Per usual a Chesley family gathering is always epic, total chaos, loud and crazy fun! Dashed with a few tears here and there 😉  This years was in Park City, Utah at the Deer Valley Club.  We spent plenty of time turning into prunes at the pool and jacuzzzz (my personal fave).  We had fun adventures throughout the week and the weather was perfect!

My Mom’s dreams came true with a family pic of almost all of us, minus 10… the photographer would have had to put it on panoramic if the other 10 were here!

We flew down the Alpine Slides and Coasters, took over downtown Park City, and went boating!

Get Ready to tuck and roll Garrett!

Killed it on 2 hikes! One to Mt. Timpanogos in 104 degree heat… It was a gorgeous hike and the caves were truly a sight to see and a welcoming 45 degrees! I think I almost cooled down by the end of the cave tour… maybe. 😉

It was an awesome time! Love this crazy bunch!