Olsen Family Reunion

July 21-26 Sheldon and I went to a reunion for my Dad's side of the family. We went to a place called Duck Creek, which is just a half hour away from Cedar City in the mountains. It was so much fun and the weather was perfect all week. It wasn't very hot, and I think normally I would have gotten colder, but I have noticed that being pregnant really changes your body temperature. I used to always be cold in church, but now I am roasting all the time. Anyway, it really wasn't too fun being 36 weeks prego, there wasn't a lot that I could do. Next time I will definitely plan my pregnancy better so as not to be pregnant during the reunion! It was still such a fun week though.

When we came to duck creek two years ago Sheldon and I both caught a lot of fish. It was the first time in my life that I was able to catch fish! I think I used up all my luck two years ago, because this year even though we went fishing almost every day, we caught nothing! It was still fun, but a little disappointing. Luckily, other people caught fish and were kind enough to share so we did get to eat some good trout. Sheldon and I bought an inflatable kayak this summer, and this is a picture of Sheldon fishing in the kayak.

Sheldon even went snorkeling in the freezing cold lake to try and scope out where all the fish were hiding (it wasn't a very deep lake and it was very clear), but it didn't help us any. I think next time we will be bringing a speargun, that's a more guaranteed way of catching fish.

Another thing we did while we were there was take a hike around Cedar Breaks. I had never been to Cedar Breaks before, but it was pretty cool. Lots of red rock and big cliffs.


You can kind of see in this picture some dark clouds. It had been raining and thundering just before we went on the hike. We almost didn't go on the hike, because you hike right along the cliff edge, a nice target for lightning. Luckily, it cleared up and no one got struck by lightning on the hike.

This is a yellow-bellied marmot we saw on the hike. I hiked after it for quite a while trying to get the perfect picture. I thought it was so cute and fuzzy!