A Little Family Fun and Birthdays too

On Saturday, May 19, we had our Adams Family Day. It has kind of been like a FHE for the whole family where we pick one day a month to get together and take turns being in charge. We started in February at our house and had a dinner and then played pictionary about Valentine's Day. We also drew names and whatever name we had we said something that we love about that person.  We seemed to have skipped March but then we had Easter at the Zundel's in April and then Darbie was in charge for May. This time we went to Spring Mountain State Park about 15 minutes out of Vegas. We had never been there before and it was quite lovely. A really nice oasis in the desert. We sat in the shade and chatted, ate Capriotti's sandwiches and side dishes and had birthday cake for Don and Darbie whose birthday was the next day May 20. There was a old house to explore who we think was Howard Hughes and then there were some trails that you could hike. Don took the boys out on the trails while I sat with Kyle in the shade. After hanging out together for a while we took the long way out of the area back into Vegas and went to Bass Pro Shops to look for some hiking boots for Caleb and then we went to Target and In and Out Burger on the way home.  It was a long day but fun.  We really need to do more of these types of things with the boys but it is so hard to do much that isn't so far away or doesn't cost a million dollars.  Plus the summer is atrocious in Vegas to of course we have to go far far away to do any thing outdoors other than swim.  Cayden is really liking hiking and wants to go and hike some different places.  Don wants to take the kids to fish and stuff so we have good intentions we just have to do it!