Hidden Canyon Ranch

The Thompson Family

The Albrecht Family Reunion was held this past weekend at the Hidden Canyon Ranch near Baker, Nevada. It is out in the middle of no where. As we are driving miles and miles of dry desert sagebrush we were a little nervous of where we were going to be spending the weekend. It turned out to be a really pretty area. There was tons of huge trees and green grass, it didn't feel or look like the desert at all. There was a huge lodge, smaller cabins, hotel suite rooms, a pool, pavilion with a nice cooking kitchen, fishing pond, playground and even more stuff we didn't have time to do. It was truly a resort in the middle of no where. Of course the weekend went by too fast, but we had a lot of fun.
Dusty and Kyla waiting for lunch.
Right outside the pavilion where we ate, there were a bunch of apple trees. The deer would come in to eat the apples. They were pretty tame and got pretty close as you can see in the background.



Hanging out at the swimming pool.
Kyla and Boston at Lehman's Cave.
Lehman's Cave is only about 30 minutes from the Ranch, so we went there on Saturday. I got a picture of me and Dusty inside the cave, but the flash made us look like we were standing in fire, rather than a cave so I won't post that. We had tons of fun, look forward to next year.

UPRR

For those of you not from Milford, you wouldn't know that UPRR stands for Union Pacific Railroad. Growing up in Milford trains are just an everyday occurrence that you never think twice about. Since leaving Milford and then going back time to time and hearing the train horns in the distance, I kind of miss that. The railroad has been a big part of my family. Both of my grandpas worked on the railroad as well as my Dad does currently. When I was little, we would go down to the Depot when either of my grandpas or dad was coming home and watch their train pull in. They would wave from the engine and as little kids we thought it was so neat.

Last weekend I was in Milford and my Dad was on his way home from work. Kyla has never seen or been around trains before so we went down to the Depot (like old times) and waited for my Dad's train to pull in. You forget how big and loud they really are. As the train pulled in there was my Dad at the engine window waving at us. Kyla got a little nervous but all in all it was fun to take her and show her the "big choo choo".

Happy 50th

Every summer my family has a camp out in the Beaver Mountains. We celebrate my Dad's, Sister, and Sister in Law's birthday since they are all with in a week of one another. This year was extra fun and special because it was my Dad's 50th Birthday. We had a lot of fun harassing him and giving him a bad time, but after all Dad we love you and hope you had a great birthday!

4th of July 2009

Kyla at the parade in Milford

Me and my sister Emily

Dusty and Wes

Kyla at Grandma's house playing with
a green pig she got at the parade.

Evening Ride

I got a new bike a while back and we put a child seat on it. Me, Kyla and Lady go for a ride every night. Of course Lady just runs behind us but it has been good exercise and fun for Kyla. Thanks to Aunt Emily and Robert Debry for hooking us up with such a sweet helmet!!!

Too Much Time in the High Chair

Kyla spends a lot of time in her high chair by the time she eats, colors, has a snack, etc. She was having a snack while watching a movie one afternoon in her high chair. I think she might be spending too much time there, what do you think???

Kyla's New Interest

Kyla still seems too little for a lot of things. Coloring would be one of them. She is always trying to get a pen and draw on things, so I bought her some crayons and she sat in her high chair one evening and colored on a piece of paper for a good 30-40 minutes. I guess she is bigger and smarter than I give her credit for.

Qquirrh Mountain Temple

We had the chance a couple weeks ago to go to the Qquirrah Mountain Temple open house. It was one of those things that we were kind of tired and thinking we might just head home so it wasn't so late traveling but we decided to go after all. I am so glad we did because it was really neat. The temple was absolutely beautiful and we enjoyed going with Shane and Lana. I would really like to go back when it is open after the dedication and do a session. (A little further drive than St. George though.)