Jeb and Salinda Family!: Labor Day at the River

For Labor Day our good friends the Wilsons invited us to go to the river with them. We had actually already planned to go to a place called Round 1 but thought a day with friends (especially friends who are leaving us soon!) would be much more fun. We are so glad we went because it was so much fun.

This is the area we went to. We had to pay a little more to park then we planned but it still was worth it.

It was a hot day so it felt really good in the cold water.

Here are the guys (minus Cade Salmon) enjoying the cool water

Niyah loved to jump off this rock. Every time I looked she was climbing up to jump again. She probably could have done that all day. The only thing that distracted her was when Harley caught a small fish quickly named "shiny" because it was well shiny.

Gena played with Blakely Barton. They were really cute just playing at the edge of the river. They even worked together to build this tower of mud. Shortly after they both decided that the other would look better with a tower of mud on their head. Neither one seemed to mind getting a pile of mud stuck on their head.

Super Bryce!

Niyah and Eli were happy playing with the boogie boards the Wilsons brought.

Gena tried to follow others out a few times only to be surprised that the water was to deep for her.

Later that day we took a little hike down the river to a place Cade had said would be a fun swimming hole for the kids. It was so pretty further down the river with the canopy of trees overhead.

Then of course we couldn't go the whole time without some incident. Right after I took this picture Niyah had a scary lesson. If you look at this picture you see Jeb in the water moving away from me with Gena. He had hung back to make sure me and Gena were ok, the rocks were pretty slick and a bit tricky to maneuver while holding a baby. So he took Gena and went to catch up with our other two children who had went ahead of us. They were not so patient with my slower pace. Our friends were up ahead with them too so I wasn't to worried. If you look closely at the picture down by the big rock down stream you can see the cluster of people. They were all making their way around the rock and Niyah went on the other side of the rock. Our friends didn't notice until they saw her struggling to survive as the undercurrent near the rock pulled her under. Thankfully Anne Leavitt was a short swim away and was able to pull her out. By the time I reached her Niyah was a hysterical girl as her Dad coaxed her back in the water. I kept replaying it over and over in my mind the rest of the day what would have happened if our friends hadn't seen her. Just scary. Needless to say she was talked to about staying with Mom and Dad.

This is the rock with the undercurrent you can kind of see where Niyah was. I swam through it after to see how tough it was, and it was a real strong pull. It was hard for me to get out of.

The scenery was beautiful though and I enjoyed being there.

Harley did a great job swimming in the river, she actually surprised me how easily she swam up and down it. She was so busy swimming and catching fish with her friends especially Jackson Salmon that I only got this one picture of her!