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Bucket List Week 11 was to go to the movies.  We had a couple of free passes to the cheap theater laying around so Justin took Molly and Stockton to see The Croods.  I kept Brynn home since she is not a big TV/movie watcher.  They had a fun time and I heard all about the movie when they got home.

We went through all our bazillions of bows and headbands and threw a whole bunch away.  I'm kind of lazy now and my girls don't get dressed up with bows very often.  (But their hair does get combed every day!)  Stockton thought he was so funny when he put a bunch of the headbands on.
We went camping!  It was on our bucket list but was getting skipped over each week so Justin and I finally decided that we just needed to pack up and go.  He took off a Monday and Tuesday so we could go when it was not busy.  We decided to go to a little place near Strawberry called Currant Creek.  It was a great campsite and I think we would definitely visit it again!

We got there just in time to set up our tent before a rainstorm.  We waited it out in the tent.  Luckily it wasn't too long.
 
 
We did some fishing at Currant Creek Reservoir.  It was a small reservoir, very pretty, and we thought it would have been a great spot for canoeing, if we owned a canoe.  We don't, so we just kept busy taking turns with the fishing pole.  Justin used his fly pole.
 
 
We caught a lot of moss.
There was a nature hike right next to our campsite.  It was a mile circle but we didn't even get that far.  We saw a lean-to and watched Dad knock down some dead trees.
Molly and I hiked a little further than the rest and got high enough that we could see the reservoir over the trees, although it's hard to see in this picture.
Molly also caught a couple of butterflies that she kept as "pets" the rest of the night.  It must have been too cold for them to fly or something because they never did.  She game them names, but I can't remember what they were.
She even put one on our tent right before we went to bed and when we woke up in the morning, it was still there!

We also had a campfire and roasted smores but the real treat was watching three deer bound right through our camp, just a few feet away from where we were sitting.

We only stayed one night because, really, camping is a lot of work!  But it felt great to get out and enjoy our beautiful mountains.

Brynn got a haircut.  It was time to get rid of all her baby hair on the ends so my friend gave her a cute little bob.  She is definitely not a baby anymore!
Molly and her friends did lemonade stands all summer long.  Probably one or two each week.  They had a lot of fun and were excited over any money that they earned, a little or a lot.
Elise Jones and Molly
Bucket List Week 12 was to go see the Payson Temple.  It is still under construction but we hadn't been to see the progress that was being made.  It was really cool to see.  You maybe can't tell from the picture, but it is a big temple!  And of course, very pretty.
We are excited to be close to this temple.  Ultimately, it will be the temple that we will attend so this is exciting to watch it be built.

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