Camping in the Uintas over the 4th of July

We decided to go to the Unitas this year for the 4th of July and get away from the heat and chaos. My parents, my brother Ryan, The Morrison family(my sister) and The Strain family. We had an eventful trip. It was well worth it and lots of fun. Here are a few highlights. We took the kids fishing the first day and Kyle got a fish hook lodged in his cheek. Unfortunately I don't have any pics but Dr. Kent was able to bend the barbs and pull it back through. He was a brave little one. Emmeline my niece was going for a walk and was bit by a dog in a neighboring campground, Grant my nephew was in a creek with a cut on his toe and a leech attached itself to him causing a bit of crying from him. Brynlee saved the day and pulled it off. Erica tried her hand on a boys dirt bike and crashed and burned and for our little drama queen it was quite traumatic. Last but not least was the short 8 mile hike that Kent and the guys took 8 children on. Now, mind you that this hike is not trailed out so they find their own way up the mountain to beautiful fish lake. The kids were troopers and made it all the way up with no problems. Aimee and I stayed back at camp with the 3 little ones(someone had to watch them!!) and waited for their return. We figured they would return by at least 8pm so Aimee and I decided to try and make the dutch oven dinners. I have never lit briquettes before so this would be an adventure. After several dousings of lighter fluid and many matches I did it and we made our first ever dinners. We were pretty proud and just hoped now that the rest of the fam would return soon. The 3 little ones found the only mud pond out in the meadow and were covered in mud while we cooked. By 9:30pm we were a bit nervous and decided that if they weren't back by 11pm we would get in our cars and go find a ranger and report the problem. So..we sat and sat and sat in the pitch dark with my fire that I built(another first) when at 10:40 pm they pulled up. Aimee and I quickly starting saying, "where have you been, why are you so late, what happened?" to which my bro Ryan replied, "aren't you glad we are back in one piece?" Needless to say they just left late and they had to come down the mountain in the dark. At least Kent was smart enough to bring a couple flashlights. All in all we had a great time and the kids are ready to go again. Anything goes while camping!