A Hike in Utah - Utah trip part 1

We had a LONG trip (actually not long but busy).

Day one / morning day 2 was spent with the Barthlomes, olympic themed crafts, pizza and a killer hike!

The hike was, just perfection steep and rocky with streams and long enough to get tired but short enough for the kiddos. 

hiking

We went on a hike in utah.

It was everything I ask for in a hike, steep in places, rocky, streams, views and a great finishing destination.

Kayden fell twice, Eli once. In the end everyone made it back to the car, dirty but happy- or at least alive. 

the boys were troopers, a gold star to Eli who had a fever when he woke up that morning.

Camels back, ridge to rivers trails

two weekends ago, before the fire in the foothills, we went on another awesome hike.

During the hike it got steep and poor Eli got scared. after a pep talk and right before we finished the hike Eli said "mom, don't listen to your fears; listen to your braveness, like me. Okay?"

Later that night we went to a Quinceañera and a wedding reception.that morning and the night before I had attended baby showers (obviously for different people). Sunday we went to a family party for my grandma's birthday. overall it was quite the weekend. 

And just so you know all of those party's had chocolate cake. What are the odds!?

Jump Creek

We love adventuring in the summer months.

 This last weekend we went to Jump creek. 

I had never gone there before. It was great, very crowded. The waterfall is in the middle of the dry canyon, it seems like an oasis, there are lots of caves to explore also. It makes me think about ancient peoples living there...

I wanted to take epic photos , crowds of people and dusty winds limited that, for this visit. Next time.

We want to go back another time hopefully when less people are there. 

zen kayden

Table Rock

Last Saturday we went for a little family hike to table rock. We climbed to the very top. The boys (except law) hiked the whole thing all by themselves, not bad for little legs.

We saw a groundhog and that was considered exciting , also lots of other wonderful birds and plants.

The kids needed pep talks thought out the hike, we kept telling them they could make it, they could do hard things! We where proud of them for finishing strong.

On the way back down Eli told me with pride that now he is a good hiker and can go fishing and backpacking with papa (my dad). I think my dad will be glad that he is apparently such a great motivation for my kids in regards to outdoor recreation! hehe!

Hiking with them was a great time to talk to them about how good it feels to accomplish goals.

Hiking is a great example of working towards a difficult goal.