Timp Cave Hike

We hike Timpanogos Cave this weekend, and with the Shields Family.

It was a fun day full of steep trails, beautiful scenery, and a cool tour of the cave. The kids did great hiking up the streep trails.

Our tour guide was named Taylor also, she was nice and very knowledgeable about the Timpanogos cave. She was so nice about all the grumpy kids we had on the cave tour.

Isaac got nervous once we were inside the cave, he got scared and started crying.

We bribed him with a milkshake if he was quiet during the tour.

Pics. of all the hikers.

The whole group inside the "Imagination Room".

We had a fantastic day and everyone was tired after all that hiking.

4th of July: Part 2

We had such a fun, long weekend celebrating the 4th of July. 

Sunday after church we went downtown with the most popular guy around, Uncle Colton.  We toured the visitor's center and had a great time looking around temple square. 

Saturday was a busy day; we went hiking up Big Cottonwood canyon.  We hiked into Donut Falls, and then went up the road and hiked and fished at Silver Lake. 

It was such a beautiful, warm sunny day to spend in the mountains. 

Taylor loves hiking, it's one of his favorite things to do.  He and Danny do 5-6 mile hikes up Millcreek all the time, he has strong legs!

Isaac has short, stubby legs so he gets to ride in the backpack.  He had fun spotting all tehe squirrels and birds from his perch on Danny's back. 

While we were hiking Emily started complaining that her shoes were too small.  She NEVER wears tennis shoes, unless we are hiking or camping, so I haven't bought her any for a long time.  Danny pulled our his knife and cut the toes out of her shoes, which worked out perfectly. 

We were all tired after all that hiking, but it was a fantastic way to spend the Holiday weekend.  We love living near the mountains!

Happy 4th of July weekend

We had such a fun weekend celebrating the 4th of July! 

We started with a ward breakfast/parade, then attended a cousin's baptism and later had a delicious BBQ with friends and family.  After dinner we did fireworks, sparklers and went to see the BIG fireworks at Sugarhouse Park.  Everyone loved seeing the fireworks, Isaac got a little scared and hid under his blanket for a while.  The kids were SO tired after the fireworks show, we were all exhausted. 

 

Here are some of the highlights. 

 

Happy 4th of July! 

A fun day of Boating!

 We spent a great day boating at Utah Lake on Grandpa Shields boat.  The kids had tons of fun, even Isaac liked it once he got used to wearing his life jacket. 

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 This was Spencer's hair after being blown in the wind all morning.  He has such adorable curly hair!

 We had fun riding on the boat, knee boarding, water skiing, and wake boarding.  Taylor & Jeffrey both knee boarded all by themselves!  They were really proud of their accomplishments and were smiling from ear to ear!

These two little girls rode on the boat, and had fun torturing uncle Derek and Uncle Colton.

It was a wonderful way to spend a hot day! 

Things we are loving this week!

Going swimming and spending time in the water!

Isaac wearing Em's dress-up's!

Eating lots of popsicles and snowcomes to stay cool!

Seeing Uncle Colton come home from his mission!

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Colton came home from his mission in Canada yesterday and it was SO great to see him! 

He had a lot of attention from all the grandkids!  They all LOVE uncle Colton, and are so excited to have him home.  They can't wait to wrestle with him and bug him all the time! 

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It was a fabulous day.  Colton looks so happy and you can tell he really enjoyed his mission. 

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We were taling about missionaries and Taylor figured out that he would be the next boy to go on a mission!  It seems crazy that he will be 19 in only 12 years!  He is excited already!