The Last Days of Summer

 

 Ah - a super, really amazing summer is coming to a close.  And we ended it up just right!

 

We started back up with horse lessons.  We really love riding and enjoy learning more about horses.

 

Sam got baptized last week.  He asked our cousin J.R. to baptize and confirm him and it was really great.  

 

 Lots of family and friends came to support him. 

 

Aunt Jen Jen flew up for the weekend too.  

 

Our very most favorite "kid-sitter" in the whole wide world came too - Dezi.  She spent quite a few days with us over the last few weeks before school gets going again.

 

We played on our water slide over and over.

 

We went to the bouncy place - and tuckered ourselves out after literally hours and hours of jumping.

 

We jumped and slid and played hard.

 

 

 One day, mom took us on a personal tour of the Utah Capital.  It was really cool to see.

 

Here we are at the House of Representatives Chambers.

 

And here we are at the Senate Chambers.  

 

And finally out in the Rotunda.  Mom promised to bring us back during a legislative session to see everyone at work.

 

We played at parks.  We went to movies.  We did a lot of back-to-school shopping.  

And we spent all day yesterday up in the mountains.

We decided to do a new hike that we have never done before.  It was amazing!

 

We hiked to Scout Falls - up the Timpooneke Trail in American Fork Canyon.  It was 3 miles round trip and a 700 ft gain in elevation.

 

The views around every turn were beautiful!



 

We found this cool tree with its exposed roots.

 

We stopped at a little stream to cool off - nothing better than cold mountain water in your hat - which is then dumped on top of your head.

 

There were lots of cool little streams coming down the mountain.

 

And then - there we saw it - Scout Falls.

 

And of course we each took a cool shower under one of the dripping water falls.  

 

 

The falls were a great destination for a great hike.

 

 

And check out this view from the top.

 

 

We were all pooped out - it was a good, challenging hike.

 

And the red/orange berries were out in full bloom.

 

 We snuck in a "groupie" on our hike down.

 

We loved rock hopping across those little streams.

 

And it was great just being outside and in the fresh air.

 

We ended our great day with a picnic in the canyon.   A great time was had by all.  

Sam Alert:  Hey everyone - I spent an afternoon with mom and Aunt Jen Jen taking care of some business.  The three of us voted for a yummy sushi dinner - - during which I tried everything and got stuffed!  Ah - sushi.  My favorite!

 

School starts in the morning - good night everyone!