A Beautiful Day for a Hike

Last Saturday, we decided to take the kids for a hike. Our family loves hiking and the weather was so beautiful!!!! So, we went up Big Cottonwood Canyon. We found a fun hike that took us up to Dog Lake. It was a 5.2 mile round trip hike. It was pretty tough at times and I wondered if we would make it the whole way, but we did! It was pretty much uphill most of the way there and we had to hike over quite a bit of snow. It got a little icy near the end. Also, Kevin carried Benjamin the whole way in our little baby carrier (which Ben is probably too big for!) I was worried about Kevin, but he said he was fine.

When we reached Dog Lake, we rested and had a picnic lunch. Then we made our way back. It was much easier going down since it was mostly downhill. It was a beautiful hike and the kids had a great time.

At the beginning of our hike...the kids were still full of energy!

The scenery was amazing!

Dog Lake...Brooklyn's dirty bum makes me laugh...

I noticed that Derek posed in almost every picture we took...too funny...

Benjamin became attached to a little snowball and he didn't want any of us to take it away from him! He was distraught when it finally melted...

Benjamin giving Daddy "loves"

Derek never got tired the entire hike! He was usually way ahead of all of us and never complained at all...

On the way down...

The ride home...this is how we all felt. Yes, I know Benjamin is doing a fashion faux pas with his sandals and socks, but I couldn't find his tennis shoes and these were the next best thing! ;-)