Halloween 2007

Here is a cute picture (maybe?) of the entire family on Halloween. It was a busy day for us. We spent the afternoon visiting Grandma Halling, Aunt Marlene & family, and Aunt Darlene & family. We finished the day by attending the community trunk or treat (trying not to freeze), and then spent an hour or so trick or treating around the neighborhood. We have learned in years past that the older people love to have the little children come to visit. In fact we had one couple in our ward remind us to come visit at least three weeks before Halloween. As usual the kids loved dressing up and getting buckets full of candy.

National Hot Lunch week at Canyon Elementary

We had the opportunity to go and eat hot lunch with Joseph and Matalyn. The children all enjoyed it greatly. Joseph and Matalyn loved having Mom and Dad come to eat lunch with them and Jacob spent the entire time looking around with large rounded eyes, trying to take everything in all at once. The lunch menu for today was Mac and Cheese, which is a big hit in our family, Spencer especially enjoyed it. Mom and Dad enjoyed spending time at the school and the playground with Joseph and Matalyn.

Family Outing

Katie decided to take us all on a family outing today. While we could have been home cleaning the house or doing any number of other things, we decided to carpe diem and spend some time together on a family outing in the great outdoors.

We drove up Logan Canyon and parked at the Spring Hollow Campground. We hiked the Riverside Nature Trail which heads east from Spring Hollow Campground and follows the Logan River for 1.4 miles to Guivanah-Malibu Campground. It was a beautiful hike with leaves of many colors and nice views of the river and the canyon. The kids had a great time stopping to look at plants, picking up leaves and sticks, and throwing rocks into the river. When we reached the Guivanah-Malibu Campground, we stopped for a short rest. It started to rain, so we headed back down the trail towards the car.

As we started the return trip, we turned on the GPS to locate a geocache that was hidden near the trail. We were completely unsuccessful on our last geocaching trip, so Katie and I were hoping that we would find this one. After some looking, we found the geocache hidden at the base of the tree just a few yars off the trail.

After a much quicker return trip, we arrived at the car (a little tired and hungry). We drove down the canyon a ways and stopped for a picnic in the park near 1st dam. After the picnic, we attempted to find another geocache. This one was located up the hill from the park. We probably looked a little funny dragging the stroller (with Spencer strapped tightly in) up the side of the mountain. The area we were in had been burned in a wildfire earlier this summer, but the grass has just started to grow again. The shrubs were completely burned and the larger trees where still black and leafless. After some investigative work, we finally found the geocache at the base of a tree.

It ended up being a very enjoyable outing and we are glad we went. We probably do not do things like this often enough. The kids all enjoyed it and it was great to spend time together.