June 11 and 13: It's Time for Some New Adventures!

On the 11th Craig and I decided to be totally crazy and take a long hike up a steep trail- the trail to Timp Caves that is. We have been trying to go on this hike all week, but the rain had other plans. So finally on Thursday- after waiting out a rainstorm- we were able to hike up the Timpanogos Cave Trail. The Timpanogos Caves are one of the hardest caves to hike to in the country. It may be hard but you do get to see some beautiful scenery along the way. Combine that with a great workout and a feeling of accomplishment and you have an outing that is totally worth all the effort.

The hike was a little harder with the boys, but doable. And still enjoyable.



After recovering from our hiking expedition Craig and I finished up the boys costumes for the baby contest. We had a little Indian and a little cowboy. And I just have to say, "They were so DANG cute!" The contest was on the 13th. No word yet on the results. That probably means we lost, but oh well.




Our Saturday was not yet quite fulfilled, so we headed to Springville for Art City Days- where we saw some fancy cars- and then onward to Lagoon! My parents and my nephew came to Lagoon with us. It was quite a treat to take my nephew there. He's fearless and we'll ride any ride you take him on. It makes for an enjoyable experience. He's the child my parents always wished they had.







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June 1, 2009: Adventures of the Stratton Family Part II: Hike to Stewart Falls

Today we took the boys on their very first hike, and they did fantastic!
They pretty much slept the whole way. I'm not sure how.
Those carriers look awfully uncomfortable to me. Don't worry both babies are still alive even though they don't look it in the pictures.
We hiked up to Stewart Falls- a local favorite. The hike is about 2 miles in and 2 miles out. Craig and I did pretty good. We really had no choice but to keep going since the only way in and out is by walking- and apparently horseback riding judging by some of the droppings we saw.
The hike was beautiful and a good work out. The pictures make it look kind of stormy, but the weather was pretty decent. A little windy, but what can you expect. We had to take my camera on this hike. Craig's camera seemed to recover from the bathtub drop, but after a few photo downloads it quit entirely. At least we were still able to capture the memories of the boys first hike.

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