Thursday, June 30, 2011

This is the place

My sister Renee took the kids to "This is the Place Heritage Park" a few weeks ago. And Jared and I got to take an anniversary trip to the temple. After our trip --returning to the west --I thought it was really neat to see the monument commemorating the saints arrival to the Salt Lake Valley.


This summer we are also enjoying hikes with Amy again. She planned the first one up Ensign Peak in Salt Lake. We got to review some more history with Brigham Young and see a great view of the valley. Here is part of our group....




The wildflowers along the way were enticing me, although I can't capture them in my photos. --something about beautiful random flowers that grow when you don't plant them...


The next hike we went on (last week) was up Bells Canyon. It turned out to be a rock hunt for the boys. There is a lot of granite in the area so we learned a little about composite rock. Jordan was so tired by the end of the hike and had all the rocks he could carry. At the time they were the most important thing in the world to him.... Thank goodness for little boys ;)
Beautiful!

and more wildflowers

1 comment:

Steve and Donna said...

glad to see you are having fun! Are you settled in your new place yet?