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Showing posts with label Hiking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hiking. Show all posts

11.06.2013

Fall Hiking

So as I said earlier, we are working on finding who we are again collectively.
With that being said I'm going to start posting more of what we are doing as family again.
I hope you join me on this journey.
We took my little brother Kurtis hiking with us one Sunday afternoon.
Unfortunately Mark wasn't able to come.
It was too bad because it was a beautiful night to get out.
We went on a new hike and enjoyed every minute of it! 
My children come alive while hiking.
Vivian never stops talking.
She's busier than ever when we hike.
It's so funny.
Miles was the same way.
What is it about nature that brings makes them so alive?
I love this little girls personality.
This picture captures it so well!
Clara slept most of the hike.
She really is such a good baby.
The colors were beautiful!
The air was nice and crisp, but not too cold. 
Perfect hiking weather.
This was the view of the northern part of the Great Salt Lake from our hike.
It was really was a beautiful night.
We enjoyed the sunset from this vantage point.
Hiking down we were a little rushed as the sun was setting and we were on a new trail and didn't know how long it would be.
But we made it down just in time.
At the end we took advantage of a great little park at the trail head.
Vivian had the whole park to herself.
Bonus to the night were the two deer we saw come down to the trail head.
Seriously we love living in Salt Lake City.
The outdoors are literally our backyard!
So glad we are able to enjoy it as a family!


8.28.2013

Memory Rocks


We have set out on a few hikes again.
We love taking the kids hiking.
They love exploring, finding sticks and rocks and just experiencing nature.
Vivian and Clara wear their I love Miles shirts.
Aren't they so cute?!
Miles LOVED hiking!
He asked to do it everyday.
He was amazing at it!

It's not the same hiking without that little guy.
He would talk a hundred miles a minute the entire time.
He was just so excited.
But Vivian doesn't allow much silence to pass herself.
She's a pretty good hiker herself. 
I love this picture of Mark and Vivian.
When I took this picture my mind immediately went back to this day
click here and I giggled a little thinking about it.
I love this picture of Miles.
The way he is surrounded by the rays of the sunlight.
It's magical.
I'm sure he glows even more than this now, that angel boy of ours.
The kids have a hiking tradition of bringing home a rock from each hike.
We keep them in special places outside our house.
After Miles passed I cleaned his collection and wrote his name on each rock that he chose so carefully.
His collection now sits next to my stove with a picture of him.
(Which doing this post, I'm thinking I will change the framed picture next to his collection to the one of him reaching for the sun while hiking.)
I love looking at them each day!
Thanks buddy for the lasting memories you collected for us.
We cherish each one.
Vivian has now started her own collection.
I can't wait to see it grow.