What do you do with 6 little boys all 6 years and younger? Take them to the mountains of course! We had Bruce and Christy's boys Wednesday night and decided to take them hiking. We did leave the babes Tate and Zeke with Dan's sis Leah because we just didn't feel like packing them up the canyon while trying to keep up with 4 other crazy boys. Thank You Leah!
Unfortunately, I forgot my camera. So you will have to imagine how incredibly awesome it was. Imagine 4 boys (2- 6 year olds and 2- 4 year olds) running up Adams Canyon with their matching Dr. Suess backpacks full of special treats to enjoy at the top. Hearing their little converstaions about all the cool things they were discovering in nature was such a highlight.
Things like, "Whoa, did you ever see a pine tree that humungous?", "I wonder if we will see any dangerous snakes." "Hey Sammy, can you do this cool trick?" "Whoa! Look at those giant rocks!" "Hey dad, those trees look like a monkey house!" "Are there cougars and bears that live in these mountains?" "Hey guys, when you cross the rocks in the river, put your arms out like this so you don't fall in." "Wow! How old do you think that tree is? It's huge!" "Hey Tyler, these rocks look like stairs. Jesus made them to help us climb up." "Can you believe we just climbed the biggest mountain there is?"
Dan and I both have a deep love for the outdoors, especially the beauty and magnificance of the mountains. So it was a real treat for us to see these boys truly loving every minute they had up there. In fact, we didn't start soon enough to be able to get to the top waterfall and Tracen was heartbroken when we had to turn around. So we promised Tracen we would do this again and go all the way to the top.
Boys (and me)=The Mountains! PERFECT!!!
4 comments:
Their conversations are too cute!
It's amazing what they say and how they think!
Hiking does sound like a lot of fun, I will have to find out where you started. We always take the trail to a waterfall just behind the college. I can't remember the name, but it is fun!
Precious conversations and so smart of you to document them! Sounds like you guys had a great hike.
Fun times! We do that hike all the time with our kids. We should get together and do it.
Oh, I miss hiking with family. Thanks for posting this. It brought back a lot of happy memories.
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