Summer 2010 Update 2

August was a pretty mellow month. We didn't do too much but we did have fun.

Madi learned that the best way to fight off the August heat was Slurpees and Swimming pools!

She also found simple ways to entertain herself when she was finished eating lunch.

Madi had tons of fun playing with "Goop". A simple mixture of cornstarch and water. She especially liked pouring it on her legs!

And of course there are always fun lightning storms during the summer.

And rain storms. Aaron and Madi had fun playing in the rain together!

We went on our yearly drive up the Uinta Mountains and wandered around for a little while. Aaron's sister Esther came with us.

Aaron did the Twin Peaks hike in the Wasatch Mountains....another "death hike" or so he said. He still looks alive to me! He went with his sister's Jessica and Esther and one of Jessica's friends.

Aaron was experiencing hiking hallucinations and thought that he was really punching out a grizzly!

These last two pictures were taken at the peak.

Summer 2010 Update 1

Here is a long time coming pic update of the random things we did this last summer. This will probably have to be done in a few posts so I'll just start out with where my last post left off.

Over the fourth of July weekend Aaron and I took Madi camping at Great Basin National Park in Nevada. Its only a hour and a half drive from my parents house in Delta. You might also know it as Lehman's Cave.

It was a little cold but otherwise an amazing place to camp. We're thinking of making another trip there next year, but we'll probably go in August when its a little warmer!

Madi was so excited to eat outside!

Aaron went ghost hunting with his friend Devin at the Union Station in Ogden. He said that the place was very interesting and kinda creepy at night.

Aaron and his sister Jessica also did the Pfeifferhorn hike up Little Cottonwood Canyon. He called it a death hike, but really that is what he calls most of the Wasatch Mountain hikes! These next pictures were taken at Red Pine Lake which is about half way up the peak (I think).

We also visited random parks and went on a few picnics in July. Madi loves swinging and she eventually learned to love slides too.