June 26, 2010

june 25 - payson lakes

planned friday hike was cascade springs, but we didn't leave until later and decided that'd make for a long day!  so we decided to head up payson canyon and try out a lake.
JD took these pics of the canyon on our way up.  quite some perty shots.
we ended up at the first payson lake. very perty.
now from the looks of these pics there are a few things you can tell...
Drew is in the stroller - he got a little car sick and tossed his cookies in the van... he waited behind
ERaine jaunted along and fell quite roughly and scraped her knee... she waited behind
Max looks as though he's an outcast, however, he got along very well with the twins. what a trooper.  he is such an amazing kid.  i even got some awesome shots of him with the lake behind but realized they were on his mum's camera. bummer.  i'd love to have shared them.
Little B & ERaine are the bestest of friends, i'm sure i've mentioned this before.
we traveled along with little path and stopped to watch some fishermen.
we continued to follow the path where we crossed a stream.
one of the twins found an awesome shell, which i lost in transit home, but it was cool.
we stopped on the other side and having Little B fall a bazillion times, I decided we needed to head back pronto.  which she ended up falling even more and even worse. the path is quite rocky.
it is quite a beautiful little lake.
once we got back to the vans, we had a van-picnic
it was lots of fun to sit in the van, eat some goodies and watch charlie & lola.
lots of fun!!!

june 25 - Y mountain, 3rd time's a charm

once again a beautiful amazing hike
crazy kids
couldn't wait to get started
kids were up there quick and said they waited for a half hour before we finally got there.
i totally believe them!
BMan and his amigo had even climbed to the top
these are some great kids!
it's always fun to hang out with E.
we can just talk about anything.
thanks, E, for being so awesome.
glad i could share #3 with my girlies
next goal is to keep going past the 9th switchback and make it to the top!
JD even got ON the Y this time.
she's been a little timid about that.
beautiful views, once again.
i just love it!

june 23&24 - sicky & worky

sicky on weds. stomach cramps from who knows what.  didn't do a darn thing. kids just might have enjoyed a day of me not dragging them around.

worky on thurs. got to train another bank on some accounting functions. that's always fun. i like meeting new people. nice to visit with the ES crew face to face instead of via post-it-notes.

june 22 - SF Res w/TFam

great time at the reservoir.
i didn't get the best pics. i was too worried about Little B.  She had her jacket on and was more daring than i thought she'd be.  I didn't wear a suit, because i wasn't planning on having an encounter in the water, however, i ended up drenched.
the kids love it there! they're all a bunch of water kids!
the kids made some awesome sand stuff and i didn't even get a pic of those!
 
B was a cutie. she was just venturing like crazy, i better watch out!

june 21 - Cait's UK Adventure Partay

Cuzzin Cait is lucky enough to go study abroad in the UK
she's totally living my dream
so we through her a party
this is the fam. sometimes i'm not quite sure who that chick in the green is
these yahoos are just goofy
yummy dinner. Cait picked sub sandwiches and Gma G was so clever as to call them "tube" sandwiches.
J&B provided much of the meat and salads.  thank you much!
it was all great!
yummy cake
fun games like bocci & frisbee
she's going to have a great time and we wish her the best!  {mwa}