We had a camping trip with friends planned in the middle of June but when the weather wouldn't cooperate we cancelled and spent the day hiking Stewart Falls and fishing. The hike was quite interesting. The kids were great on the way to the falls with Katherine only falling once. Since she gouged her palms on some rocks and she walked like a snail, I left the falls early with her and Caleb in the baby backpack. As we started down the trail, some clouds came and started sprinkling. We could also hear distant thunder now and then. This made Katherine climb that mountain trail faster than any grown man could. She would not stop for Mommy to take a break. I was dying but couldn't stop. Those backpacks are nice but it still means your packing an extra 30 pounds!! She finally stopped 3/4 of the way down and waited for the rest of our party when the clouds had completely moved on. When Jeff caught up with us he informed me he had had the exact same experience with Kyle just 10 minutes behind us. We were exhausted but made it to the car in one piece.
We stopped at a reservoir up American Fork Canyon for some hot dogs and fishing. The kids were dying to use their fishing poles they received at Easter. Luckily our friends are very versed at fishing and helped us rig up their poles and get started. The problem was that the fishing was terrible. We talked to quite a few people who were told by the rangers that a lot of the fish have been dying because the spring runoff was so strong. Bummer!!We packed up at 8:30 and crawled into bed thoroughly exhausted.
How do you like Daddy's new daughter? We forgot to bring any jackets because they were packed in our suitcases for camping. Thankfully our trusty friends had their camping suitcases in their truck with two jackets for their kids. The trouble was that this family has four girls. Kyle was a trooper wearing a lovely lilac jacket all day. 
Daddy and his "girls".
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