Twin Falls Hike

On Saturday Papa G had the great idea of going on a hike.  He didn't end up going but we went anyway and the kids had a BLAST!  We went up to twin falls, 3 miles round trip.  The kids did great.  They would get worn out on the steep parts but they walked the whole way.  That was one of the conditions.  They are old enough to walk on their own for the whole hike.  Mommy and Daddy would NOT carry them, no piggy back rides, nothing. 

Here they are just starting out.

 Carson loved the backpack and was perfectly content looking around at everything.

 Daddy was explaining white water rapids.

 Dillon was having a great time exploring.  He climbed on every available rock!

 Daddy was "soooo tired" so Kayda grabbed his hand and pulled him up the hill.

 Carson was so comfortable he crashed in the backpack.

 We saw a mouse looking for food so we all stopped and stared.  You can't really see it in this pictures so it's in the next one.

 Kayda LOVES butterflies.  We don't know if this was a moth or a butterfly but we saw four of them and she was SO excited!

 Yes, I was there.

We had a great time throwing rocks in the river at the end of the hike.  Daddy and I got a kick out of a tree they had on the hike, there were fences all around it and a sign that basically said stay way so you don't kill the tree.  We walked about 20 ft up the trail and turned to look at it and guess what... the WHOLE top of the tree was gone.  It had all of one branch left.  We found that particularly entertaining.