On Saturday afternoon we decided to go on a hike as a family. We went up Little Cottonwood Canyon to Alta to go on the Albion Basin Trail–just a short, easy, but beautiful hike. I love living so close to the mountains.
It was like 75 degrees up the canyon which was perfect! It felt so good compared to the nearly 100 degree weather we’ve been having the last few weeks.
Haylie was a delight! She was content in the Snugli just chomping on her fists. Then she fell asleep. 
It’s a rough life.
Don’t let these cute, happy Annie pictures fool you.
Because she pretty much whined and cried the whole hike. And made Jaden carry her. This picture doesn’t even do justice.
Brandon had fun “exploring” and finding huge rocks that he carried with him halfway up the trail. 
It is so pretty up there.
We didn’t even finish the hike (we got a late start and Annie was being a tantrum-ish slowpoke) because we had a hot date Saturday night!! We met some friends at Asian Star and had a great time catching up without kids! Lots of laughing and reminiscing and good food. It’s fun to get together with people who knew you way back in the olden days. Mark taught us even more fun games to play with little pieces of paper–I’m still laughing about some of the questions we got answered. (wink wink–SARA!) Ah, it was lots of fun.
Then at church today, miracle of miracles, Brandon was chosen to be the reverence child for next Sunday. Yes, I said REVERENCE. (If you know what we’ve been battling lately, you’ll understand how miraculous that is!) So he’s pretty excited about that. We’ll see how it goes.
All in all, it was a good weekend.
PS: Our 4th of July was a blast (get it?) and I’ll post about that soon. I’m so behind on everything in my life.
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Hi Brooke! This is Lindsay Bennett, your 3rd cousin. (I specified, just in case.) How the heck are ya?!?!
My mom and your mom ‘hung out’ at the funeral last week and discussed how we are both into the blogging world. Maybe we can keep in touch thru that fascinating world, eh!?! My blog is http://predsgirl.blogspot.com/. Check it out and we can keep up!
When my mom comes down sometime (she now lives in Logan), we’ll have to get together for a girls day out!
Your kids are SO DANG CUTE and they are growing up so fast! Wow! Where does the time go?!?
I look forward to hearing from ya!
Hello, my name is Lara, I frequent your blog because I think it is so dang cute and your creativeness and photography are amazing! I just had a quick question, how do you make your header fit the width of your blog? I can’t seem to get mine to do it? Please visit my blog and leave me a comment if you can help! Thanks!
I can’t hardly remember the last time I went to the mountains. Great pictures. I think this is now another thing on my agenda.
Congratulations, Brandon. You did it! You fooled them all…eh ehm….I mean you accomplished reverence! Good work.
Your pictures make me want to go hike in the mountains. I haven’t been up there much this year, but I always love it when we go. I love the picture of Annie crying. We’re in the same mode with Cambrie these days. It’s all so relatable!
Living in Houston there is no mountains, that is what I miss the most. Can’t wait to go hiking up in Utah soon. Looks like a blast!!
What a fun outing to do a little hike (minus the tantrums)! Looks lovely. Thanks for the fun time on Sat! I want more of that food!!!
I love going on hikes. For how much we love the mountains, I am suprised we don’t go up there more. We went on Sat too but I forgot the camera.
When Jaime comes, we should all get together and hang out.
looks like a ton of fun! every time we go to the mountains i remember how lucky we are to live in such a amazingly diverse place. i am totally jealous about Asian Star!!! that is my total fav!!! i could eat myself sick on there walnut shrimp!!!!
I loved reading all the “deets” of your fun filled weekend. The hiking trip looks way fun…even if you had grumpy kids. Next time call us and we’ll come along with you!
Love the pics (as usual)
Looks like you had a great weekend!
Annie is looking SO grown up to me lately in your pics!
the fam is looking great! whether they are happy or crying, your kids are still very photogenic. last time i saw you guys feels like forever ago,i hope i can see you at some point before i leave for the mish!
Hey Lara (The Heizzys), i couldn’t get to your blog because it’s not listed! So I’ll try to answer you here.
My blog template is 900 pixels wide (I think you can find the width of your blog in the HTML code, it might take a little bit of searching to find it). I created my header in Photoshop Elements and just made sure it was 900 pixels wide. If you have any other questions, let me know and leave your blog address or email and I can help you more.
i felt the need to follow up with your comment. thank you for lovin that vid! i love my mom asking me random questions in the background best. i’m sorry you werent pictured in the margetts photo, i meant to put “not pictured: brooke and fam” but i forgot. soooorry. but now that we are on the subject, i’ve always felt a little offended that lisa has made it on your blog and i havent. okay there. i said it.
Megan–Send me that lovely mission photo and I will put it here ASAP.
Or modeling the Jodee dresses.
Brooke, You are amazing. I can’t believe all the stuff you do. I thought you might slow down with three kids, but no! I miss you. I love the pictures. Thanks for letting me be a part of your life even if it is only thru your blog now!
My friend and I are taking our kids hiking there on Friday. I am glad to know your kiddos were able to do that. I have never been there. I was drooling as soon as I heard Asian Star. Hopefully you stuffed yourself with walnut shrimp. It was fun to get together this week and I will post the pics on my blog soon.