Hiking- Pioneer Day & Labor Day

On July 24, Kevin and I took the boys hiking on the White Pine Lake trail in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Niall and Leith have a hard time getting to sleep when they know we are hiking in the morning, but no trouble at all afterward. :)

We stopped to play in the river.

On Labor Day, as promised I 'included' the girls on our hike. It was a bit cool out when we started at 8 am. Hee Hee.

We hiked the same trail but went further this time.

A view looking up the canyon toward Snowbird.

After a while the girls wondered when we would turn around to go back. Coral was meeting friends at the mall and recruited India into the 'let's get back' club. I told them we would turn around when they convinced me they were happy to be there!

A view down the canyon looking toward the valley. The haze in the valley is reflecting the sun rising over the mountain tops behind the camera.

It was a beautiful hike. We went too early in the day to see much wild life. As the sun began to warm the tops of the trees, the birds began to sing and the scent of pine floated through the air. Coral remarked at how wonderful it smelled. As we turned to go back, India wanted to keep going all the way to the lake- a distance we have yet to accomplish as a family.