p.young and the restless: Sunday afternoon hikes

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Sunday afternoon hikes

We love taking drives on Sunday afternoon/evening after church. These pictures are from a drive up American Fork Canyon to Tibble Fork reservoir. It is a quick drive from our house and is one of the things we love about living in Pleasant Grove. When Rod and I were just friends, we loved going up the canyon hiking. I used to think that I would like to marry a guy like Rod. Duh. Now I am just thankful that I finally got smart.

Rod is a great Dad who always wants to go do something fun as a family. He teaches our kids to be tough and active. Tani used to cry and want to be held while we hiked. Now he leads the group! He always wants to know what animal has been around and thinks he can figure it out by the poop he finds...disgusting but true. Anna is great at finding the way across the creeks and streams without getting wet. She

has amazing balance. Owen loves to jump off of all the big boulders and rocks. William already is showing the signs of being a tough, mountain-loving Young. He just needs to learn that rocks are for throwing, not eating! I love being together in the mountains.

3 comments:

ZB said...: I'm glad that you married Rod too. What would we do with you?

What a fun family tradition. Keep it up!; June 30, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Aunt Runny said...: What great parents those kids have!; July 5, 2008 at 10:59 AM
Jessie said...: I miss those hikes! Looks like fun!; July 6, 2008 at 9:34 AM

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Silly Kid Stuff

January 2009 Anna stands up and starts dancing by our table in the restaurant. I tell her it isn't the place for dancing and she replies: "Mom, its always the place for dancing!"
November 2008 I instruct Tanielu to use his silverwear and not his hands while eating dinner and he casually replies: "Mom, I'm Samoan."
August 2008 Anna tells me she thinks it would be fun to have Hannah Montana as her older sister because then she would have really cool hand me downs.
Sunday July 6, 2008 Anna's teacher gave a lesson on the 10 lepers and taught the children about how only one came back to thank the Savior after they were healed. After class her teacher told me that Anna was the only one who thanked him for teaching class that day. What a special little girl!
Wednesday July 2, 2008 Owen and I had a date night together because Anna and Tani were at the cousins for a sleepover and Rod was working late. I asked him what he would like to do and he chose to get donuts and eat them in Mom's bed while we watched "go diego go go". Later we were talking and I told him how I couldn't wait to see what he would grow up to be because he is such a neat boy. He told me he would like to grow up to be a Dad. Then he said "but I might grow up then get little again because I ate so much junk!"
May 2008 Anna and Rod were having a long talk. Rod told Anna that picking me to be his wife was the most important and best decision he had ever made. Anna replied: "That's why I love you so much Dad!"
Owen age 3 (May 2008) I look outside in time to see Owen's bare buns and a golden fountain as he pees off our second story deck.
Tanielu age 4 (May 2008) while listening to the radio: "This is girl music Dad. It's not rock and roll!"
May 2008 I send Owen and Tanielu outside to play after telling them to stay out of the mud. I look out a little later and see them both playing with the hose in an enormous mud puddle. They were completely covered head to toe in mud. Their smiles were priceless! I wish I had taken a picture but I was too frustrated at the disobedience to stop and enjoy the moment. Live and learn.